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Read AML’s latest news, classroom strategies, and commentary on current issues through a media literacy lens.

Diana Maliszewski

AML Board Members Share Their Favourite Media Text: Part 4 – Margie Keats

Pantheon Books Margie Keats is a teacher of English, visual arts, graphic design, and media studies with the Halton Catholic District School Board. She has been…
Diana Maliszewski

AML Board Members Share Their Favourite Media Text: Part 3 – Diana Maliszewski

Diana Maliszewski is a teacher-librarian with the Toronto District School Board and currently the newest board member of the Association of Media Literacy, having joined in…
Neil Andersen

Podcasts—the new old medium

Apple iTunes Podcasts have become an interesting new/old media phenomenon. While they seem to be the new de rigeur form, they arguably date from electronic media’s…
Carol Arcus

Can media literacy education nurture active agency? Or, my argument with Mark Surman

I attended one of the McLuhan Salons recently – talks/discussions that are co-sponsored by St. Michael’s College at U of T and the Estate of Marshall…
Diana Maliszewski

AML Board Members Share Their Favourite Media Text: Part 1 – Carol Arcus

Carol Arcus is the current Vice-President of the Association of Media Literacy and has been involved with the organization for over twenty years. She is a…
Diana Maliszewski

The Art of the Apology

By Diana Maliszewski Practically everything is media, and that includes apologies. An apology is defined as “a regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure” (www.dictionary.com). Traditional…
Neil Andersen

Fish Out of Water: Deconstructing Branding through Urban Crawls

The following is an outline of a field study I do with my Grade 11 Media Studies students. They always love doing it, and learn a…
Neil Andersen

Tits and small bits: Exploring commodification, consent and shame in teen “sexting”

Dr. Jessica Ringrose; Professor of Sociology of Gender and Education; Institute of Education; University of London: A guest lecture sponsored by the Centre for Media and…
Diana Maliszewski

Reining in Rapid Righteousness

By Diana Maliszewski with Neil Andersen A common adjective to describe recent media experiences is FAST. The speed at which content is published, shared, commented on,…
Neil Andersen

The Human Face of Big Data

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…