{"id":61338,"date":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-connects-media-literacys-past-present-and-future\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","slug":"uri-connects-media-literacys-past-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/uri-connects-media-literacys-past-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 connects media literacy\u2019s past, present and future"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSept. 20 symposium to address historical roots of media literacy education<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013August 21, 2013 \u2013 With all of the changes that mobile devices, tablets and social media are now having on work, education and everyday life, it\u2019s important to remember how a previous generation dealt with the significant cultural shifts that occurred at the dawn of television broadcasting, first, in the 1950s and later, when the 500-channel cable television revolution first came into people\u2019s homes in the 1980s. <\/p>\n


\nOn Friday, Sept. 20, media professionals, scholars, educators, librarians, youth media advocates and citizens will gather at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Providence Campus for the Symposium on the Historical Roots of Media Literacy Education. The symposium, which begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends with a special screening of videos from the history of media literacy from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St., Providence, is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n


\nParticipants will include members of the first generation of educators and activists, now in their 70s and 80s, who helped people build critical thinking skills about television, along with others who are interested in digital and media literacy education today.<\/p>\n


\nAwareness of media literacy began with the work of leading figures such as Marshall McLuhan, who explained in 1964 that \u201cthe medium is the message,\u201d Nicholas Johnson, commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission, who wrote How to Talk Back to Your TV Set in 1970, and Neil Postman, whose 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, inspired educators to take television seriously as an object of study. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe are bringing together leaders from four decades to engage with the next generation of young leaders,\u201d said Renee Hobbs, professor and founding director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, a new school at the 溏心vlog免费B站 (溏心vlog免费B站) that brings together programs in journalism, film\/media, public relations, writing and rhetoric, communication studies and library and information studies. <\/p>\n


\nThe symposium showcases 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s recent acquisition of the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archive, which holds significant artifacts and documents related to the development of media literacy as a movement and a field of specialization at the intersection of media studies and education. Thoman was editor of Media & Values magazine from 1977 to 1993 and founder of the Center for Media Literacy, a leading national non-profit organization in the United States. The archive is available to scholars through the 溏心vlog免费B站 Library\u2019s Special Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBeginning as early as 1960, there were a lot of people who were trying to give children, young people and adults the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the complex role of television in society,\u201d said Sarah Bordac, head of instruction for the Brown University Library and the organizer of the Symposium on the Historical Roots of Media Literacy Education, which is co-sponsored by the Media Education Lab and the National Association for Media Literacy Education.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cToday, people need to be able to find, gather, use and share information using the Internet and they need to analyze and evaluate the messages they encounter,\u201d said Bordac. \u201cMany people are unaware that, throughout the 1970s and 80s, librarians all across the United States were advancing students\u2019 critical thinking skills in responding to the rise of mass media and popular culture.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAccording to Hobbs, digital and media literacy continues to grow in importance because of the rise of social media and digital culture. Educators, government leaders and members of the business community are recognizing the relevance of these skills to future citizens and workers. <\/p>\n


\nInvited participants include Marieli Rowe, executive director of the National Telemedia Council, a non-profit media literacy organization based in Madison, Wis., Tessa Jolls of the Los Angeles-based Center for Media Literacy, and Alan Levitt, former communications director of the White House Office on National Drug Control Policy. <\/p>\n


\nMichael RobbGrieco of Temple University will deliver the keynote address on the intellectual history of media literacy education, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Paff Auditorium, 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence Feinstein Campus, 80 Washington St. <\/p>\n


\nMore information about the symposium and online registration is available at: http:\/\/historyofml.wordpress.com<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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