CML : News, Politics & Democracy

Center for Media Literacy: Empowerment Through Education


An informed citizenry is essential for true democracy. The world of news and politics provides a wealth of opportunities to learn and practice the critical thinking skills needed for citizenship in the 21^st century.		"Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."
		— John Milton

		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.
		• A Short History of News • Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More, But the White Rabbit Does • As the World Watches: Media Events are Modern 'Holy Days' • Bill Moyers on Political Ads • Birth of the Sound Bite • Building Citizenship Skills through Media Literacy Education • Camera Always Lies, The • Can a Woman Deliver the News? • CHILDREN: Parents Can Help Defuse Bad News • Covering Conflict: How the News Media Handles Ethnic Controversy • Democracy and Dissent: Three Days to Insight • Democracy Requires Access to Media Alternatives • Disaster Pornography from Somalia • Envrionment News: No More Business as Usual • Filling Gaps in the News • For 200 Years: Alternative Press Voices Dissident Views • From Milton to Media: Information Flow in a Free Society • Guidelines for Process Reporting • Gulf War: The More We Watched, the Less We Knew • How to Conduct a Gender Survey of Your Local Newspaper • How to Decode Political Images • How to Monitor the News • Insider's Game: Talking Politics on TV • Lessons Learned: How to Evaluate War Reporting • Living Room Wars: Vietnam vs. ‘Desert Storm' • Making Politics Work • Making Your Voice Heard: Tips for Getting on Talk Radio. • Military Doublespeak: How Jargon Turns Gore into Glory • Military-News Complex: What Determines What We See and Hear • MINORITIES: Ecological Reporters Awaken to Ethnicity • Minority Media: Hearing the Other Side • More Diversity Found in Coverage • News: Beyond the Myth of Objectivity • No More Blood at Eleven: Alternatives to Crime Reporting • No News Is Women's News • One Journalist's View: Informed Voters Must Reach Beyond Images • Out of Africa: Western Media Stereotypes Shape Images • Power Politics: Reporting the Real Issues • Press Conferences: Linking People With Their President • Re-Touching Reality: Can Pictures Lie? • Reaching for the Common Good: Moyers interviews Bellah • Reagan’s ‘Image-Makers’ Redefined the Presidency • Real News vs. the Newsreel • Reporting Conventions Mask Sexual Politics • Starting Point: Whatever Happened to Potholders? • Starting Point: In the Light of the Fires • STARTING POINT:Is the News Selling you Short? • Study Debunks Myths About Newspaper Religion Beat • Study Shows White Male Experts Dominate News • The Selling of the President: 1984 • Three Stages of Political Advertising • Trauma on the News: Should Children Watch? • TVs Dark Vision Can Be Frightening to Elders • Whatever Happened to the News? • When Women Talk to Women, HerStory is Finally Told • Why I've Stopped Watching the 11 O'Clock News" • Why Peace Isn't Covered • Wrong Background: Issues of Newsroom Employment

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