So Easy To Fall
So Easy to Fall by Diana Maliszewski Two recent examples have shown me that, even when people know the critical thinking strategies to use when consuming media, those skills are useless if you [...]
So Easy to Fall by Diana Maliszewski Two recent examples have shown me that, even when people know the critical thinking strategies to use when consuming media, those skills are useless if you [...]
Why Some Words? by Diana Maliszewski One of the 2023 Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading nominees is Can You Believe It?: How To Spot Fake News and Find the Facts by Joyce Grant [...]
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This engaging conversation from Media Literacy Week features Neil Andersen, Margie Keats, Diana Maliszewski & Michelle Solomon.
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AML recognizes September 30, Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and [...]
by Neil Andersen Note: These two images, representing “about” and “through” come from the icon collection from The Noun Project. We are permitted to use these images under [...]
Late June seems to be a popular time for conferences. For many districts, students are finished for the year (just not for elementary schools in our district) and members of the target audience [...]
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I have been seeing it everywhere! Behind Andrea Horvath’s head on my TV screen. Behind Stephen Lecce’s frame as he makes another announcement on Twitter. At the shopping mall in the winter [...]
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Media contain social and political messages.
Media contain values messages.
@A_M_L_ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/03/frances-cesar-film-awards-ban-anyone-being-investigated-on-sex-crimes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Media construct versions of reality.
@A_M_L_ https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1610096327060525056
Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
The viral generational wealth chart looks very different when restated in per capita terms
https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2021/09/01/who-is-the-wealthiest-generation/
#MediaLiteracy is the most important skill
@A_M_L_ https://twitter.com/IrregularVerbal/status/1610056469344305152
Matthew Johnson
@IrregularVerbal
Fascinating thread on what makes something sound like “anime music” – with detours into history and linguistics.
Each medium has a unique aesthetic form
#DMLKeyConcepts https://twitter.com/atelierjoshua/status/1609588774916481024
Media contain social and political messages.
@A_M_L_ https://globalnews.ca/news/9383759/twitter-threats-arrest-rcmp-ottawa/
Media contain social and political messages.
@A_M_L_
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-says-germany-refused-talks-ww2-reparations-2023-01-03/