Let’s Play! Let’s Talk! Media Literacy & our Youngest Learners
AML Board Director Diana Maliszewski gave this presentation, “Let’s Play! Let’s Talk! Media Literacy and our Youngest Learners” at the NAMLE (National Association for [...]
AML Board Director Diana Maliszewski gave this presentation, “Let’s Play! Let’s Talk! Media Literacy and our Youngest Learners” at the NAMLE (National Association for [...]
One of the most compelling aspects of media studies involves sites of struggle. Sites of struggle are social phenomena that become arenas for changing values and behaviours. They include fashion, [...]
Podcasts have become an interesting new/old media phenomenon. While they seem to be the new de rigeur form, they arguably date from electronic media’s second-oldest form: radio. (The first is the [...]
By Diana Maliszewski with Neil Andersen A common adjective to describe recent media experiences is FAST. The speed at which content is published, shared, commented on, and remixed is quick. What [...]
Recent populist political victories have caused pundits to wonder if public education has failed and democracy is at risk. Some wonder, “How can people who are openly racist, sexist, xenophobic [...]
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 [...]
Genius is an annotation website that supports student reflection and critical thinking. Genius’ richest resource is its rap lyric section, but other categories include screen, history, lit [...]
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 [...]
by Diana Luciani, former AML Board member; teacher – Peel District School Board, Ontario These lessons inform the Media Strand of Ontario’s Grade 9 Applied-level English course. [...]
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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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