2007: June

22-26  News from the AMLA NMEC Conference:
Conference blog
-Renee Hobbs’ keynote: What the Research Says; (podcast)
-Henry Jenkins’ keynote: What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About New Media Literacies (podcast)
– Ofcom’s Robin Blake keynote: The UK’s Networked Generation and Why Media Literacy Matters
– link to my presentation on Edward R. Murrow

19  Alliance Provides ‘Core Principles’ for Media Literacy;
New Generations, New Media Challenges

KFF’s New National Survey of Parents on Children and Media
(AP New story; New Kaiser Study Sends Mixed Message)

18   AMLA releases newly revised core principles


June/July 2007 cover story in American Journalism Review

Cable's Leaders in Learning Awards
7 I am just back from Washington DC and the Library Of Congress where I joined a number of teacher educators from across the US honored for their work by the National Cable TV Assn. For details about my “Leaders In Learning” honor, click here.  Listen to a podcast interview with me here

Cable launches PointSmart.ClickSafe

Off the Dial: How Media Consolidation Diminishes Diversity on the Radio

1 Children Not Seeing More Food Ads on Television
(FTC Releases Research on Children’s Exposure to Television Advertising)

More TV = Less Reading (study in current issue of AAP’s Grand Rounds)

The Research Is In: Violent Video Games Can Lead to Violent Behavior
(June 2007, Executive Intelligence Review)