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 [...]
The following is a call for papers from the CFP Journal Issue on Creative Technologies Editors: Nelson Zagalo and Pedro Branco We’re pleased to announce an upcoming issue of the Journal of Communication and Society dedicated to the new domain of Creative Technologies. ***SCOPE*** Since dawn of humanity we developed creative technologies, tools such as ink, [...]
The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults (JRLYA) seeks papers for its Spring 2012 issue on the theme of Twenty-First Century Literacies. The issue will feature articles focusing on different twenty-first century literacies. Possibilities include information literacy, traditional literacy, multicultural literacy, transliteracy, visual literacy, media literacy, civic literacy, or economic literacy, to name [...]
The department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media (BTMM) at Temple University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in Emergent Media to begin in fall 2012. We seek a scholar whose work addresses the challenges and opportunities in emergent media, particularly social media environments including mobile media and gaming; other possible areas include telepresence and virtual/augmented reality. The ideal [...]
Kids First’s 2012 film critics search campaign for parents of kids ages 6 to 14 in the greater NYC area is now underway and goes through the end of the year. The winners review new films and DVDs before they are released and have opportunities to attend premieres and Red Carpets events from time to time. [...]
In the November 2011 issue of Kappan, Deborah L. Linebarger (deborah-linebarger@uiowa.edu), Director of the Children’s Media Lab at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (pp.62-65) compiles previous and current research, including a number of recent, large-scale research projects, that confirms television’s value in teaching rudimentary concepts to children, especiall those from low-income homes. She [...]
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