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  A free online magazine dedicated to media literacy for the entire family. Works to help children and adults not perpetuate stereotypes and generalizations about people of different backgrounds. Provides tips and activities that may help children and their parents become more open-minded media consumers. |
Articles by or about Emigre, an experimental type foundry in Berkeley, CA. Emigre has had an unprecedented theoretical and real-world effect on the look of advertising around the world. |
Chomsky's home page at MIT. Includes a list of his publications on topics relevant to mass media. |
On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups. |
A good overview of the cultural critics and theorists of The Frankfurt School. Marxist derived ideas led to concepts of historical materialism, and the culture industry. Strong criticisms of the media within modern industrial society. |
Features related activities, classroom resources, and professional development information. |
Presents educational information and resources focusing on the United States. |
Helps advance research and education in media studies and critical thinking. The site serves as a hub providing links to international news and media studies sites. |
A short overview of the place and influence of Marshall McLuhan in media studies. |
The online version of the magazine: "Harper's editors sift through the culture's vast output of information, searching for gleaming points of significance, and each month present their findings via such original journalistic devices." |
From a talk at Z Media Institute in 1997. |
This official not-for-profit web site is maintained by the estate of Marshall McLuhan to ensure the integrity of his name and legacy. |
Posts headline summaries with brief commentary and counterpoint links. |
Professor Bernard Hibbitts selected links to biographical material as well as links to journals, papers, projects, courses, research centers and new releases relevant to the life and work of the late Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan. |
Master thesis by Bonnie Stewart. An exploration of knowledge, technology, and truth as cultural practices. Analyzing the ways knowing, being, and doing are constructed and re-constructed through cultural discourse. |
Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news. |
"Seminal Influences in Modern American Advertising." An online essay on generative influences in advertising projects from creative director and copywriter Nat Whitten. |
Offers a variety of critical writings and essays on culture and the media. |
A set of links to most of the alternative and/or "radical" newspapers and publications operating today. |
A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically. |
Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D. |
The PCA and ACA are two academic organizations that focus in part on media studies as well as culture. Open to a very wide range of investigations on scholarly topics. |
A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. A scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth. |
In defense of anti-war criticism by Tim Wise. |
National advocate for media literacy education. Develops and distributes books, videos, teaching materials and other programs that promote critical thinking about the media. |
A media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers. Activities on the site are designed to provide some of the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret and evaluate media messages. |
A national resource for research, education and information about the impact of the media on children and families. |
A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy. |
Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library. |
Know-how, resources and tools to facilitate one's ability to learn, communicate and collaborate effectively with new media technologies. |
A good place to start if you want to apply the thinking of Michel Foucault to any study of mass media. |
Aims to help people become more critical consumers of media messages. Provides teaching and multimedia resources, presentations, and training nationwide. |
A non-profit art and education organization focusing on giving children and youth, parents and teachers, artists and media makers a space to use media critically and creatively. |
A bilingual, Canadian educational web site containing a wide range of copy-right cleared resources to help teachers integrate media literacy and web literacy into their classrooms. |
A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. |
Richard Griffith's short lecture on TV wrestling summarizes many of the main theoretical points in contemporary media and the culture of "spectacle." |
Biannual online publication focusing on media literacy and the influence of media in the lives of children and youth. |
Guides and resources to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education in schools across Canada. |
Contains original articles, resources, blogs, podcasts, videos, and links for educators and parents interested in increasing media literacy. |
Resources and workshops for K-12 educators promoting critical thinking to help students read media messages. |
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