Media and Terrorism: Global Terrorism. Edited by Des Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu (Sage/$45.18 + free shipping). Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world’s media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current [...]
1) What do you do? I am the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project), a non-profit organization bringing free media literacy training to youth, parents and educators throughout New York City. 2) Tell me about your latest work or project in media literacy. As far as work goes, The LAMP has had [...]
Now Available: Journal of Media Literacy Education: Volume 3 Issue 2 This issue was jointly created by two journals devoted to media literacy education: the US Journal of Media Literacy Education (sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education) and the Italian Media Education: Studi, Ricerche, Buone pratiche (sponsored by MED – Associazione italiana per l’educazione ai media e alla [...]
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SANTA FE, NM – The KIDS FIRST! 2012 Film Critics were just announced and they are already hard at work. Film Critic Blake Hawes traveled to Honolulu to interview the cast from Journey 2 and to learn the Rock’s Pec Pop of Love. The winners serve a twelve-month term, attending Red Carpet events and advance [...]
The co-editors of the Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE) seek media literacy scholars, practitioners and educators to join our Editorial Board in an effort to magnify the diversity of voices, pedagogies and technologies that comprise the rapidly growing field of media literacy education. The JMLE is an online, open source academic journal that seeks [...]
Adobe Youth Voices has announced an exciting new program: Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards. From their press release: This is an electrifying online media festival that will honor young people worldwide who have creatively communicated their vision for change in their communities and their lives through video, photography, graphic arts, and audio. The prizes being offered [...]
Media and Terrorism: Global Terrorism. Edited by Des Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu (Sage/$45.18 + free shipping). Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world’s media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current [...]
Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College is working with educators in Bhutan to integrate media literacy throughout the country. Bhutan, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas, is the last nation in the world to receive television. Chris Sperry, the director of curriculum and staff development for Project Look Sharp, will be in Bhutan [...]
I wouldn’t be surprised if voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and now Florida have thrown their televisions away: after being bombarded by political campaign commercials, not all of them produced by the candidates. News reports, quoting political insiders, said the Super PAC spots have influenced voters. As a media educator, I see these [...]
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