Media literacy is the key to nurturing informed, discerning, and empowered students. Join us for a discussion designed to explore big questions about media literacy and education in our podcast “Minds Over Media” that features 10 of the leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Topics of the podcasts include stereotypes, balancing media consumption, diversity, equity, and inclusion in media, and civic media. Learn more about professional development opportunities for teachers and discover practical strategies for integrating content into your curriculum, fostering analytical thinking, and empowering students to navigate the complex landscape of media with confidence.
Host a “Trust Me” virtual watch party at your home, school, library, or with your employee resource group! The Walter Cronkite Excellence in Journalism awarded film brings awareness to people’s need for media literacy to foster peace, hope, resilience, trust, lessen polarization, and preserve democracy. It features stories from around the globe filmed by Oscar-nominated Roko Belic and experts like Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, Poynter’s Aaron Sharockman, Pulitzer Prized Journalist Jeffrey Gettleman, and Black Girl Film Camp’s Jimmeka Anderson.
Listen to the first episode of Literacies! In this four-part series, we’re talking to experts about why media, data, information, and financial literacies are critical skill sets for modern life. We’ll give you a quick dive into what it means, how it impacts you, and things you can do to skill up.
The first episode launching October 22, 2024 features a conversation between host Katherine Hicks, Dr. Muira McCammon, and Media Services librarian lisa Hooper. They talk about Media Literacy and, more specifically the concept of platform power, exploring what it is, what it means for you, and ways you can regain agency.
The Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas is committed to democratic ideals and social justice values. We relate to the media as a dialectical space for criticism and celebration. The media are complex tools whose effects do not always coincide with the intentions. The media can promote democratic participation, support social justice, and offer considerable joy, but they can hinder democracy, ignite violence, and manipulate individuals and society. Our goal for this conference is to facilitate critical discourse about our mediated society with the intention to deepen our understanding and support each other’s work in the transformation of society, to make it socially fairer and environmentally sustainable.