OCTOBER
Oct.30 Read followup report to workshop
How
is Advertising Shaping the Image of Women?
Oct.29 FTC
Workshop on Marketing of violent media materials to children;
Oct.28 NAACP Issues TV Diversity Report
Oct.28 KFF report Zero
to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers.
Oct. 27 People magazine admits
altering cover photo; added Framing resource on homepage;
moved state standards to left hand column
Oct.23 Study
Finds Public Affairs Programming Lacking
Oct.22 added US Senate SC candidate links to Media/Politics website
Oct.19 see new links for Thinking Visually; Video 101 under Visual
Literacy; TV/Video
new article added to Toys activity on Toys for Girls in their Tweens
Oct.17 See presentation
made at the Florida English Teachers Conf
Oct.16 see powerpoint
for The 16th Annual Fall Writing Conference
Oct.16 Demos Spend $6 M on ads and its only October, story here
Oct.15 Technology Learning Magazine cover
story, 21st Century Skills
Oct.8 Death of media critic Neil
Postman announced
Oct.8 NBC & Vivendi
merger finalized
Oct.6 Survey:
Children's Bedrooms Are Media Havens - Almost Two-Thirds Have a TV, 17% a PC;
Significant Effects Seen on Media Habits; How Children Use Media Technology 2003
report
Oct. 2 Read Misperceptions,
The Media & The Iraq War
Oct. VH1 airs "25 Greatest Commercials" see the list here