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May M-arketplace Feature

May M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] May 4, 2013

Critical Media Pedagogy:  Teaching For Achievement in City Schools (Ernest Morrell, Rudy Dueñnas, Veronica Garcia, Jorge Lopez) ($26.96 + free shipping). This practical book examines how teaching media in high school English and social studies classrooms can address major challenges in our educational system. The authors argue that, in addition to providing underserved youth with access [...]

May 2013: M-Passioned Member Patrick Johnson

May 2013: M-Passioned Member Patrick Johnson

[ 1 ] May 1, 2013

1) What do you do? I’m currently in limbo as to what I do. In May I complete my Master’s program from Marquette University, where my emphasis in media studies was molded to research in the areas of media literacy education and scholastic journalism. Starting this fall, I will be an English and Journalism teacher and [...]

Tiffany Schlain

‘Connected’ filmmaker Tiffany Shlain to kick off conference with keynote

[ 1 ] April 22, 2013

  You haven’t seen the program for Intersections – NAMLE’s 2013 Conference?? Check it out! Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards and an award-winning documentary filmmaker, will kick off the two-day conference with a keynote address. Participants will be able to select from the wide array of sessions each day, as well as explore [...]

April M-arketplace Feature

April M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] April 1, 2013

The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth by Joseph Turow ($11.43 + free shipping). The Internet is often hyped as a means to enhanced consumer power: a hypercustomized media world where individuals exercise unprecedented control over what they see and do. That is the scenario media guru [...]

April 2013: M-Passioned Member: Stuart Kantor

April 2013: M-Passioned Member: Stuart Kantor

[ 0 ] April 1, 2013

What do you do? I teach AP / Dual Enrolled English IV and Media Literacy.  I’m also the English Department Chair, and I run the Texas Track & Field Coaches Association.   Tell me about your latest work or project in media literacy. My students and I have recently launched a website called the Institute [...]

March 2013: M-Passioned Member: Jiwon Yoon

March 2013: M-Passioned Member: Jiwon Yoon

[ 0 ] March 12, 2013

1) What do you do?  I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I teach undergraduate courses in media studies and intercultural communication. I have taught such courses as Media Literacy, Children and Media, Media and Social Change, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Introduction to Media Production. This is my [...]