Media Literacy
Media Literacy Links
- Commercial Alert Commercial Alert helps families, schools and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising and marketing
- Jesuit Communication Project Guides and resources to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education in schools across Canada.
- Center for Media Literacy National advocate for media literacy education. Develops and distributes books, videos, teaching materials and other programs that promote critical thinking about the media.
- Media Guru The Center for Media Sciences, Toronto, was founded solely by Barrington Nevitt. Nelson Thall was appointed by Nevitt to be it's Director of Research. Mr. Thall has assembled a team of experts to support him in this work.
- National Institute on Media and the Family A national resource for research, education and information about the impact of the media on children and families.
- Center For Media Education A national non-profit organization seeking to influence telecommunications policy making in the public interest through research, advocacy, public education, and press activities.
- MediaLiteracy.net Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.
- Daily Ferret Examines the growing power of pressure groups and their relationship with the media.
- Issues in Media, Literature, and the Arts A Junior level course on Media Literacy. Some links are restricted to enrolled students for copyright reasons.
- TerraShare.com Media Literacy Portal Packed with tons of useful information for individual and professional users alike, including a comprehensive list of the top web sites, insightful articles, and expert opinions.
- Let's Talk Media Dedicated to media education, and the alternative voices of students, adults, and children. Includes hot topics, alternative news, projects, and resources for parents and teachers.
- Transparency Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
- Free Minds Online: Responsible Journalism on the Web On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups.
- The Media Awareness Network A bilingual, Canadian educational web site containing a wide range of copy-right cleared resources to help teachers integrate media literacy and web literacy into their classrooms.
- MediaMinds A Media Education production company with workshops and educational materials for primary and secondary students in Australia: fully edited videos, seminars for media educators, media workshops and other production services.
- Just Think Foundation A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically.
- Media2.tv 'Media about Media': Media2 investigates media, information and techno-culture, examines the information age environment, and helps develop critical media literacy skills.
- PLAY (Project Literacy Among Youth) A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. PLAY is a scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth...
- Children's Media Project (CMP) a non-profit art and education organization focusing on giving children and youth, parents and teachers, artists and media makers a space to use media critically and creatively.
- New Mexico Media Literacy Project Provides training programs and materials in support of media literacy, especially in children. Products include examples of the use of subliminal messages and other forms of manipulation.
- Media Education Foundation A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
- Christian Media Literacy Institute Equipping parents and teachers to teach media evaluation from the point of view of Christian values.
- Chicago Civic Media Project Promoting a responsive, informed civic media culture through community and youth education programs.
- Center for Media and Democracy A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry.
- Media Literacy Online Project Provides media literacy support service for teachers, and others, concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth.
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