Barry Duncan – Our Founder and Mentor
Barry Duncan was our founder, our mentor, and our great friend. If not for Barry, AML would not exist. He was a deep influence on hundreds of teachers as they refined their own media teaching [...]
Barry Duncan was our founder, our mentor, and our great friend. If not for Barry, AML would not exist. He was a deep influence on hundreds of teachers as they refined their own media teaching [...]
On October 5, a small but plucky band of wanderers paid tribute to AML’s founder and mentor, Barry Duncan, by walking through Canoe Landing Park in Toronto and the surrounding environments. Here [...]
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 [...]
Stuck for a media exam question for your media class? Here are suggestions, by Barry Duncan.
The following observations are designed to serve as probes and provocations to uncover the essence of some important ideas about media education and media studies. Based largely on the experience [...]
It would not be an exaggeration to assert that this book is the most important book on the theory and practice of media education in the last 10 years.
by Barry Duncan, John Pungente SJ, and Neil Andersen September 1, 2002 1: INTRODUCTION In 1922, Lewis Selznik, the Hollywood producer, is reported to have said: “If Canadian stories [...]
by Barry Duncan March 6, 2007 In recent years, we have noticed that several teacher unions, e.g, OSSTF and FESSO have denounced the proliferation of media violence and its alleged effects [...]
by Derek Boles On the provincial political front, the Liberal government earned the enmity of Ontario teachers by re-organizing the Teachers Pension Fund, the second largest in Canada. Among [...]
by Derek Boles It was hard to believe that the educational climate in Ontario could deteriorate any further; but by 1998, the AML would be grappling for its very survival. The year began on a [...]
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Wonderful examples of culturally-appropriate messages.
What others might you imagine?
Media construct versions of reality.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-05-05/Kangaroos-trout-and-hockey-sticks-to-help-with-social-distancing-Qfm75LkwBq/index.html
What inferences might we make from learning that telcos are the largest donors?
Media contain commercial meanings.
Media contain social and political meanings.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/corporate-donations-suspended-u-s-republicans-1.5873268
How might we respond if the riot is given a human face?
Media construct versions of reality.
Audiences negotiate meaning.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/police-officers-capitol-riot-hodges-fanone/index.html
Could the GPS and login data be cross-referenced to the locations and chatter that occurred over the previous week?
Media construct versions of reality.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://twitter.com/MediatedReality/status/1350095519222153218
The more I see these stories, I believe these are the same people who worry that tech ruins kids, so they film themselves destroying an iPad (while kids cry in the background) using either a hammer or shotgun, then post to Facebook about good parenting 🤷🏻♂️ https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231749/parler-interactive-map-video-gps-capitol-attack
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