Recommended Articles on Media Literacy 

NOTE: The Center for Media Literacy's web site now contains classic articles from the archives of  Media&Values magazine. Go to the web site to read some of the best writing about media literacy in the US.  Also recommended: Media Literacy Review's archives


2009
Media Literacy: 8 Guidelines for Teachers (August 2009)

The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy (Youth Media Reporter, August 2009)

Comparing FSA Photographs by Ben Shahn: A Lesson in Media Literacy (Middle Level Learning, May/June 2009 issue)

A constructivist approach to media literacy education: The role of the library (May 2009)

Media Literacy: A Central Component of Democratic Citizenship (The Educational Forum, Kappa Delta Pi)

Global Perspectives: Developing Media Literacy Skills to Advance Critical Thinking (The Feminist Teacher)

Alligators In The Sewer? Really? (pp. 28-30, May 2009, Learning & Leading With Technology)

Skills for Surviving The 21st Century: Media Literacy Is Essential (
OSSTF/FEESO Education Forum / Vol. 35, Issue 1, Winter 2009)

Association of Various Components of Media Literacy and Adolescent Smoking.American Journal of Health Behavior, Mar/Apr2009

From Gutenberg to Gates: Media Matters. The Social Studies, March/April 2009

Teaching and Reaching the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2009

What Research Says About … / Teaching Media Literacy (ASCD, Educational Leadership, March 2009)

News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age:
Principles for a New Media Literacy (Berkman Center for Internet & Society)

2008

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Assessing the State of Media Literacy in U.S. Higher Education. Simile, Nov 2008

Culturally Relevant Media Studies: A Review of Approaches and Pedagogies, Simile, Nov 2008

Beyond Cynicism:  How Media Literacy Can Make Students More Engaged Citizens 

The Media Is the Message: Invasive Messages Require Defensive Teaching, Edutopia (Aug/Sept 08)

Critical Media Literacy & Transformative Learning, Journal of Transformative Education

What's Relevant for YouTubers?  Educational Leadership, ASCD (March 2008)

"Good for you TV": using storyboarding for health-related television public service announcements to analyze messages and
influence positive health choices.
Journal of School Health (March 2008)

The Media and the Message: Media Literacy as Life Skill in Canada (Edutopia, Feb 2008)

Media Literacy  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Part 1  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy  (Feb 2008)

Media Literacy for children in the Internet Age (Lessons In Learning)

2007

Social Critique and Pleasure: Critical Media Literacy with Popular Culture Texts (Language Arts (NCTE) Volume 85, Number 2, November 2007)

Digital Media Literacies: rethinking media education in the age of the Internet, Research in Comparative and International Education
(Volume 2, Number 1, 2007)

Commercial Media Literacy: What Does It Do, to Whom-and Does It Matter?  Journal of Advertising  (Summer 2007)

Groups advocate media literacy; release toolkit (eschool News, August 2007)

K-12 Information Literacy--Preparing for the Dark Side . I See, I Do: Persuasive Messages and Visual Literacy
(July/Aug 2007, Multimedia & Internet @Schools)


What Can Video Games Teach Us About Teaching Reading? (The Reading Teacher, May 2007)

Media Literacy: "Cool" engagements with YouTube: Part 2. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy  (April 2007)

Critical media literacy is not an option ( Learning Inquiry, Vol.1 No. 1, April 2007)

As seen on TV or Was That My Phone? New Media Literacy  (Policy Futures in Education, Vol. 5, No.1, 2007)

Critical media literacy: crucial policy choices for a twenty-first century democracy (Policy Futures in Education, Vol. 5, No.1, 2007)

Media Literacy “Cool” Engagements With YouTube: Part 1 (JAAL, Feb. 2007)

'Survey of Educators Finds Lack of Focus on 21st Century Media Literacy Skills'




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OTHER RESOURCES FOR ARTICLES
     
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/vs-media/sub_area.cfm?sa=473
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/PI/search.jhtml?magR=all+magazines&key=%22media+literacy%22
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=4018
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/lbstat/media.html
http://www.unm.edu/~abqteach/media_cus/media_index_page.htm
http://www.positivepractices.com/Literacy/MediaLiteracy1998.html


 

 

REVISED:  10/14/2009