Frank's Media News & Notes

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Feb. 5 SC Council for African American Studies
Columbia SC
Feb. 6 9th Annual Geriatric Medicine Symposium, Columbia SC
Feb. 9-11 Midwest Ed Tech Conf, St Charles MO
Feb. 15-16 Field Review, SC Visual & Performing Arts Standards
Feb. 19 SC IRA,
Myrtle Beach SC
Feb. 26-28 SC Book Festival, Columbia SC
March 16 Midlands Tech,
Columbia SC
Mar 17-19 SC ETV, Columbia SC
March 24 SCASL, Charleston SC
March 26 NE Media Literacy Conference, Storrs CT
March 31 SLIS 220, USC,
Columbia SC


 


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Read the NCTE's Assembly on Media Arts blog

2010
FEBRUARY
 

February 2 PBS premieres Digital Nation

FTC unveils new advertising literacy web site


JANUARY

The New Republic examines The Washington Post

Kaiser Report:
Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds

State of Media

Download a copy of Vocus' latest whitepaper, "State of the Media: An Analysis of the Changing Media Landscape for PR Professionals by the Vocus Media Research Team"

NEW Teacher guide available
Critical Thinking Through Core Curriculum
Using Print and Digital Newspapers
in support of March 2010
Newspaper in Education Week (produced by the Newspaper Assn of America Foundation)

January 25, 2010 Cover

January 25 issue of THE NATION

 

How to Save Journalism
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney :
 
The patriotic case for government action.

 

Generation XD

January 11
GENERATION XD – Disney Releases Biggest Ever Study Of Tweens In Europe

Journal cover

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education
Digital Literacies and the Future of Schools



2009
DECEMBER

Catholic News (Singapore) news story about my November 26 presentation there

19  posted 2009 Photos of the Year on the homepage and in Visual literacy section
 

SI looks at the year in Sports media, including the Tiger Woods story: 5th ANNUAL: The Year in Sports Media

Newsweek examines the Tiger Woods/media/ celebrity story

The Impact of the Commercial World on Children's Wellbeing: Report of an Independent Assessment (UK)

15 study released: The Impact of Industry Self-Regulation on the Nutritional Quality of Foods Advertised on Television to Children


European Council Conclusions on media literacy in the digital environment have been adopted by the Education, Youth and Culture Council meeting on 27 November 2009.