Aren’t most of our public policy debates about the environment informed by factoids/partial data/dramatic images supplied by media coverage rather than the relevant research?
‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart
February 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
There’s a danger when you spend a long, long time in the media literacy game…
Visual Literacy and the Red Carpet: Celebrity ‘Make Unders’
February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rarely do we have the opportunity to deconstruct images so rigorously that they actually invert themselves in the process… making the celebrities in question less attractive than they really are.
Blu-ray Giveaway: Exemplar Message Movie ‘Won’t Back Down’
January 17, 2013 By 8 Comments
All movies are message movies because, as media texts, they all have media messages.
As We Honor Veterans, a Film to Look Out For and Questions to Ask
November 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Oral history, digital storytelling, critical evaluation of documentaries, fiction vs. non-fiction, and debunking stereotypes… Veterans Day offers all this and more.
Moonrise Kingdom’s Lesson: Tweens are the New Teens… and the New Adults
October 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Stories about tweens simply aren’t like those about teens or adults or “children”…
Giveaway: Moonrise Kingdom Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
October 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
Debuting on home video today happens to be a film that’s in the running for my personal favorite among American releases of 2012. Moonrise Kingdom is just that kind of special. If, however, you didn’t get a chance to catch it in theaters, but are a fan of director Wes Anderson’s other work, including his [...]
Why ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a Must-See
October 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
Andrea Arnold’s visually arresting take on Emily Brontë reveals how much our experience of certain literary schools, genres, and movements is filtered through the countless “prestige” films we’ve all seen over the years.
Recommended Comics for Schools: Uncle Scrooge, Papyrus, The Loxleys/Crogan’s Loyalty, Hammer and Anvil
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Some time has passed since I posted part one and part two of this series, so by way of reminder, we’re not just taking a look at recent graphic titles of merit and how they align with core curriculum but also with media literacy, visual literacy, and similar topics. Uncle Scrooge: “Only a Poor Old [...]
A Question for Pop Culture Fandom: Strong Women… or Violent Women?
September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s the asking of tricky questions, not the providing of pat, politically-correct answers, that builds lifelong habits of mind in students.
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