a collection of Media Literacy essays
Edited by
Ashley Johnholtz
Sophia Anderson
Cover by
Whitley Mike
Special Thanks
Andrew Shreyer
(c)MMXII CSP, SEP, SC LLC; all rights reserved
This is a collection of collaborative unit lesson plans for Library Media Specialists in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools (up to 10th grade). These were created by Library Media students for a... More > final project. Part of the assignment included collaborating with other teachers. Enjoy.< Less
This is a collection of collaborative unit lesson plans for Library Media Specialists in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools (up to 10th grade). These were created by Library Media students for a... More > final project. Part of the assignment included collaborating with other teachers. Enjoy.< Less
Today, Americans face the challenge of information overload through increasingly accessible mediums, making it harder to identify valuable information and to move fluently and efficiently through... More > social media, news and entertainment platforms. And yet, because of this profound connectivity, user engagement levels are at an all-time high. Individual consumers have more power than ever to shape the changing digital world and demand high-quality information merely by connecting with news sources online.
It is of utmost importance, then, that this very consumer class is as informed and educated as possible in regards to the value of accurate, verified journalism and high-quality reporting, in order to demand a better journalistic product and to fulfill the American ideal of an informed, engaged citizenry.< Less
Almost unnoticed, the era of widespread proficient literacy is coming to an end. Chris Goodall’s scrupulously researched book uses science to examine the reasons why reading and comprehension... More > are in decline in the UK and elsewhere. Goodall, an influential and acute observer of mass media, tracks the impact on society and the dangerous long-term impact on our understanding of complex issues.< Less
In the last five years, a new digital economy has risen, where creative information artisans from across the globe are producing media products and marketing them through a new digital bazaar. The... More > challenge of professional educators is to answer the question, "What are the basic skills of this information driven age, and how do we teach them?< Less
