media literacy

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Media Literacy:

According to Sonia Livingston (2005), media literacy is the ability to interact with online content in four ways: to access, to analyze, to evaluate, and to create. I would argue that it also involves the abilities to interact with content via distribution and networking in ethical ways.

Media literacy practices:

to access --
to analyze -- (e.g. annotation -- ad analysis --)
to evaluate - (e.g. critical media literacy -- information credibility -- )
to create -- (e.g. DMC Teaching -- to remix --)
to distribute --
to network --
to visualize -- (e.g. visual literacy)
digital citizenship & ethical participation -- addressing issues of cyber-bullying, online privacy, copyright & fair use, etc.

Media literacy variations:

new media literacies:

MacArthur Whitepaper Jenkins et al. (2006) -- "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education in the Twenty-First Century" --
The New Media Literacies (2:52) -- a brief summary of "new media literacies" presented in 2006 whitepaper (including visualization)
Big Thinkers talking head video 2009 (10:00) -- Henry Jenkins speaking on the participation gap, social (digital literacy) skills, and remixing
Why schools shouldn't block YouTube - Henry Jenkins (2008)
The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies (17:29)- Doug Belshaw TEDxWarwick Talk presents eight digital literacies with REMIX as central practice. He presents these practices as progressive rather than developmental and illustrates remix with memes, which he defines as a "cultural grappling with important issues in playful ways"
Where Everything I Came From (19:56) - George Boggs TEDxFSU talk discussing multiple literacies -- "Music is a kind of nerve center of authenticity and intimacy that can connect to virtually every aspect of life. It is one of the fundamental literate activities along with play and sharing food that reaches across knowledge compartments to root us in a way of being human."
Embracing Video Games for Interest-Powered Learning - video series crated by Connected Learning.

critical media literacy

media literacy as dimension of global literacy:

What is media literacy?

Media Education Lab: -- Director Renee Hobbs --publications --
2008 OFCOM -- The Future of Media Literacy -- Part I: Renee Hobbs -- broadcasting
2008 OFCOM -- The Future of Media Literacy -- Part II: Stephen Balkam -- online media
2008 OFCOM -- The Future of Media Literacy -- Part III: Máire Messen Davis -- print media

Media literacy for GLOBAL EDUCATION -- (YOUTUBE VIDEO 10:00)
Hobbs, R. (2007). "Media literacy as a dimension of global literacy." UNESCO Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy. Qatar Foundation Innovations in Education Symposium 3. Literacy Challenges in the Arab Region: Building Partnerships and Promoting Innovative Approaches, March 13, 2007, Doha, Qatar.