Media Literacy

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Suggested Reading The Media Literacy Handbook: An Educator's Guide To Bringing New Media Into The Classroom    Buy Now! Further reading...

  Canadian Links

• Adbusters
  Designed to be an activist tool, this site allows culture jammers to learn about, and take steps to stop, the marketing pollutants in the mental environment. (Added: 6-Jun-2006)
  

• Association for Media Literacy - Nova Scotia
  For educators, parents, media professionals and media consumers interested in the impact of media on modern life, culture and education. (Added: 9-Mar-2002)
  

• Canadian Commentary
  Serious discussion of Canadian public affairs, and the way they are reported in the print media. (Added: 21-Sep-2000)
  

• Children and the Media
  Addresses the beneficial and harmful effects of the media on children’s mental and physical health, and identifies how physicians can counsel families and promote the healthy use of the media in their communities (Added: 21-Sep-2000)
  

• Media Awareness Network
  Media literacy information and resources for parents and educators; includes an interactive game to help kids 7-10 evaluate web sites. (Added: 21-Sep-2000)
  

• Mediacs
  Offers workshops and information seeking to help children become more media savvy. (Added: 6-Jun-2006)
  

• NewsWatch Canada
  Researching the nation's news agenda. Project of the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. (Added: 21-Sep-2000)
  

• Ryerson Review of Journalism Online
  Articles on Canadian journalism and journalists, including archived Ryerson Review of Journalism articles from 1994 to the present. (Added: 21-Sep-2000)
  

  International Links

• About Face
  By encouraging critical thinking about the media, and personal empowerment, About-Face works to engender positive body-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds. (Added: 9-Mar-2002)
  

• Center for Media Literacy
  Provides a wide selection of teaching tools, carefully evaluated for their quality and importance to the field. (Added: 9-Mar-2002)
  

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