Center for Media Literacy
About CML
A pioneer in its field, the Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture. The ultimate goal is to make wise choices possible.
CML: Resources for English/Language Arts For 500 years, since the invention of moveable type, we have valued the basic literacy skills of reading and writing. Today, we must build on this foundation and prepare young people for living and learning in a global culture that is connected through multi-media, and influenced by powerful images, words and sounds.
"It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual messages...to distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter, and important news from coverage"
— Ernest Boyer
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
Selected by the CML from their online Reading Room and Media & Values Archive, you'll find below a list of pertinent studies, reflective articles, research reports and news items to help you explore this topic thoroughly. You'll find these, and more, by clicking the Articles and Reports link.
For example:
• 'America's Wish Book' Sells Dreams
• 12 Basic Principles for Incorporating Media Literacy and Critical Thinking into Any Curriculum
• Assignment: Media Literacy
• Bridging the Gap: Sharing Your Family's Life Stories
• Challenging the Myths of Media Violence
• Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages
• Comics and Culture: The Cartoonist as TV Critic
• Defining Media Violence: It's Not so Easy!
• How to Analyze an Advertisement
• How to Conduct a ‘Close Analysis' of a Media ‘Text'
• Images of Men in Advertising
• Instructional Practices In Media Literacy Education And Their Impact On Students' Learning
• Language of Media Literacy: A Glossary of Terms
• NCTE Commission Recommends Media Education
• Orthodoxy is the Enemy: Four Ways NOT to Teach Media Literacy
• Rise of the Image Culture
• Teaching Media Literacy: Yo! Are you Hip to This?
• Violence Formula: Analyzing TV, Video and Movies
• Working with Basics: Miracles DO Happen!
• WORKSHOP REPORT: How to do Assessment and Evaluation in Media Literacy
A pioneer in its field, the Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture. The ultimate goal is to make wise choices possible.
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CML: Resources for English/Language Arts For 500 years, since the invention of moveable type, we have valued the basic literacy skills of reading and writing. Today, we must build on this foundation and prepare young people for living and learning in a global culture that is connected through multi-media, and influenced by powerful images, words and sounds.
"It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual messages...to distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter, and important news from coverage"
— Ernest Boyer
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
Selected by the CML from their online Reading Room and Media & Values Archive, you'll find below a list of pertinent studies, reflective articles, research reports and news items to help you explore this topic thoroughly. You'll find these, and more, by clicking the Articles and Reports link.
For example:
• 'America's Wish Book' Sells Dreams
• 12 Basic Principles for Incorporating Media Literacy and Critical Thinking into Any Curriculum
• Assignment: Media Literacy
• Bridging the Gap: Sharing Your Family's Life Stories
• Challenging the Myths of Media Violence
• Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages
• Comics and Culture: The Cartoonist as TV Critic
• Defining Media Violence: It's Not so Easy!
• How to Analyze an Advertisement
• How to Conduct a ‘Close Analysis' of a Media ‘Text'
• Images of Men in Advertising
• Instructional Practices In Media Literacy Education And Their Impact On Students' Learning
• Language of Media Literacy: A Glossary of Terms
• NCTE Commission Recommends Media Education
• Orthodoxy is the Enemy: Four Ways NOT to Teach Media Literacy
• Rise of the Image Culture
• Teaching Media Literacy: Yo! Are you Hip to This?
• Violence Formula: Analyzing TV, Video and Movies
• Working with Basics: Miracles DO Happen!
• WORKSHOP REPORT: How to do Assessment and Evaluation in Media Literacy
