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 [...]
Vaping: The New Sign of Sophistication
Cigarette smoking was promoted in the past as a sign of maturity and sophistication for a century. Celebrities smoked. Movie stars played smoking heroes. Smoking made fans feel like their heroes. [...]
Families and TV
While pundits predict the end of TV, it is still a major family activity. Older broadcast TV (CBC, CTV, Global) is controlled by a different set of policies than cable and OTT TV (Netflix, Prime, [...]
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Protecting Online Privacy
Comparitech is a company that offers a variety of online services. As part of its corporate citizenship and marketing, it also offers guides for wise internet use. Among those guides is [...]
Curating at 5
Jordi is a 5-year-old curator. He asks me how to spell the word that describes the games he is curating (monster, racing, mystery, maze, zombie) and types it into the search field.
The Father Figure and Media Representation (HPC3O1)
by Diana Luciani, former AML Board Member and Teacher, Peel DSB, Ontario As part of the Grade 11 Parenting Class, this is an examination of the representation of family—particularly fathers as [...]
