CML : History of Media

Center for Media Literacy: Empowerment Through Education


From the town crier to today’s DVDs, the history of media and technology chronicles not only the inventors, but the innovators who harnessed the power of media to shape the world we live in.		"A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension"
		— Oliver Wendell Holmes

		Recommended Educational Resources CML MediaLit Kit™ / A Framework for Learning and Teaching in a Media Age Now all together in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML’s Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. Covers media literacy: · Theory · Practice · Implementation Curriculum resources and lesson plans Media Literacy Works: Case Studies and Success Stories in Media Literacy Education

		Articles and Reports From our online Reading Room and Media&Values Archive we've selected pertinent studies, reflective articles, research reports and news items to help you explore this topic thoroughly.
		• "Confound it! It Talks!" • A Short History of News • Birth of the Sound Bite • Cartoons'N Comics: Communication to the Quick • Century of Abuse: Ethnic Images on the Big Screen • For 200 Years: Alternative Press Voices Dissident Views • In Terms of Media: Computers • In Terms of Media: Photography • In Terms of Media: Printing • Landmarks in the Media Violence Debate: Decade by Decade • Man Who Invented TV Sports, The • Media Literacy: An Alternative to Censorship • Mixed Blessings: A Perspective on the Coming Computer Age • Personal Computers: Big Miracles in Small Packages • Real Issues in a Reel World • Real News vs. the Newsreel • Rise of Group Media: an Historical View • Say Hello To Some New Ideas On Telephoning • Sports Reporting Reflects Each Passing Era • Tony Schwartz: The Man Who Invented Political Spots

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