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* Disclaimer: Some sites may contain content or images that some viewers may find disturbing or offensive. The views expressed on the sites below are not necessarily those of the Media Literacy Community Action Team, but provide a good introduction to the variety of ways to approach media literacy education.
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(satirizes and critiques media portrayals of women, and media's effects on body image; ad gallery)
(resources for parents, teachers, and students; counterads; independent media; esp. concerned w/ commercialism and consumerism and tobacco)
(website of the magazine, advocating activism against consumerism and commercialism)
Adbusters' classy counterads -- covering fashion, tobacco, alcohol, food, and miscellaneous ad topics. Great examples for how to create your own counterads!
(contemporary advertisements galore)
(for youth, teachers, parents)
(general)
(great interactive page for youth about basic visual elements in art and ads)
(this website includes good info for parents and teachers, including Media Literacy 101, the popular "Taking Charge of Your TV" publication, and a guide to navigating the children's media landscape)
(for parents)
(databases of alcohol ads, political action steps, etc.)
(general; many resources for teachers and parents)
(organization concerned about the effects of media on children's health)
(grassroots organization concerned about effects of commercialization on community and children)
("Push for the best in kids' entertainment" site for parents by parents w/ reviews and ratings of movies, music, video games, websites, and books for children)
(links for K-12 teachers)
(lesson plans for K-12 teachers from KQED)
(youth activity, lesson in digital manipulation)
(general tips for parents about opportunities presented in the media and ways to encourage media literacy in your family)
(a project of the Brennan Center for Justice @ NYU School of Law; looks at role of media literacy as alternative to censorship)
(a large gallery of ads looking at depictions of gender; some ads on this site are offensive, which is part of the point.)
(content analysis of gender roles on television from the site, which has several other articles about media literacy topics)
(Digital manipulation and the media, from the Media Literacy Clearinghouse)
(many links from site of media literacy guru Jean Kilbourne)
(Youth media)
(movie ratings for parents to help parents make informed, responsible decisions about movies; rates movies based on quantity and context of sex and nudity; violence and gore; and profanity; very specific explanations of questionable content so parents can know what to expect)
(site for parents w/ statistics and studies about effects of excessive tv watching on children's development)
(general, media toolkit for youth; Web Aware; lots of resources for teachers and parents from Canada's premier media literacy site)
(media literacy teachers' toolkit, lesson plans)
(general, handouts and downloads, news articles, study guides for videos, etc., with the theme of "challenging media")
(from the National Institute on Media and the Family; general topics for parents; facts and tips; video game and movie reviews and ratings)
(many more links)
from the Media Literacy Clearinghouse (general, for teachers, parents, teens)
(for teachers; units on media literacy concepts and skills, media impacts on gender identity, and activity ideas)
(articles on various topics including the media and: advertising, citizenship, child development, gender, deconstruction, parenting, news, violence, etc.)
(the website of Peter DeBenedittis, aka Peter D; many great educational products available for purchase; schedule a speaker; free print-able resources under "educational - handouts)
(American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations re: use of internet, tv, and ratings in the family)
(advocacy page from American Academy of Pediatrics)
(organization that seeks to challenge racism, sexism, and violence in the media; gallery of disturbing/offensive ads; gallery of counterads)
(page for parents concerned about effects of commercialism and consumerism on kids)
(free resources and products for purchase to help teach deconstruction, persuasion techniques, how to contact media companies, etc.)
(site for teachers; history of media lit; resources for parents; Canadian standards for media literacy education and activities for all ages)
(general, resources for youth, teachers, & parents)
(research report on youth and media by Mediascope)
(resources for teachers, tips on integrating media lit education and media into the classroom)
(Tips from American Academy of Pediatrics on interpreting movie, tv, and video game ratings for your family)
(for teachers; lesson plans in media literacy)
(Movie ratings and reviews for parents)
(for parents; tobacco in movies and effects on youth smoking rates)
(for teachers, high school (12 grade) media lit curriculum)
(article from The Nation on media ownership by large conglomerates and the effect on journalism and discourse)
(tobacco, advertisement images)
(Canadian site for teachers and parents, w/ lesson plans and tips for teaching media literacy to kids K-3, 4-6, and 7-9.)
(tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics on healthful use of tv in the family)
(Article from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
(anti-tobacco site for youth)
(great site for youth about young people in the media, influencing the media, and creating media) |
