Teaching Resources: Articles - Media Literacy Clearinghouse

NOTE: The Center for Media Literacy’s web site now contains classic articles from the archives of Media&Values magazine. Go to the web site to read some of the best writing about media literacy in the US. Also recommended: Media Literacy Review’s archives

2013

Application of Media Literacy and Cultural Studies in K–12 Social Studies Curricula. (Social Studies. Sep/Oct 2013)

2012

Digital and Media Literacy (September, NASSP)
Using The Daily Show to Promote Media Literacy (Social Education, Sept. 2012)
Teaching Critical Thinking Through Media Literacy (July, Science Scope, NSTA)
Media Literacy and Its Use as a Method to Encourage Civic Engagement (Comunicar,3/28/12)
Media and Information Literacy: Pedagogy and Possibilities (Comunicar, 3/28/12)
Into the Zone–Media Literacy and Security (Internet @ Schools, March 1)

2011

Developmentally appropriate New Media Literacies: Supporting cultural competencies and social skills in early childhood education
The State of Media Literacy: A Response to Potter (Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Sept. 2011)
Cultivating Intellectual Curiosity with Digital and Media Literacy (School Library Journal Curriculum Connections, Sept. 2011)
Building an understanding of the role of media literacy for Latino/a high school students (High School Journal, Summer 2011)
Children’s Story Boards: A Key Tool for Understanding Media Literacy (June 2011)
Empowering Learners with digital and media literacy (Knowledge Quest)
Views on the News. Media Literacy Empowerment Competencies in the Elementary Grades
Media Literacy: Window To The Future (imagine, May/June 2011)
Media Literacy and Information Literacy: A Need for Collaboration and Communication (Action in Teacher Education, June 2011)
Media Literacy as a Key Strategy toward Improving Public Acceptance of Climate Change Science, (BioScience, March 2011)
The media and the literacies: media literacy, information literacy, digital literacy (Media, Culture & Society, March 2011)
Media Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom, Ed Digest, March 2011
Thinking about what we see: using media literacy to examine images of African Americans on television (Winter Spring 2011, Black History Bulletin)
Expanding Perspectives for Comprehending Visual Images in Multimodal Texts, February 2011 (Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy)
Tectonic cultural shifts require media literacy in schools, Independent School, Winter 2011
Media Literacy Themed Issue, Library Media Connection, January-February 2011

2010

New literacies for a new era: learning to read words is no longer enough; students must learn to be visually literate as well (Phi Delta Kappan. Nov 2010)
Media Literacy: Piercing Content and Who Controls It (On The Issues, Spring 2010)
This They Believe? Adolescents, Advertising, and Critical Thinking Skills (NMSA) Middle Ground, April 2010
Interpreting Intertextuality: Analyzing Video Messages, Classroom Notes Plus (NCTE), April 2010
Critical Media Literacy in Middle School: Exploring the Politics of Representation (JAAL, February 2010)
The Story of Stuff: Reading Advertisements through Critical Eyes, English Journal, January 2010
Extending media literacy: A New Direction for Libraries, New Library World, Vol. 111, No. 1/2, 2010

2009

Before Media Education Goes To School, Understanding Adolescence and Education, ETC: A Review of General Semantics, October 2009
How Media Literacy Educators Reclaimed Copyright and Fair Use. International Journal of Learning and Media, 2009
Beyond Cynicism: Media Education and Civic Learning Outcomes in the University. International Journal of Learning and Media, 2009
Media Literacy: 8 Guidelines for Teachers (August 2009)
The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy (Youth Media Reporter, August 2009)
Comparing FSA Photographs by Ben Shahn: A Lesson in Media Literacy (Middle Level Learning, May/June 2009 issue)
A constructivist approach to media literacy education: The role of the library (May 2009)
Media Literacy: A Central Component of Democratic Citizenship (The Educational Forum, Kappa Delta Pi)
Global Perspectives: Developing Media Literacy Skills to Advance Critical Thinking (The Feminist Teacher)
Alligators In The Sewer? Really? (pp. 28-30, May 2009, Learning & Leading With Technology)
Skills for Surviving The 21st Century: Media Literacy Is Essential (OSSTF/FEESO Education Forum / Vol. 35, Issue 1, Winter 2009)
Association of Various Components of Media Literacy and Adolescent Smoking. American Journal of Health Behavior, Mar/Apr 2009
From Gutenberg to Gates: Media Matters. The Social Studies, March/April 2009
Teaching and Reaching the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2009
What Research Says About … / Teaching Media Literacy (ASCD, Educational Leadership, March 2009)
Media literacy education in the social studies: teacher perceptions and curricular challenges (Teacher Education Quarterly, Vol 36, No 1, Winter 2009)
News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age: Principles for a New Media Literacy (Berkman Center for Internet & Society)

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