Video Arts Visual Arts Digital Arts ... Home » Media Literacy Media Literacy "Given the volume of information transmitted through mass media as opposed to the written word, it is as important to teach media literacy as print Literacy." Read the entire article from the American Academy of Pediatrics. 98% of U.S. homes have a TV 60% of teenagers have a TV in their room Children spend more time in front of video screens than in the classroom Parents are more concerned about their child’s TV viewing than any other medium ALL 50 states require media literacy in their frameworks A Plea for Media Literacy in our Nation’s Schools "We are, all of us, awash in media. Television. Movies. The Internet. Billboards. Newspapers. Magazines. Radio. Newsletters. Individually and collectively, we spend more time with more media than ever before — an average of 10.5 hours a day, about 25% of that time using two media simultaneously, according to a recent study of "Middletown, USA" by the University of South Carolina." Read the entire article by David Shaw. | |
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