St. Louis Public Radio’s Don Marsh, a 2008 GMLP Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Award winner, interviewed Webster University professor and GMLP v.p. , Art Silverblatt, along with media literacy educator, Frank Baker, Sept. 29, for an hour of thoughtful discussion and audience call-ins relating to media literacy and politics…in anticipation of GMLP’s Fourth Annual Media [...]
Tag Archives: Art Silverblatt
Thematic Meme: Obama as Foreigner
Art Silverblatt Professor, Dept. of Communications and Journalism Webster University A meme is a story or element that is transmitted throughout a culture. The term “Meme” was originally used to describe a certain kind of biological system. Over time, this concept of memes has been applied to transmission of culture from one mind to another, [...]
A Comprehensive Definition of Media Literacy
Art Silverblatt, Ph.D Professor, Webster University A Comprehensive Definition of Media Literacy One of the major challenges facing the discipline of media literacy involves its name recognition. This abundance of definitions adds to the confusion surrounding the focus of the discipline. Although media literacy is included in the educational standards of all fifty states in [...]
Careers in Media Literacy (2010)
Increasingly, students across the U.S. are developing a passionate interest in the field of media literacy. But although these students clearly understand the value of this area of study, they are faced with a practical consideration—namely, what careers are available for those who study media literacy. Generally speaking, this discipline prepares individuals for any profession [...]
Twitter As Newspeak
It can be argued that Twitter has emerged as a legitimate form of communication that could influence how children will spell–and think–in the future. Both Fox News and CNN have adopted the form and syntax of Twitter for their closed-captions, so that Twitter is no longer merely a computer shorthand but has become an integral [...]
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Careers in Media Literacy
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