Jacobs, W.R. (2005). Speaking the lower frequencies: Students and media literacy. Albany, NY: State University of New York.
This was the first book to arrive so I dove in.  Jacobs describes some undergraduate courses "media and society" courses he taught at University of Indiana.  He constructed the courses around the concept of the Pensieve, created by […]

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From the Editor's Note, March 1998 edition of Journal of Communication dealing with media literacy:
"Media literacy, then, is about understanding the sources and technologies of communication, the codes that are used, the messages that are produced, and the selection, interpretation, and impact of those messages."

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Christ, W.G., & Potter, J.W. (1998). Media literacy, media education, and the academy. Journal of Communication, 48(1), 5-15.
The introductory essay in the Media Literacy Symposium discusses conceptual and application issues. The central conceptual issue is the definition of media literacy. Christ and Potter list the following uses of the term:

public policy issue
critical and […]

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I am waiting for several books to arrive from Amazon. While I wait, I decided to see what Google has to say. Microsoft Windows Media Player shows up first on the list when you google "media," and Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog group, is second. Their purpose, "Media Matters for America […]

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This blog is part of an independent study in the School of Education at the College of William and Mary.  I will be spending the summer doing a readings course in media and media literacy with Troy Davis, Director of the Media Center at Swem Library.  I will use the blog to comment on the […]

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