Abstract: While storytelling has been a part of the media literacy discourse since the emergence of the field, in recent years, there has been a shift in focus on media as “messages” or “content” over “stories.” Restoring story as a foundational concept to our conversations around media literacy has a number of affordances, for example, allowing learners to critically … [Read more...] about Storytelling, Theme Parks, and Media Literacy in Dark Ride: Disneyland
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On Multisensory and Transmedia Stories: A Conversation between Angela Ndalianis and Henry Jenkins
This special issue of Journal of Media Literacy focuses around “storytelling” and learning across media. Both of us write about a broad array of different media in our work, often making juxtapositions between past and present, high and low. As a way of introducing what we do, it might be helpful to explore what drives these explorations. How would you sum up some of the core … [Read more...] about On Multisensory and Transmedia Stories: A Conversation between Angela Ndalianis and Henry Jenkins
Discovering Theme Parks: New Media Literacy in Three Dimensions
One accepted principle of pedagogy is that multimedia usage in the classroom is beneficial to student success. Students have distinct learning styles, multiple intelligences, or different interests. When thinking of the concept of multiple mediums, presumably what comes to mind is combining textual, visual, and aural inputs to create multi-sensory lessons. Using the theme park … [Read more...] about Discovering Theme Parks: New Media Literacy in Three Dimensions
