Young Children’s Book Awareness as Media Literacy
Many parents make a particular point of exposing their children to books at an early age and continue to promote a love of reading throughout their childhoods. As popular as tablets and [...]
Many parents make a particular point of exposing their children to books at an early age and continue to promote a love of reading throughout their childhoods. As popular as tablets and [...]
I attended the American Library Association conference in Washington, DC and had an opportunity to visit the expansive—REALLY expansive—exhibits. You might expect most exhibitors to be promoting [...]
by Neil Andersen In Metaphors We Live By, cognitive linguist George Lakoff explains that most of our language is metaphorical. This is especially true when we are discussing abstract ideas rather [...]
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?
Malcolm Gladwell has a podcast called Revisionist History. It’s smart, fun, and feels like listening to a chapter of one of his books. I especially enjoyed the Hallelujah episode, which [...]
by Neil Andersen, Diana Maliszewski and Nina Silver In an early episode of The Crown, a young Queen Elizabeth is frustrated because she feels that she is not being taken seriously, both for being [...]
Since taking a series of story telling workshops three years ago, I have always been interested in the medium of telling stories as a way to learn about ourselves, others and the world around us. [...]
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 [...]
Late September, 2017 provided media students with a wonderful opportunity to discuss the relationships between and among politics, news, sports and the global village. Note the update at the end [...]
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Media contain social and political meanings.
@A_M_L_ https://www.cp24.com/news/toronto-bans-tiktok-on-city-issued-devices-1.6308553
Audiences negotiate meanings.
@A_M_L_ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/daylight-saving-time-doctors-research-cardiovascular-1.6773679
Media contain social and political meanings.
@A_M_L_ https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/03/10/mandatory-tech-credit-coming-for-ontario-high-school-students-education-minister-stephen-lecce-announces.html