Why Some Words?
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 [...]
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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https://nmc-mic.ca/2022/10/19/media-literacy-week-is-right-around-the-corner/ AML’s Co-Vice President Diana Maliszewski and AML Executive member June Lee in conversation as [...]
Celebrating Media Literacy Week, a new Mediacy podcast, and more! Click here for our October newsletter.
*Diana Maliszewski’s 2019 Elementary lesson on Elections – their signs and processes – is well worth reviving for a 2022 Fall activity! Elections are great opportunities for [...]
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 [...]
(This illustration was obtained from https://www.freepnglogos.com/pics/crown and is used under a Creative Commons license.) Monday, September 19, 2022 was the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. [...]
Check out our Special Edition September Newsletter. Diana Maliszewski has spearheaded a rich set of K-12 lesson ideas on the Monarchy as Media. And don’t forget our Fall AQ! [...]
Check out our Fall Media AQ, a new Interview, and an invitation to re-visit our Lesson ideas.. Click here for our September newsletter.
This lesson was created as the culminating project in the Association for Media Literacy’s Spring 2022 Additional Qualifications Course. The AML is grateful to C. Lim for her creativity and [...]
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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/