James Madison University – Media Arts and Design Professor Receives Fellowship to Study Portrayals of Black Women in Pop Culture
SUMMARY: Media arts and design professor Morgan Smalls received an Inclusion Imperative Visiting Faculty Fellowship from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to study popular culture as a gateway to conversations about race, class, gender and power on television and in digital media spaces. Morgan Smalls, professor of media arts and design at James …
India’s only digital media school at UPES
“The medium is the message,” said Marshall McLuhan, the famous media theorist in the 1960s. He wrote in the context of the rise of television and how it transformed communications. The point was that when the medium changes, it fundamentally transforms the message itself. Something similar is happening in India now, where old forms of …
Why is media literacy important in the UK’s 2021 Online Safety Bill?
The UK government recently issued a online security bill, which, according to her, keeps her commitment “to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending freedom of expression. Ahead of our LSE Briefing Thursday July 8, Professor Sonia Livingstone reflects on the position of media education in the bill. …
PBS Media Education Academy | WSKGWSKG
WSKG is recruiting educators for a local cohort of PBS Media Literacy Academy. This group of educators will work with WSKG Education staff to work on PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification. The aim of the WSKG Media Literacy Academy is to provide support and training with media literacy skills and multimedia content creation, connect with …
Governments Contribute to New Downtown Media Arts Center
Breadcrumb Links Local News Author of the article: Dave Battagello Amanda Gellman, President of the Windsor Center for Film, Digital Media and the Creative Arts, in front of the Downtown Mission, Thursday, June 17, 2021. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star Content of the article As part of the announcement of the opening of a …
URI, Media Literacy Now-RI to start study on media literacy in RI schools – URI News
Educators, parents, community members who participate in the surveywill be inscribed in the design for iPad Mini KINGSTON, RI – June 15, 2021 – Screen time during the pandemic has increased for almost everyone. What effects could this increase have caused to ourselves and to our children? Are there ways to mitigate the negative effects …
Milton retiree works on behalf of media literacy
MILTON – In the age of smartphones and social media, messages come from all sides at once. David Green strives to give young people the tools to sift through the jumble of messages they receive every day to find out the truth. The Canton Avenue resident is the volunteer program director of Media Literacy Now, …
IU Media School and Libraries Appoint Acting Deans of IU Bloomington: News at IU: Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Media School and IU Libraries at Indiana University Bloomington have announced the appointments of Walter Gantz and Diane Dallis-Comentale, respectively, as interim deans, effective July 1. Currently, Gantz is the Associate Dean of The Media School and Dallis-Comentale is the Associate Dean for IU Library Planning and Administration. “Walt has been …
More connected? Additional devices do not diminish ‘troubling’ media literacy skills
What is media education for students? Media literacy is the ability to understand the validity and intent of a medium. The term can be applied to any form of media with which students interact. This includes images in lessons and class projects, educational videos, texts, and other resources. This also applies to media outside the …
Students at Fairhaven MA Media Arts reflect on the impact the department has had
FAIRHAVEN – Media arts students not only pushed through the pandemic, but also drew on their own experiences and made it the screenplay for a new project. Fairhaven High School received 10 nominations and eight awards from the 2021 New England Regional Student Production Awards. Senior Charlie Fernandes set a new record by receiving seven …