40+ Blog Posts to Celebrate AML’s 40th Anniversary
The Association for Media Literacy officially came into existence in 1978. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the organization, our executive board decided on a [...]
The Association for Media Literacy officially came into existence in 1978. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the organization, our executive board decided on a [...]
https://www.canadalandshow.com/ Canadaland is a Toronto-based podcast created by Jesse Brown, a journalist who is pioneering the next evolution of Canadian journalism by living it. Mr. Brown’s [...]
Everyone who has used the internet for personal social communication and entertainment in the last few years has seen a meme. The meme: –“a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or [...]
Provocative on so many levels… Ike Interviews God What would YOU ask?
by Michelle Solomon An observation—and major complication—that I have not heard elsewhere involves the multijurisdictional contexts of media causes and effects. Specifically, that the media [...]
Blog post by Laurie Townshend with extension activities by Michelle Solomon The U.S. Civil Rights Movement reached a peak in the 1960’s with widespread reactions to systemic racism boiling over [...]
Love Pharrell Williams and Weird Al Yankovic? Want to have some fun with your students? Use these fun videos to get them thinking critically about the broad range of texts they encounter. The [...]
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus of The Association for Media Literacy are proud to have been the guest editors of the Agency issue of The Journal of Media Literacy. We chose Agency as the [...]
Carmen is an animated music video comment on social media, specifically referencing Twitter. It makes strong and unequivocal statements about the effects of social media on society. Students [...]
Produced by Dissolve, a stock footage company, to promote its catalog of video clips, this video can be read differently by different audiences. The company sells its clips to promotional firms [...]
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We’re pleased to share a gr. 11 Arts unit from Director Irene Faiz as an example of how #KeyConcepts of #MediaLiteracy such as “Media construct versions of reality” & “Media contain values messages” can be seamlessly woven into other subject curricula.
“[Media literacy] can also help [students] develop skills and perspective that may help them… to live with a little more tolerance, understanding, and confidence and a lot more skepticism, scrutiny, and sophistication.” Continue in @EdWeekOpinion 🔗
🚨 It’s been a chaotic, emotionally charged news week. Trying to find credible reports in such an environment can be hard – especially on social media!
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In today’s featured blog, President @mediasee highlights evolving real-world applications of #MachineLearning & considers potential benefits & hazards of #GenAI, from enhancing social connections to ethical concerns, in true #McLuhanian style.
Co-VP @MzMollyTL just returned from presenting & participating in @IC4ML #IMLRS24 in the Azores. Check out her reflection on this year’s iteration of one of our favourite #MediaLiteracy conferences on our blog: