Frank Romanelli teaches live, blended, and online classes in Writing and Communication. He is the coordinator of the Early Credit High School Program for Writing and Rhetoric. He is a member of The National Association of Concurrent...

Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem is the Associate Director at the Media Education Lab and an Assistant Professor of multimedia production faculty at the department of communication, Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from...

Bill Yousman, Ph.D. is the Director of the Media Literacy and Digital Culture graduate program at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. He earned his doctorate in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Yousman is...

Elizaveta Friesem is a scholar and practitioner of media literacy education focusing on issues of diversity, in particular gender and sexuality.



Her primary research combines principles of media literacy education, media...

Editor of NetFamilyNews.org and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc., Anne is a writer and youth advocate who has worked in the news media since 1980. With SafeKids.com's Larry Magid,...

Educators, discover how media literacy can be taught/learned within all social studies classes.

Jay continues our journey through the history of media literacy with the arrival of movies, television, and the other screens that now permeate our lives – along with some of the different approaches to media literacy that these...

Media isn’t just movies and newspapers and TV shows, it’s also a part of society that involves a lot of money. And all that money has implications for the media that gets created. Media is created by people -- a range of people, making a...

Propaganda! Misinformation! Disinformation! Today we’re talking about the dark – or, shall we say, darkER – side of media. Understanding these media bogeymen is essential to being a more media literate citizen.

First thing’s first: what is media literacy? In our first episode, Jay breaks this question down and explains how we’re going to use it to explore our media saturated world.

We’ve talked about how broad a concept “the media” really is – and given that, it can be hard to keep track of all the different forces that constitute “the media.” It can be tough, but it’s not impossible. Today we’re talking about how...

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it.

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He...

Today, in our series finale, we're going to talk about the great white whale of navigating online information: your social media feed. Social media shapes both our online and offline behaviors from how we engage in communities and...

NPR's Science Desk recently received NSB's Public Service Award on May 3rd at the U.S. Department of State for contributing to public understanding of and appreciation of science and engineering--including mass media, education, training...

What is MyCAA ? - Military Spouse Education Grant // The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) program provides up to $4,000 (over 2 years) of Financial Assistance for military spouses who are continuing their education by...

What the heck does a social media manager even do? It is a lot more than you think and in 2022 there are a ton of moving parts. Let this video be your road map to knowing what to expect from a social media manager and how to find one for...

Social media marketing is about sales for your business, not vanity metrics like Followers & Likes. Let me explain to you how to make money with social media.

Maximize your local business's impact on social media with actionable strategies and creative ideas that promise to boost your online visibility. Learn from what this small-town business could do better to get more engagement, reach, and...

Sex Education is a 'brilliant ensemble piece'

Rhys Daunic is founder and Director of Brooklyn-based The Media Spot. Rhys has facilitated student media productions, and developed media literacy curricula with educators throughout the country and abroad, primarily within New York...

Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014.

Professor of Educational Technology and Media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, C
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Dr. Alec Couros is an Associate Professor of educational...

Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014.

Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian at Van Meter Community School, Iowa. She encourages her students to have a voice while learning, creating,...

Michael Rich, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, and practices Adolescent Medicine at Boston...