What happens when you bring people together in a common space to discuss media literacy and the world? Synergy. This word is what to me encompasses what transpired at the 4th International Media Literacy Research Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin. After two years, the world at a standstill and so much of our lives devoted to online work versus face-to-face, this … [Read more...] about Global Collaborations/Synergistic Relationships — The International Media Literacy Research Symposium
Research Symposium
The Wisconsin Idea Takes Center Stage at International Media Literacy Research Symposium
A Letter from Karen Ambrosh, Managing Editor of The Journal of Media Literacy Having Madison, Wisconsin as the backdrop for the 2022 International Media Literacy Research Symposium holds so much significance, not only for our organization’s foundation, but for the values that are the underpinning of the future of media literacy. The International Council for Media Literacy … [Read more...] about The Wisconsin Idea Takes Center Stage at International Media Literacy Research Symposium
What Super Bowl Advertisements Can Teach Us About the Civic Imagination
Co-Authored By: Maximilian Brichta, Do Own Kim, Paulina Lanz, Amanda Lee, Steven Proudfoot, Sangita Shresthova, Isabel DeLano, Molly Frizzell, Alfonso Hegde, Azeb Madebo, Ioana Mischie, Christopher Persaud, Becky Pham, Marley Randazzo, Khaliah Reed, Daisy Reid, Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen, Jessica Steel, Mythily Nair, Essence Wilson Abstract This article explores how Super Bowl … [Read more...] about What Super Bowl Advertisements Can Teach Us About the Civic Imagination
Habits of Inquiry and Skills of Expression Needed to be Critical Thinkers
Abstract There is a consensus in the literature that the purpose of education, specifically media literacy education is to provide people with the habits of inquiry and skills of expression they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and active citizens in the world. For a long time already, we have been searching for the best ways to promote critical … [Read more...] about Habits of Inquiry and Skills of Expression Needed to be Critical Thinkers
Using Design Fiction to Develop Pupils’ Critical Inquiry Competence
Abstract This article presents a critical inquiry method based on the practice of design fiction. Design fiction is a speculative design practice that consists in imagining and prototyping fictional technologies. The critical inquiry method takes the form of an educational program divided into several stages of design, analysis and discussion. Based on inquiry-based learning … [Read more...] about Using Design Fiction to Develop Pupils’ Critical Inquiry Competence
Critical Media Literacy Analysis and Production for Systems Thinking About Climate Change
Abstract As young people’s use of media is growing globally, the climate crisis is increasing to unprecedented levels. In this report, we focus on the role that education can play in promoting critical thinking about media and environmental justice. Through the teaching of critical media literacy, students learn to analyze representations of the climate crisis in the media. … [Read more...] about Critical Media Literacy Analysis and Production for Systems Thinking About Climate Change
Developing Agency with Virtual Kindergarten Students via GamePlay and Design
Abstract This case study used traditional games to engage 4- and 5-year-old students learning online during the 2021-22 school year. The theme of the unit was on decision-making and agency. Learners were exposed to the algorithmic nature of certain board games traditionally geared to younger children. They increased the agency involved in these games by designing the board … [Read more...] about Developing Agency with Virtual Kindergarten Students via GamePlay and Design
Media Literacy, Absence, Invisibility and Criticality
Abstract What makes media literacy a practice of critical thinking? This structural question is at the root of this paper. The need for media literacy to go beyond classrooms and address the immediacy of community needs is urgent. As awareness of the failings of media texts diffuses through our media prosumer societies, there are still no clear answers to what media illiteracy … [Read more...] about Media Literacy, Absence, Invisibility and Criticality
Action Research to Understand and Empower Children Growing Up in Foster Care in Hungary
Abstract Children growing up in foster care are particularly vulnerable to the risks of using the Internet. As we do not have up-to-date information about the digital culture, internet usage habits and communication practices of the target group, it is necessary to independently research their situation and map their basic digital patterns. For this purpose, pilot action … [Read more...] about Action Research to Understand and Empower Children Growing Up in Foster Care in Hungary
A Metacognitive Approach to Reduce the Spread of Online Misinformation
Abstract When addressing the spread of misinformation, online media literacy programs have mostly emphasized an approach that seems to ignore the influences of individual emotions and social goals. However, when online, individual emotions are manipulated and users are directed to seek to fulfill social needs. This distracts from our obligation to fact check when online. … [Read more...] about A Metacognitive Approach to Reduce the Spread of Online Misinformation
A Media Literacy Case in Peru: Reflections on a 10-year journey
Abstract This paper compares media literacy understanding through 2009 post-test results to 2019 comparison post-test at three schools in Lima. These post-test studies were sponsored by Medios Claros, a Civil Association in Lima devoted to advancing media literacy; administered and analyzed by researchers at the University of Lima; with media literacy training for … [Read more...] about A Media Literacy Case in Peru: Reflections on a 10-year journey
“Producing Peace”: The Possibilities and Limits of Using Media Literacy to Foster Student Agency
Abstract Media literacy is a powerful tool for fostering citizenship skills in youth. Yet, while research and some exemplary model citizens demonstrate its ability to provide students tools to engage with media productively in order to participate in civic conversions, not enough media literacy focuses on how students develop a strong personal message and authentic … [Read more...] about “Producing Peace”: The Possibilities and Limits of Using Media Literacy to Foster Student Agency
Reading the World: Journalism, Communication, and I
Abstract Scholars and journalists have long hoped that media education could positively tackle the information challenge and enhance social goals such as political and civic engagement particularly among youngsters. This paper seeks to present the way the “Academy for Reading the World: Journalism, Communication and I” promotes an interdisciplinary approach to media literacy … [Read more...] about Reading the World: Journalism, Communication, and I
Media Literacy Through Filmmaking In the Classroom: 1987-2022
Abstract The changes I have experienced over 35 years of student media production are part of a continuum of our wider media landscape. This area of exploration is relatively unexamined and relevant to current media literacy practices, bringing context and clarity to this engagement. It will give direction for educators and other practitioners and scholars who wish to … [Read more...] about Media Literacy Through Filmmaking In the Classroom: 1987-2022
Media Literacy & Ideology
Abstract Media literacy education is operating in an increasingly politicized environment, which threatens to jeopardize efforts to incorporate this discipline into school curricula. Media literacy scholars understand that proactively shaping media messages is an effective strategy for withstanding attacks by detractors. Within this context, this call to action urges … [Read more...] about Media Literacy & Ideology
