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by Neil Andersen. Emojis are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages. (Wikipedia) Their uses are growing rapidly, especially in texting, to graphically represent ideas and [...]

This is a 3-part lesson: research, discussion/presentation; and creation. Students will research the political implications of a named building, statue or highway, discuss/present their results [...]

There is a long-ignored, newly-recognized ‘holy grail’ in technical education and its home can be found in media literacy education. IT has traditionally been a sharing and [...]

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 [...]

A sculpture of a man sleep walking in his underwear has disrupted life at a women’s university. The sculpture provides great opportunities to consider context and to explore the key [...]

Norman Lear produced several successful television sit-coms with political implications. His first, and most well-known, was All in the Family. Archie Bunker, the central character, was a [...]

The American Dream & Media Messages (ENG3U) by Diana Luciani, former AML Board Member In teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as literature, media literacy might help students in [...]

How are the Crop Top Protests a clash of contexts? Students have protested school clothing rules and sanctions, mostly involving the appropriateness of bare midriffs. The incidents have involved [...]

Pauline Marois’ PQ government introduced proposed legislation that defines the Charter of Québec Values. A key element of the Charter prescribes what kinds of clothing, specifically religious, [...]