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Critical Media Consumption: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Critical Media Consumption: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

[ 0 ] December 1, 2012

This instructor’s manual was developed as training program aimed at imparting critical media literacy education in teachers and educators. The program was part of the Peace Education Through Media (PET-Med) project in 2010-2011, which was funded by the EU Partnership for Peace Program of the European Commission delegations in Israel, and the West Bank , and conducted jointly by the Veneto Region of Italy, the Netanya Academic College in Israel, and the Palestine-Israel Journal.

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Design a Media Effects Study (in-class activity)

[ 0 ] October 18, 2012

This is a useful tool for helping students learn about media effects studies through hands-on experience. It helps if they have read a bit about such studies first. They work in five groups, and each group is given a description of a hypothetical relationship to study (Activity PDF). The directions (Prompt PPTX) are to define the problem, isolate what it is they’re going to study, define their hypothetical sample, and explain how they will measure the results.

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Multiple States of the Union (written assignment)

[ 0 ] October 18, 2012

This is a great writing assignment for a college-level class in a spring semester. Students watch news reports of the State of the Union address from two media outlets – one conservative, one liberal. They analyze the rhetoric used, and compare the two accounts. My students in the past became really engaged in this assignment, and said they never realized how biased some ‘news’ media are.

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Copyright Clarity

Copyright Clarity

[ 0 ] October 18, 2012

This resource from the Media Education Lab offers a primer in copyright and fair use for all media literacy educators. Download and read the Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education, watch informative videos, “Schoolhouse Rocks” style songs, and access curriculum resources. Essential for any educator who suffers from “copyright confusion”!

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Advertising and Culture (written assignment)

[ 0 ] October 8, 2012

In this written assignment, students analyze an advertisement using some of the key questions of media literacy. They also identify the target audience for the ad, and consider the cultural values the ad communicates.

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A Tethered World: Exploring

A Tethered World: Exploring

[ 0 ] October 8, 2012

A Tethered World evaluated the mobile habits of students of 52 nationalities, attending universities in eight countries, on three continents. Researchers had the 800 students track their mobile use over a 24-hour period this past spring 2012. Following the day-long tracking, the students completed an in-depth survey and wrote a 500-word narrative about their media habits.

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