Do you understand movies and television? It seems like every day I see an argument on social media about a film or TV show, and every day I see the argument is made in bad ...
That is why, this spring we launched a re-imagined version of KQED Teach, our free, award winning, professional development platform designed for educators to level up their media literacy skills. Rather than just providing instructional ...
Credit: Tashatuvango/Shutterstock JONATHAN L. WHARTON You might have read that Gannett plans to end and restructure the opinion sections of their newspapers. Among some 250 daily papers, including USA Today, there will be fewer syndicated ...
Published: Fri Jun 10, 2022 at 12:50 PM As more young people turn to online platforms for content consumption, it has become increasingly important for youth to be digitally literate and responsible when consuming and ...
day Technology is changing rapidly, and we’ve already made quite a few advances as a society in a short amount of time. Students are spending more and more hours online, for better or worse. The ...
In the age of social media, we scroll through a deluge of information, most often in the form of memes or videos of talking heads. Fairness and accuracy seem less important than pushing the agenda. ...
The definition of media has changed dramatically since the start of the century. “Traditional” forms of media like television and radio have given way to the internet and social media. This change has led to ...
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a multiple-part series centering on the big questions associated with media literacy.) Multiple studies estimate the average US citizen spends 4-8 hours consuming media daily. The figures include ...
The term “media literacy” is not well known, yet it rankled legislators in the statehouse last week, leading to a filibuster, several amendments and a very long conversation concerning teaching students to be critical thinkers. ...
This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with David Skok, the CEO and editor-in-chief of The Logic, a fast-growing online media site dedicated to journalism on innovation and technology, about the ...