{"id":7936,"date":"2014-06-08T06:35:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T10:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/dec_08\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:02:28","slug":"2008-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/2008-december\/","title":{"rendered":"2008: December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>posted my annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/2008_holiday_book_recommendation.htm\">media literacy holiday book recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"table57\" border=\"1\" width=\"67%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"174\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/economist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/printedition\/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=12795510\">Why We Love Music<\/a> (The Economist)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>18<\/p>\n<table id=\"table55\" border=\"1\" width=\"68%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naacp.org\/news\/press\/2008-12-18\/NAACP_OFOS_Take4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/NAACP-OFOS-Take4-1.jpg\" alt=\"NAACP\" width=\"125\" height=\"163\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"361\">NAACP Report Shows Television Industry Still Falls Seriously Short In Achieving DiversityThe NAACP Hollywood Bureau today announced its latest findings in a new report titled &#8220;Out of Focus, Out of Sync\u2014Take 4&#8221; that shows the entertainment industry, particularly television, continues to fall seriously short in achieving diversity.<\/p>\n<p>NAACP officials warned that without quick action to reverse the bleak statistics cited in the 44-page report, the industry could face political action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naacp.org\/news\/press\/2008-12-18\/index.htm\">[Read more]<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/whatsn7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"118\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"361\">the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society announces a major research release: \u201cMedia Re:public: News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age,\u201d a series of papers exploring the potential and the challenges of the emerging networked digital media environment.<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/pubrelease\/mediarepublic\/downloads.html\"> Direct to Full Text Papers (with summaries)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>16\u00a0 Digital World, Digital Life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tns-us.com\/news\/our_new_digital_friend_we.php\">study<\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"table53\" border=\"1\" width=\"69%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"228\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/current-issue\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/current-issue\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/current-issue\" src=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/images\/covers\/current.jpg?1229289377\" alt=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/current-issue\" width=\"213\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"table54\" border=\"1\" width=\"80%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"171\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133152\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133152\">Lessons From the Obama Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133169\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133169\">Media Guy&#8217;s Worst Media Feuds Of 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133185\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133185\">Creativity&#8217;s Favorite Video Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133200\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133200\">Ads Garfield Loved<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133207\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133207\">TV Shows That Stood Out<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133222\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133222\">Books You Should Have Read<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133224\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133224\">Consumerist&#8217;s Biggest Business Debacles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133231\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133231\">Top Tech Toys<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133236\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133236\">Legal Issues to Watch in 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133239\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133239\">Starbucks 2.0 No!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133243\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133243\">Richard Laermer&#8217;s Trends for 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133248\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133248\">People Who Made Their Mark<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133252\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133252\">From the Editor, the Book of Tens<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133164\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133164\">People We&#8217;ll Miss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133183\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133183\">Ways to Monetize Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133194\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133194\">Ads Garfield Hated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133204\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133204\">The Bobby Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133215\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133215\">Out of Home That Stood Out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133225\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133225\">Mistakes Made When Targeting TV Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133230\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133230\">Covers We Loved<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133233\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133233\">Ad Songs of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133238\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133238\">Major Agency Shifts of 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133241\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133241\">Recession-Proof Businesses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133246\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133246\">Dubious Attempts at Public Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133250\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133250\">Stories of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133217\" href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article?article_id=133217\">Digital Predictions That Didn&#8217;t Pan Out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"55%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"147\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/transparent.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Our colleagues in Canada are known for creating some of the richest media education curriculum in the world. So here I note, the Ontario Ministry of Education&#8217;s latest Literacy document which includes some strong media literacy content:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-literacy.ca\/welcome\/Ideas\/Entries\/2008\/5\/14_Media_Lit._Document_from_the__Ministry_of_Ed._.html\">Media Literacy Document<\/a>The document is broken down into three parts:<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF MEDIA LITERACY IN THE JUNIOR GRADES<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTER 2: APPROACHES TO TEACHING MEDIA LITERACY<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTER 3: SAMPLE LESSONS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oelma.org\/documents\/Why_Media_Literacy_Matters.pdf\">Why Media Literacy Matters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 Moved the NCTE AMA blog to <a href=\"http:\/\/ncte-ama.blogspot.com\/\">new site<\/a>; posted 2008 Photos of the Year<br \/>\n2<\/p>\n<table id=\"table52\" border=\"1\" width=\"56%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"167\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/NIHstudy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\nNIH &amp; Common Sense Media release major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/CSM_media+health_v2c%20110708.pdf\">study <\/a>on media&#8217;s impact on youth health; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/effect_of_media_exposure_on_child_health.htm\">link to news stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>posted my annual media literacy holiday book recommendations Why We&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-whats-new"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36352,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions\/36352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}