Media Literacy
Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 10/26/05
Summary: In today's information age, providing young people with the skills to understand, create, and differentiate between media messages is essential. Media Literacy has become in and of itself a vital aspect of most school's curriculumLink: Children and Media in the Age of Marketing
Summary: The importance of teaching media literacy skills.
Link: Children and Media in the Age of Marketing
Summary: The importance of teaching media literacy skills.
Link: Alliance For Media Literacy
Summary: Focusing on the development of critical thinking skills, this national organization is instrumental in providing media literacy education to the 60 million students in the US.
Link: The nonprofit organization JustThink provides resources on myriad aspects of media literacy.
Summary: Online resources on media literacy
The ability to read, analyze, evaluate and produce
communication in a variety of media forms (television, print, radio,
computers, etc.)
