This engaging conversation from Media Literacy Week features Neil Andersen, Margie Keats, Diana Maliszewski & Michelle Solomon.
Oh what a tangled web we weave… Thanks to Jessie Hirsh’s Metaviews,* I listened to episode 86 of a China Tech Talk podcast, China’s social credit system: everything you know is wrong with Kendra Schaefer, which did a great job of demystifying China’s social credit system. *You can subscribe to Jesse’s excellent blog at metaviews….
Many parents make a particular point of exposing their children to books at an early age and continue to promote a love of reading throughout their childhoods. As popular as tablets and smartphones may be, many parents still privilege books and reading experiences over other media experiences. (We rarely hear, “No books until you finish…
*by Sarah Gilpin, OCT & Director in The Association for Media Literacy How do you convince an audience to take time out of their busy schedules to see a film during box office opening weekend? Market the world to them. This is exactly what the Wicked film has done oh so effectively. With “fandom collaborations…
https://www.medievaltimes.com/toronto Why would anyone want to relive an era defined by plague, rats, the stench of open sewers and horse poop, risk of torture, and daily threat of violence? It seems many people love the prospect, and will also pay a hefty price to take their children to enjoy it. Except that this is…
Len Masterman’s most recent work has focused on developing the new Media Studies syllabus for the Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (England). He spun a cautionary tale of the evolution of Media Studies in this Board (in fact, in Britain) in order to drive home to us the very real danger in allowing Media Studies…
by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt reviewed by Geoffrey Winship The Human Face of Big Data is a big book. I mean really big. At almost twice the dimensions of most coffee table books, it is imposing. When I took this book home to read, in practical terms, it meant that I couldn’t store it…