Baby It’s Cold Outside: The Saga of a Song
by Neil Andersen and Diana Maliszewski This is the saga of a song. The melody and lyrics have remained intact, yet its long list of performers and audiences have profoundly changed its experience [...]
by Neil Andersen and Diana Maliszewski This is the saga of a song. The melody and lyrics have remained intact, yet its long list of performers and audiences have profoundly changed its experience [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
by Michelle Solomon and Neil Andersen (updated 2019) Because the primary function of media is to communicate culture, media literacy is a wonderfully compelling blend of media studies and [...]
In November, 2018, Jesse—’CBC tech columnist’—Hirsh appeared in his regular time slot on the Metro Morning radio show to comment on Facebook’s long list of ethical missteps, among them failing to [...]
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/09/economist-explains-13 In late summer, 2016, Colin Kaepernick, a pro football player, refused to stand during the playing of the American [...]
by Diana Maliszewski Media literacy can be most impactful when the media texts chosen for study are items that students interact with daily, often without much consideration. The Canadian [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Neil Andersen, Carol Arcus, Margie Keats, Diana Maliszewski and Michelle Solomon How could victims need rescuing without villains to abuse them? How could a [...]
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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