UnderstandingMedia and Democracy:

Media Literacy and the Social Studies

Renee HobbsTemple University

Philadelphia PA

The Media – Democracy Connection

• Role of media in a democracy– four versions

• What kind of press/media? What kind of democracy? What kind of citizen?

• Media-News-Entertainment Complex

• The Rise of Social Media• Purposes of the First

Amendment

Media Literacy is an Expanded

Conceptualization of Literacy

--Aspen Institute Leadership Forum on Media Literacy, Washington DC (1993)

SPEAKING LISTENING

WRITING READING

CRITICAL VIEWING

MEDIA COMPOSITION

Integrating ML Across the Curriculum

1. Teaching With Media & Technology2. Making Connections with Out-of-School Literacies3. Developing Information Access & Research Skills4. Strengthening Message Analysis Skills5. Composing Messages using Multimedia6. Exploring Media Issues in Society7. Sharing Ideas and Taking Action

Citizen

Educator

Parent

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Media & Technology

Self

John DeweyPaolo FreireLev VygotskyRudolf ArnheimNeil PostmanStuart HallNorbert WeinerMarshall McLuhan

Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives

TECHNOLOGY

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

Current EventsEntertainmentScienceWorkFashionPoliticsMathHistoryNatureMoneyLove/RomanceHealthStories about life

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

MEDIA: Forms of expression and communication

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

MEDIA: Forms of expression and communication

DISTRIBUTION &PARTICIPATION:

A means of sharing

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

MEDIA: Forms of expression and communication

DISTRIBUTION &PARTICIPATION:

A means of sharing

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

MEDIA: Forms of expression and communication

PEDAGOGY: A way of learning and teaching

ACCESS ANALYZE/EVALUATE COMMUNICATE ACT

TOOL: A resource that helps you do or make

things

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT: The messages that

matter

DISTRIBUTION &PARTICIPATION:

A means of sharing

MEDIA: Forms of expression and communication

Integrating ML Across the Curriculum

1. Teaching With Media & Technology2. Making Connections with Out-of-School Literacies3. Developing Information Access & Research Skills4. Strengthening Message Analysis Skills5. Composing Messages using Multimedia6. Exploring Media Issues in Society7. Sharing Ideas and Taking Action

Media Literacy, Social Media and the Presidential Election 2008

Using Media vs Critically AnalyzingMessages

VIDEO: Assignment Media Literacy, Maryland State Department of Education, 1999

Critically Analyzing Messages

1.Comprehending Content

2. Examining Form

3. Considering Context

Media Literacy Offers Powerful Conceptual Themes for Exploring Multimedia Genres

Building Analysis and Critical Thinking Skills with theMedia Literacy Remote Control

Promoting Habits of Inquiry

Authors &

Audiences

Authorship: Who made this?

Purpose: Why was it made? Who is the target audience?

Economics: Who paid for it?

Impact: Who benefits from this? Why does this matter to me?

Response: What kinds of actions might I take?

Messages & Meanings

Content: What is this about? What values and points of view are expressed? What is omitted?

Techniques: How was this constructed? What tools and techniques were used?

Interpretations: How might different people understand this message? What is my interpretation and what do I learn about myself from my reaction?

Promoting Habits of Inquiry

Representations & Realities

Representation: How does this message represent its subject?

Context: When was this made? Where or how was it shared?

Credibility: What are the sources of information, ideas or assertions? What criteria do I use to evaluate it?

Promoting Habits of Inquiry

Media Literacy Offers Powerful Conceptual Themes for Exploring Multimedia Genres

Integrating ML Across the Curriculum

1. Teaching With Media & Technology2. Making Connections with Out-of-School Literacies3. Developing Information Access & Research Skills4. Strengthening Message Analysis Skills5. Composing Messages using Multimedia6. Exploring Media Issues in Society7. Sharing Ideas and Taking Action

Citizen

Educator

Parent

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Media & Technology

Self

CONTACT: Professor Renee Hobbs, Ed.D.Temple UniversityPhiladelphia PA 19122

Email: renee.hobbs@temple.eduPhone: (215) 204-4291Web: http://mediaeducationlab.com