Teen Media Literacy

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In the Mix is the national award-winning TV series for teens and by teens on-air every week on PBS.

Hobbs, R. (1998). Building citizenship skills through media literacy education. In M. Salvador and P. Sias, (Eds.) The Public Voice in a Democracy at Risk.

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Media literacy is having the skills to understand, question, analyse and create media. It’s an essential life skill, which you can help your develop.

Researchers are studying the fusion of aggression and eroticism in film and video. They’re asking whether it’s creating a climate in which sexual is more acceptable in …

Social media spreads information faster than any other media. 78.5% of traditional media reporters polled used social media to check for breaking news. [] 59% of Twitter users and 31% of Facebook users polled followed breaking news on these sites

Points/spheres: In “Did Media Literacy Backfire?” danah mand argues that the thorny problems of fake news and the spread of conspiracy theories have, in part, origins in efforts to educate people against misinformation.

Teen Ink, a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos and forums. Students must be age 13-19 to participate, register and/or submit work.