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In 1982, the respected National Geographic attracted controversy by moving one of Egypt's great pyramids.
Through the magic of computer-generated digital imaging, the pyramid...
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As one of the founders of the growing "Common Good" movement, philosopher, author and social activist Robert Bellah has been a prime exponent of the need to tackle personal and public problems from...
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"In this technological, secular society, we find in television our deepest rituals, rituals that tell us who we are, where we came from and where we're going," believes Dr. Gregor Goethals...
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When I started working in documentary film in 1952, I thrilled to rhetoric about the Role of Film--to educate, to inform, to move people. By the time I joined the...
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While the outcry over muzzling the news media and thus controlling public information reached a fever pitch recently with [fill in name of war, political scandal or international incident] keeping...
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It happened gradually. The thrill is not gone. but it's fading. The excitement is still present, but so are other feelings... frustration, sadness, even disgust and anger. The change came as a shock...
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Do you remember a lullaby or song from childhood?
What was your high school or college pep song? How do you feel about it today?
Who is your favorite singer and song - of all...
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The day after the war with Iraq began, I sat in front of my television and listened to a young white U.S. fighter pilot brag about his first bombing mission over Baghdad...
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Unlike the ancient kings of legend, our society gives its communications kudos to the bringers of bad news.
Reversing that trend by making sure that some of the honors go to the bringers of good...
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Since its founding in 1989, the Center for Media Literacy has been committed to making media literacy information and resources available for wide low-cost distribution while at the same time,...
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For a number of years, Ibarra ("Nim") Gonzales directed the audio-visual service at the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila where he created Photolanguage: Philippines. Currently in the United...
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Like most middle-class children of the 50s, I grew up looking for the American Dream. In those days there were no cartoons in my Saturday viewing, but I distinctly remember watching...
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Often called the mind-body split, the conflict arises when the mind (ego) exerts control over the body's impulsive, nonverbal and often inappropriate spontaneous expressions. Because these essential...
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The word has come from CBS. "In the Beginning," the new TV sitcom featuring irrepressible Sr. Agnes and irascible Pr. Cleary as a clerical team running a ghetto street mission, has been cancelled...
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In July 1993, a national conference on youth violence prevention was convened in Washington, DC by:
The Department of Justice, Janet Reno, Attorney General
The Department of Education, Richard W....
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Editing is more than just pushing buttons. It means telling a story with images and sounds. In this portfolio collect at least three of the following:
A group of still images, arranged in a sequence...
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On Thursday, June 1, 1982, a delivery truck eased to a stop at Federal Communications Commission headquarters and a perspiring crew of workers began to unload a 57,600 page mountain of densely worded...
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the most famous speech in broadcasting, the Federal Communications Law Journal dedicated its May 2003 issue to a collection of essays revisiting former FCC...
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Fiber versus fat. Running hard versus standing still. Lean but not mean. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, executive editor of Media&Values, is conscious of her diet, but when she uses nutrition-centered...
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Beverly is an art director. She works with images all the time, and knows just how advertising tries to work on her. And she's fought hard to maintain her independence - to be herself. But I hear...
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http://www.mediastudies.rutgers.edu/mh_conference/index.html
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In recent years, there has been an explosion of educational practices and curriculum resource materials which make use of the broad concept of "media literacy." Media literacy has been defined as...
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Editor's note: The sexual awakening of James at 15 was tough on Dan Wakefield, creator of the innovative and critically acclaimed 1977-78 NBC series. It cost him his job. Wakefield quit the show...
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On sex in soap operas compared to real life: "They don't ever seem to think ahead. They just decide that [sex] is what they want to do, and in a soap opera it's not really going to hurt them anyway...
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Everyone has seen blatantly offensive advertisements that portray women
as sexual toys or victims of violence. Such irresponsible advertising has
rightly touched off cries of protest and...
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The relationship between screen violence and street violence has been studied ever since the early days of television - some say over 3,000 studies in the past four decades. While it is too...
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Editorial Note: First published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) in 1993, this article provided for many years a succinct introduction to the core concepts and...
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When TV was introduced in the late l940s, the upscale lifestyle magazine Better Homes & Gardens looked into the future and predicted that television would become a member of the family. Fifty...
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Storytelling is the great process that makes us recognizably human. A story is an attempt to make the invisible visible — it has to do with relationships, with intellectual connections. We...
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Our world is in travail. It takes no special sensitivity to realize how pervasive is the stress to which the fabric of our contemporary lives is subjected. Over and over again violence tears apart...
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Photography is the world's number one hobby. So when Susan Sontag's On Photography hit the bestseller list recently, it caused an uproar among photo professionals and hobbyists alike. "To...
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When The American Farmer, the first American sports magazine, was founded in 1819, it covered fishing, hunting, shooting, bicycle races and the philosophy of sport. Sports Illustrated, today's...
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It's an endless cycle.
Football now begins in July, just after baseball's All-star Game. By November, basketball and hockey are well underway -- the pros on the networks; local teams on independent...
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Since David danced before the ark of the Lord (and scandalized at least some of the elders of Israel?) religious people have been debating the dangers and opportunities presented by music's ability...
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Television... computers... radio... video... music... film... billboards...cable... Everywhere you look: media!
As the media world expands, many of our readers tend to be casualties of the Media Age...
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The most difficult part of preparing this issue was deciding what we meant by the word: minority. Given our basic media connection, would we cover racial minorities or ethnic minorities? Should we...
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Once almost invisible, older characters are now prominent in many movies, TV shows and commercials. But as entertainment, marketing and communications experts reveal, the "graying of the media...
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A few years ago we edited an issue of Media&Values on “cultural imperialism,” defining it with the slogan, “The sun never sets on U.S. media influence.” Since then...
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So I guess it's in my genes to be aware of the power of persuasion. Indeed, for many years I've collected ads and commercials, especially those classic ones like the Volkswagen "lemon" ads...
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Imagine. You have a son. Or a grandson. He's growing up — fast— and becoming "a man." Who are his heroes? What is he striving for? And where did he learn it? This ground-...
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Ordinarily I don't choose to spend my entertainment budget on films like the Rambo series. But there I was, captive on an airplane last year, when First Blood, Part II appeared on the screen in front...
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A keen memory from my childhood was visiting Aunt Margaret's house where we children could swing on the front gate while the grown-ups sat on the porch tracing the exploits of our Tennessee family...
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Whatever happened to potholders?
You know, the ones we always used to get at election time, dropped off by door-to-door canvassers on their appointed neighborhood rounds.
Or we got them at rallies in...
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It takes more than recycling to care for the earth. More than a star-studded prime-time extravaganza. More than a multi-million dollar ad campaign financed by oil companies or fast-food chains.
As...
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In a world where more than half of the population is female, women are still a media minority — not only on the screen but behind it as well. Yet from "Working Girl" to "Wonder...
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Is there a bottom to the bottom line?
In recent years we have witnessed a mind-boggling scenario — phenomenal wealth juxtaposed against an exploding crisis of poverty, homelessness and global...
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Throughout this issue we address the media's mandate to provide meaningful political discourse, an abstract phrase that we struggle to define.
But there's nothing...
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For most of us, getting information is still a matter of seeking out some expert or a "trusted friend." Or we pore through books, newspapers and professional reports hoping to find the precise...
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From Saturday morning cartoons to Nintendo, advertising and movies, parents worry about media’s impact on their children. Are their fears justified? How much can parents and teachers...
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For years I shopped at a neighborhood grocery. Run by a Vietnamese family, it had a fresh fish market, wonderful vegetables and even a bakery in back.
Not long ago a sign announced they had lost...
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The bottom line tells the story. While organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Partnership for a Drug-Free America raise a few million to counter illegal drugs and alcohol abuse...
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Even those of us who remember it have forgotten how much the pictures on the small screen have molded and changed our world.
If the impact of TV on our culture is incalculable, it is not to be...
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One of the challenges of publishing Media&Values is selecting an issue-theme which does not already have a significant body of literature or easily identifiable sources. Such a selection forces...
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The trend today in media is exploitation and violence. And I must warn you that this issue of Media&Values is not easy to read. Just about a year ago, I attended the first of three public...
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In the recent movie Avalon, Barry Levinson's sensitive film portrait of an immigrant family before and after World War II, the delivery of the family's first TV set is portrayed as a significant...
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Ultimately, the issue of sex in the media is not only one of personal morality but also one of ethics in a capitalistic society. The consumer economy is designed to maximize profits. And sex sells....
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There's a provocative new book currently making the rounds by a man who, aided by a host of friends with VCRs, watched all 24 hours of TV programming sent out on May 3,...
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In the vital area of news, what is real is too often shaped by reporters and correspondents who are rarely allowed the luxury of depth. Or, more likely, by news executives who value ratings and...
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"Television can be a positive practical training ground for moral growth in a changing world"
Christian values need exercising just as much as muscles do. To be "fit in the faith,' we need to get...
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"They are unhappy with their lives and the system that controls them. They would leave readily if they could. They are drab and gray. The majority are uncultured peasants with no interests or talents...
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The question, "Who tells the stories?" is one of special significance to those working in the church or synagogue in today's media age. Who imagines the world for us and what are the procedures by...
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October 1, 2001 - A new era for the media literacy educational movement in the US begins this fall with the announcement today of a strategic marketing alliance between the Los Angeles-based...
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Frankly, it's both fun and rewarding to watch them work, these students who run the daily morning announcement TV program here at Billerica High.
The earliest ones arrive at 5:45 AM...
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Research conducted over the last 20 years offers a number of theories about the relationship between older people and TV.
Television viewing does go up after age 50. Physical limitations related...
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Newspaper coverage of religion has long been one of the backwaters of American journalism. The religion beat has generally held lower status (where it exists at all) than other positions at...
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If you want to see a clear example of the media's definition and reinforcement of power in U.S. society, just turn to the evening news and public-affairs programs. Despite minor stylistic differences...
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How could a plain, white towel help a sixth grader improve her language skills? This summer Southland educators immersed them-selves in classic media literacy exercises and learned how...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: With the growth of the Internet and e-mail, this postcard campaign may seem outdated. But the basic principles here are timeless and with e-mail, it's even easier to organize a...
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In a documentary I produced some years ago called Part Time Work, 17-year-old Danny recognizes that he's wasted his high school years and faces a bleak future as "just another worker." After the...
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When students walked into my class on the first day of school this year, I gave them three books each - books I had published and bound myself. Those who have a computer at...
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Both ESL theory and classroom practice point to an understanding of the target culture as a necessary element in second language learners' ability to master English. In this country, nothing offers...
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Walking down the corridors of a middle school in suburban Massachusetts, the distinctive sound of a television commercial stands out against the more traditional patter of classroom noises:...
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Like many of you, I watched with great joy Sunday night the remake of The Miracle Worker, the moving story of how Annie Sullivan helped the blind and deaf 7-year-old Helen...
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The author reflects on how students learn in today’s “digital swarm” and proposes four ways for teachers and schools to engage young people in the classroom. “Any child can...
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With my 'electronic lapel pin" blinking away on my jacket, I picked up the file of materials I had been gathering for this issue of Media&Values.
Evidence of the technology I'm reading about are...
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Terry Dubow, teacher and Director of Communications at Hathaway Brown, addresses the importance of media literacy in the Winter 2011 issue of Independent School magazine. Dubow, who teaches a media...
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Television has the connotation of plenitude; it seems to embody consumer society as a whole. In many households, a television set is on most of the day, the pictures and sound adding up...
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Television exerts a powerful draw on people. I've seen adults drawn into fast action in the after dinner kitchen cleanup department and I've seen children drawn to complete homework early — all...
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I can't ignore the effect of media on local communications, institutions and even local cinemas here on Barbados.
When two youngsters are convicted for duplicating a murder they saw on television, it...
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Sut Jhally, an associate professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of The Codes of Advertising: Fetishism and the Political Economy of Meaning in the...
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"Give me liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." -John Milton
Although articulated by an English poet and statesman, the expression by John...
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In 1982, in an effort to better understand the growing complexity of the entertainment culture in relation to the portrayal of violence in the media, especially violence against women,...
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The goal of media literacy is to help people become sophisticated citizens rather than sophisticated consumers. The authors argue against a purely "text-centered" approach in which media...
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This high school activity, originally developed for 12th graders at the Berkeley Carroll School in 2002-3, helps students explore the influence that the cultural environment has on us.
Course...
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Television-watching Americans — that is, just about all Americans — see approximately 100 TV commercials a day. In that same 24 hours they also see a host of print ads, billboard signs,...
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The late mythologist and philosopher Joseph Campbell once noted that in medieval times the approach to a city was dominated by the spires of its cathedral and castle....
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If all major media in the United States - every daily newspaper, magazine, broadcasting station, book publishing house and motion picture studio - were controlled by one "czar," the American public...
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In the early 1960s, as television began to implant itself in the lives and living rooms of families around the country, some were alarmed. But others began to ask if television couldn't be...
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The Impact of Technology on Character Education
Introduction
Today, the global online village is open 24/7. Youth currently spend an average of 8.33 hours per day (Rideout, Roberts...
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The Rajah spoke, "The elephant is a big animal. Each man touched only one part. You must put all the parts together to find out what an elephant is like."
– from "The Blind...
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"TV violence continues to rise, study finds," proclaimed the headline in a major newspaper after the release of the third annual National Television...
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I have in my vest pocket a calculator the size of a credit card and the thickness of about three pennies. It does a zillion functions. In it is a little chip which could be replaced with a much...
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At one time, in the decade before World War II, the culture and the schools became very serious about mass media focusing on the movies. Programs of film study were set up in hundreds of...
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During the 1984 campaign I decided to do a very long piece on President Reagan for the evening news. It ran almost five and a half minutes. It was a piece that was the toughest I had ever done on...
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We'll call her Susan. She is 32, happily married to Brad, a successful aerospace engineer, lives in the home of her dreams, and is proud to be the first university graduate in her second generation...
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Media literacy education is at a watershed moment around the world. We are making the inevitable and gradual turn to changing what we do in classrooms and at home to make education more student-...
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This publication, Thinking Critically About Media: Schools and Families in Partnership, makes the case for teaching media literacy at school and at home.
Download the report in its entirety or by...
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Writing in New York magazine during the l988 primary campaign, media experts Edwin Diamond and Stephen Bates, authors of The Spot: The Rise of Political Advertising on Television, pointed out that...
