Media Literacy

A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically.

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Just Think provides media literacy education and media production training to youth and teachers in the Bay Area and beyond.,Campaign message,Election Videos, Election, Video
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2. PRWATCH

A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry.

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have both hired former Greenpeace activist turned PR consultant . Moore frequently pens opinion columns, which are run without disclosure of his financial interests. Unfortunately, media outlets are allowing their op-ed pages to be used to further Wisconsin law sets two conditions that must be met
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3. Media Education Foundation

A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy.

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The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.
Body Image & the Race for Perfection (Educational Edition) DVD NOW AVAILABLE! This courageous, deeply personal film examines American culture's unhealthy fixation on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. Richard Wolff on the Economic Meltdown DVD Now Available! Rick Wolff breaks down the

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4. Center for Media Literacy

National advocate for media literacy education. Develops and distributes books, videos, teaching materials and other programs that promote critical thinking about the media.

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The Center for Media Literacy provides you with a wide selection of teaching tools, carefully evaluated for their quality and importance to the field.
Just Introduced : New framework for critical thinking. Questions/TIPS (Q/TIPS™), with Five Core Concepts and Five Key Questions for both analysis and media production. Now altogether in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CMLs Five Key

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5. New Mexico Media Literacy Project

Aims to help people become more critical consumers of media messages. Provides teaching and multimedia resources, presentations, and training nationwide.

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Cultivating critical thinking and activism in our media culture to build healthy and just communities. Teach media literacy skills by examining tobacco, alcohol, and food marketing. Explore youth-related bullying through movie clips, news articles, websites and magazine ads. Media literacy - the
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6. Commercial Alert

Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library.

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Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy. Tell Congress to stop prescription drug ads. Keep corporations from
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7. Free Minds Online: Responsible Journalism on the Web

On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups.

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Campaign for journalistic ethics on the Internet. We are all the media. Check it out before you pass it on!
Think Before, During, and After You Read Don't just question authority. Question everything. slush pile: n. the unsolicited manuscripts an editor reads to find the items she judges fit to print. The Internet is the biggest slush pile ever created. And you are your own editor. The advantage of

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8. Transparency

Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.

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Transparency tries to make all of popular culture transparent to our understanding. It reveals the hidden meanings in TV, film, sci-fi, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
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9. MediaLiteracy

Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.

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Dr. Peter DeBenedittis is dedicated to creating a cultural revolution around media. This website contains research, information and educational materials about how media literacy is used for science-based prevention and internet safety. It is a contact point for engaging him and other experts in media and prevention for keynotes, student presentations, training, curricula design and consultation for prevention initiatives. Peter D. speaks to more than 50,000 students and trains thousands of educators each year, with clients ranging from schools and colleges across America to state health departments and professional organizations.
Media Literacy For Prevention, Critical Thinking, Self-Esteem March Madness Media Literacy Lesson Click the banner below to download the FREE March Madness Lesson and more! Dr. Peter DeBenedittis is dedicated to creating a cultural revolution around media. This website contains research,

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10. Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY)

A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. A scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth.

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