domingo, marzo 04, 2007
Video: Music, Media and Today's Youth Culture
A short film on the affect music and media has on today's youth culture.
Video: Media Youth Television, Inc.
Media Youth Television is a creative non-profit out-of-school time program designed to deliver comprehensive media education to youth between the ages of 12-20. The program is comprised of three major components: Media Literacy, Video Production, and Business Training.
Video: Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies & Alcohol
Spin the Bottle offers an indispensable critique of the role that contemporary popular culture plays in glamorizing excessive drinking and high-risk behaviors. Award-winning media critics Jackson Katz and Jean Kilbourne contrast these distorted representations with the often disturbing and dangerous ways that alcohol consumption affects the lives of real young men and women. Illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Katz and Kilbourne decode the power and influence these seductive media images have in shaping gender identity, which is linked to the use of alcohol. Nowhere is this link more cause for concern than on America�s college campuses.
By exploring the college party scene, Spin the Bottle shows the difficulties students have in navigating a cultural environment saturated with messages about gender and alcohol. Interviews with campus health professionals provide a clear picture of how drinking impacts student health and academic performance, but it is the students� own experiences and reflections that tell the real story behind alcohol�s alluring public image.
Spin the Bottle concludes with concrete strategies for countering the ubiquitous presence of alcohol propaganda and challenges young people to make conscious decisions about their own lives.
Video: Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession With Thinness
Jean Kilbourne's award-winning video offers an in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising images and the devastating effects of those images on women's health. Addressing the relationship between these images and the obsession of girls and women with dieting and thinness, Slim Hopes offers a new way to think about life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, and a well-documented critical perspective on the social impact of advertising.
Slim Hopes is a lively and engaging program suitable for a wide range of audiences at high schools, colleges and universities. Using over 150 ads, it informs as it entertains, allowing viewers to build an analytic framework for considering the impact of advertising on women's health. (more)
Video: Rich Media, Poor Democracy
If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney lays the blame for this state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming.
Through numerous examples, McChesney, and media scholar, Mark Crispin Miller, demonstrate how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Sony, Viacom, News Corp, and AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism and low on information. They suggest that unless citizen activism can reclaim the commons, this new corporate system will be characterized by a rich media and an ever impoverished, poor democracy.
Video: Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs
Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being.
Featuring interviews with Dr. Marcia Angell (Dept. of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Former Editor New England Journal of Medicine), Dr. Bob Goodman (Columbia University Medical Center; Founder, No Free Lunch), Gene Carbona (Former Pharmaceutical Industry Insider and Current Executive Director of Sales, The Medical Letter), Katharine Greider (Journalist; Author, The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers,), Dr. Elizabeth Preston (Dept. of Communication, Westfield State College), and Dr. Larry Sasich (Public Citizen Health Research Group). (more)
Video: "CAMOUFLAGED" a film by People's CORE YMAP Youth
Camouflaged presents a probing look into the diverse perspectives of youth on the issue of military recruitment in schools. High school students, members of Military Explorers (a J-ROTC program), and anti-military recruitment activists engage in thought provoking discussions ranging from class issues with recruitment, the US motivations for war and occupation in Iraq, forces that drive young people to join the military, to the costs of war -- the lives of young American soldiers.
RESOURCE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH - This program offers a 6-month training on social documentation and digital media for high school youth with support from the Community Technology Foundation of California. This program also provides leadership development training and education on gang prevention, environmental health, reproductive health, and substance abuse prevention. As an integral component of youth leadership development, youth involvement in community service projects are integrated into the trainings.
Youth Media Arts Project (YMAP) * Youth Capacity Building Project
Video: Promoting Health Through Media Education
Video produced to show the importance of media education.
Una introducción a la Educación en medios por David Considine
David Considine publica una breve introducción a la Educación en medios apoyado por una serie de recursos. Ojalá y puedan visitar su sitio: http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/article.html
An Introduction to
Media Literacy:
The What, Why and How To's
For many years now, The National Telemedia Council has been asked if any clear, succinct yet comprehensive overview of media literacy was available. While Telemedium consistently addresses curriculum concerns, and textbooks like Visual Messages provide K-12 strategies and activities to integrate media literacy into the curriculum, there is need for a simple overview that explains to a newcomer to the field, just what media literacy is, and why we need it and where it belongs. These few brief pages then, represent our contribution to that need.
by David Considine
(Published in the Fall 1995 issue of Telemedium, The Journal of Media Literacy,Volume 41, Number 2)
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/article.html
What is Media Literacy and why do you need it?
Who teaches Media Literacy?
Approaches to Media Literacy
Some Principles of Media Literacy
References and Resources
First, the "why?"
In an age when most Americans get most of their information from television not textbooks, pictures not print, we need a wider definition of what it means to be literate. Many of us grew up hearing the proverbs and adages like these: You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.
These words are even truer today in an age not only of computers and telecommunications but of virtual reality and imageneering. Today's technologies represent a startling fusion of sight and sound that frequently make it difficult for us to discern illusion from reality, fact from fiction. Special effects like those seen in movies like "JFK" and "Forrest Gump" merge the past with the present, color with black and white, the dead with the living, fact with fiction in such a way that the real truth can often be confused with the reel truth.
lt would be one thing if such technologies were employed only in the entertainment media, but increasingly these production values are evident in broadcast news. A reporter in a TV studio is, for example, magically transported by computer onto the White House lawn. The mere location lends power, authority and therefore credence to the reporter and the story. This form of set decoration or window dressing is deceptive, especially when it is utilized during a program which is meant to provide us with factual information that we can rely upon.
While such techniques may render the program more visually pleasing, they represent the emergence of infotainment and the decline of objective, neutral and reliable news. Given these trends, responsible citizens need to possess the ability to question the accuracy and authenticity of information in all its forms, not just print. They need the ability to make reflective critical responses to this information. But media literacy is about more than just consuming information. A media literate individual is able to produce, create and successfully communicate information in all its forms, not just print. A simple example of why these skills are now necessary is evident in the emergence of CD-ROM. This technology represents a fusion of two previously discrete technologies, the computer and the video camera. It also represents a fusion of two information formats, print and picture.
As we approach the end of the 20th century Americans in the workplace as in their daily lives will increasingly need the information and communication skills necessary to live and work with multiple formats. Rather than simply typing print from page to screen, they will work with still and moving images, graphics and text. The organization and arrangement of these elements on the screen will require expertise in visual language and human perception. It will require individuals skilled in the design and display of information that is electronically produced, stored and accessed.
A Definition
Media literacy, then, is an expanded information and communication skill that is responsive to the changing nature of information in our society. It addresses the skills students need to be taught in school, the competencies citizens must have as we consume information in our homes and living rooms, and the abilities workers must have as we move toward the 21st century and the challenges of a global economy.
In North America, while a phrase or word may change here or there, most media literacy organizations and leaders accept this definition of media literacy: The Ability to
Access
Analyze
Evaluateand
Communicateinformation in a variety of format
including print and nonprint.
Like traditional literacy it includes the ability to both read (comprehend) and write (create, design, produce). Further, it moves from merely recognizing and comprehending information to the higher order critical thinking skills implicit in questioning, analyzing and evaluating that information.
Considine Appointed Chairperson 2003 National Conference
David Considine: Resume
Media Literacy: 1999 National Conference
Media Literacy and Adolescents
Media Literacy: Barry Duncan's Class at Appalachian
Media Literacy and Juvenile Justice
Media Literacy and North Carolina Curriculum Connections
Media Literacy and Presidential Politics
Media Literacy: ASU's Management Model
Media Literacy Class Online Spring 2002
Media Literacy: First National Media Literacy Conference at ASU
Media Literacy: From Television to Telling-Vision
Media Literacy, Health and Medical Issues
Media Literacy Hot Links
Media Literacy in North Carolina
Media Literacy: The Purposes and Rationale
Media Literacy Stipends & Summer School 2001
Media Literacy: Summit 2000: Reflections on Toronto Conference
Media Literacy: Teachers Talk Media Literacy
Putting the ME in MEdia: Student Reflections
Support Telemedium: The Journal of Media Literacy
Tyner to Teach in New York July 2002
Revista Media & Values realizada por el Center for Media Literacy
Enlace directo a la revista que publica el Center for Media Literacy y algunos de sus principales documentos
For over 15 years — 1977–1993 — Media&Values magazine plowed the field for planting the media literacy movement in the United States. Begun as a graduate school project by CML founder Elizabeth Thoman, a former high school English and journalism teacher, the magazine grew over the years to become the "smartest magazine about the media published in the United States" according to the London Sunday Telegraph.
Originally a newsletter for teachers and leaders in the religious community, it evolved over time into a non-commercial, non-sectarian publication with a circulation of over 5,000. Each issue explored a single topic through articles by scholars, interviews, excerpts from new books, and action ideas for teachers, youth workers, family counselors and others.
Media&Values Archive: Issues 1 – 63
Acclaimed for its ability to interpret complex issues without watering down their significance, it served for many as a low-cost accessible "reader" on core media topics facing our society in the last quarter of the 20th century. The publication was discontinued in late 1993 but many articles in its 63 issues continue to be relevant to the ongoing conversation about the function and future of media and technology in our lives.
Thanks to grants and contributions from many longtime supporters of the magazine, including former staff, writers, photographers and artists, CML is pleased to provide this archive of articles from Media&Values as the foundation for our online "Reading Room."
Top 20 Articles
The Heart of the Matter: Reflection / Action
History and SignificanceEvolving a Foundation for Media Literacy
Behind the Scenes: People with Passion
Historia de la Media Literacy en EUA por el Center for Media Literacy
Otros enlaces a recursos interesantes del Center for Media Literacy
CML's online reference center for background articles, core research studies and timely reports as well as an historical archive documenting the development of media literacy in the United States.
Media&Values Archive
Published from 1977 to 1993, Media&Values magazine served for many as the charcoal to ignite the flame of media literacy in the United States. Over 350 articles from 63 issues are now online.
Media Literacy in the USAOriginal source documents, reflection articles, papers and reports trace events and influences on the development of media literacy in the USA.
• History of US Media Literacy-Decade by Decade
• Why Media Literacy is Important
• Media Literacy: A Definition...and More
• Issues in the Development of Media Literacy
• CML Contributions to the Conversation
On Media and Living in a Media Culture
• Useful Articles, Reports and References
• Justice Issues in the Media
• Impact of Technology
Media Literacy and Education
• Education for the 21st Century: Issues and Trends
• Integrating Media Literacy Across the Curriculum
• Media Literacy Works! Case Studies and Success Stories
• How to Teach Media Literacy
• Lesson Plan Library
Five Key Questions of Media Literacy
Media Literacy in the Home
Media Literacy in Faith Communities
Media Literacy and Public Health
CML News and Publications
Recursos valiosos ofrecidos por el Center for Media Literacy
Les comparto una serie de recursos valiosos que ofrece el Center for Media Literacy. Encontrarán el enlace directo al Centro y su zona de descargas.
CML Completes MediaLit Kit™ Framework for K-12 Media Literacy Now all together in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML's Five Key Questions of Media Literacy.
I. Theory: Literacy for 21st Century: An Overview & Orientation Guide
Explains media literacy pedagogy in plain language. Also: En Español! I
I. Practice: Five Key Questions That Can Change the World
Cornerstone lesson plans for K-12 across the curriculum
III. Implementation: Project SMARTArt: A Road to Follow
Discover innovative strategies for implementing media literacy and the arts while meeting state education standards in this comprehensive case study.
Media Literacy on Menu in Middle School Pilot Project
CML's "Media Literacy, A Recipe for Action," taught students media literacy skills as they learned about the key ingredients of a healthy diet.
CML CONNECT Newsletter - Read our latest Issue!
ALL NEW!Lesson Library: HIghlights from CML's Growing Collection
• We Tell Stories - In four sessions, students learn about Elements of Storytelling and skills to originate a reenactment of a story that contains a Community concept. (Grades K-5)
• Maps and the Pictures in our Head - Are maps media? Of course, and they're a perfect way to explore the 'constructedness' that is a building block of media literacy. Hidden Treasures: From CML's Reading Room Archive
• The First TV Studio in an Elementary School
• Screen-Agers...and the Decline of the "Wasteland"
• From Savers to Spenders: How Children Became a Consumer Market This is only one of 22 media topic pages linking you to selected articles and reports from our Reading Room plus recommended resources for teaching and learning.
Empowering Girls: media literacy resources
Girls get this message repeatedly: What matters is how “hot” they look. It plays on TV and across the Internet. You hear it in song lyrics and music videos. You see it in movies, electronic games, and clothing stores. It’s a powerful message.
As parents, you are powerful too. You can teach girls to value themselves for who they are, rather than how they look. You can teach boys to value girls as friends, sisters, and girlfriends, rather than as sexual objects. And you can advocate for change with manufacturers and media producers.
The following list of resources can help. See http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html for more information, including APA's Report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls.
This list of resources was provided to APA’s Council of Representatives with the Report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls and has been filed with APA. This means that the list of resources has not been adopted as a policy of APA nor has APA endorsed each of the resources cited. This list of resources is provided only for information and reference purposes.
About-Face
ACT--Alliance for Children and Television
Advocates for Youth
Beacon Street Girls
Center for Media Literacy
Dads and Daughters
Girl Scouts of America
Girls Inc
Girls Inc. Media Literacy
Girls, Women, and Media Project
Hardy Girls Healthy Women
Mainely Girls
Media Awareness Network
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
medialiteracy.com
Mediawise
New Moon Magazine
See Jane/Improving Gender Portrayalsin Children’s Media
Teen Voices/Women’s Express
Third Wave Foundation
uniquely Me! The Girl Scouts/Dove Self-Esteem Program
Words Can Work
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