CML : Faith-Based Media Literacy

Center for Media Literacy: Empowerment Through Education


Media Violence. Stereotyping. Bias. Commercialism. All are concerns for people of faith. Explore living faith-fully in today’s multi-media culture.		"You watch television as you attend a church service, except that most people watch television more religiously."
		— George Gerbner & Larry Gross

		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.
		• 'America's Wish Book' Sells Dreams • 20 Ways to Create a Caring Culture - Part I • 20 Ways to Create a Caring Culture - Part II • A Meditation on News-Gathering • Babylon Revisited: How Violent Myths Resurface Today • Between the Lines: Stereotyping of Sisters in the Media • Case Study: Establishing Media Literacy in a Catholic School Setting • Catholic Church's Challenge: Critical Consciousness • Christian Discernment in a Mass-Mediated Culture • Communicating for Justice • Eve's Legacy: Burden of Blame • Filling Gaps in the News • God in the Machine: Computers As Idols • God of Prime-Time Television, The • Gospel Challenge of Media Literacy, The • How We Connect with the Earth • How Well Does Television Handle Social Issues? • Idols of the Marketplace • Imagine: A Media of Meaning • Introduction: Television Awareness Training (TAT) • J.R. in Hell: Sin and Salvation on the Small Screen • Lost Listeners Anoint Musical Messiahs • Native Canadians and the End of Storytelling • News: Balance Bias with Critical Questions • Pastoring: Healthy Sexual Ethic Starts With Adults • PASTORING: Senior Productions Raise Self-Esteem • PASTORING: What Gender is God? • PASTORING: Faith Can Counter Campaign Cynicism • PASTORING: Holy Arenas! A Look at Sport As Ritual • PASTORING: Media Mirrors Heart of Darkness • PASTORING: Preaching Is Pastoral Prime Time • PASTORING: Religion Must Rethink Military Metaphors • PASTORING: Stereotypes Back? It's No Joke • PASTORING: ‘Cosby' Preaches Loving Lessons • Photo Ethics: Aim High When You Shoot • Power of Images: Creating the Myths of Our Time • Rise of the Image Culture • Sad Saga of Sister Aggie • Society's Storyteller: How TV Creates the Myths by which we Live • Starting Point: Beyond Lyrics to the Meaning of Music • Storytellers Shape Spiritual Values • Study Debunks Myths About Newspaper Religion Beat • Taking a Stand: A Postcard Campaign for Nonviolent Media • TELEVISION: The Search for Meaning • The Culture of Capitalism • Tools for Teaching Media Literacy in Faith Settings • Tuning in to TV Sex: How to Use Media to Dialogue with your Children • TV and Christian Values: Media Literacy Techniques for the Home • Use TV to Exercise Values • Where Does it Come From? Where Does it Go? • Who Tells the Stories?: Catholic Media Literacy Curriculum Published • Why Don't People in Movies Ever Pray? • Why Media Literacy? A Catholic Reflection • YOUTH: Material World Puts Price Tag on Values • YOUTH: Teens Need Better Rites of Passage

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