October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month. In 2009, President Obama issued the first presidential proclamation, acknowledging the critical importance of information literacy to the social and economic welfare of the American people. Knowing how to find, evaluate, and use effectively information from a variety of media and information resources should no longer be taken [...]
Madeline Di Nonno delivered the closing keynote address at this year’s NAMLE conference. She is the Executive Director of SEE JANE and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. View video clips below: Download the .Mp4 Video File Right click (Ctrl/Click on Mac) on this link to save this video file
WMM’s collection of films on Media Literacy are critically-acclaimed documentaries that aid in recognizing and analyzing media messages that can influence today’s youth. Special Offer! NAMLE members get 15% off these selected titles! NAMLE members can enjoy an exclusive discount of 15% off any of the following titles by using promo code NAMLE11. Please call [...]
M3 Video Archive The 2011 student productions, a meta documentary on the experience, Q&A footage, and bonus behind-the-scenes clips, and an excerpt of their conversation with Mohammed Bilal. M3 Process & Round-up by Annelise Wunderlich What happens when you take 16 teenagers from all over the country, put them into a small, hot room, give [...]
In his July 24 address at the NAMLE conference, keynote speaker Douglas Rushkoff said he felt inspired by how “sexy” media literacy has become. The term “media literacy” used to make eyes glaze over; it sounded like something that came from the parent/establishment world, but now it’s a fertile cultural source—“a weird, cross-pollinating thing, something iconoclastic that’s going [...]
The NAMLE RESEARCH AWARDS were presented at the NAMLE Conference on Monday, July 25th. Established Scholar Category Mary Hess received an Honorable Mention for her paper Digital Story-telling as a Form of Faith Formation Emerging Scholar Category Finalists for the Emerging Scholar award included: Finalist: Diana Graber for her paper New Media Literacy Education (NMLE): A [...]
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