{"title":"Editors’ Note: Media and Information Literacy in Theory and Practice","authors":"J. Lipschultz, M. Hilt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.2.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.2.001","url":null,"abstract":"Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) has published a wide-range of international articles from across the disciplines. As a collection, they represent the growing influence and importance of media and information literacy.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"26 3‐4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120833155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Children's Awareness of Online Advertising on Neopets: The Effect of Media Literacy Training on Recall","authors":"M. E. Wollslager","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.2.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.2.002","url":null,"abstract":"This pilot study explored the inherent ability of 4th and 5th graders to identify online advertising on the Neopets Website. The same children were then given a brief media literacy training session and retested on the ability to identify embedded online advertising. Only 23% of children were initially able to identify the purpose of branded games as advertising. Recognition of embedded ads within advergames increased 33% and recognition of branded advergames as advertising rather than as entertainment increased 26% following a single, brief media literacy training session. Initially, older children were able to recognize online advertising more readily than younger ones, but that difference leveled when both groups were exposed to media literacy training.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"241 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133515632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Generational Comparison of Gender, Computer Anxiety, and Computer-Email-Web Fluency","authors":"Ulla K. Bunz","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.2.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.2.003","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this study was to investigate people's ability to use a computer, email, and the web. Subjects fell into one of two distinct age groups, College students or seniors. Within each age group, the study also examined gender, age, and computer anxiety. Additionally, the manuscript argues for the use of the knowledge-gap hypothesis in digital divide research. A total of 261 (N, overall 74% female) participated in the study, 181 of them College students and 80 of them senior citizens. Subjects completed items on CEW fluency, computer anxiety, and demographic questions. Results show that younger people generally experience less computer anxiety than older participants. Younger women experience more computer anxiety than younger men, but there was no significant difference for gender and anxiety among the older participants. Also, younger participants perceived their CEW fluency higher than did seniors. The manuscript discusses implications of these results for educational, marketing, and policy campaigns and provides suggestions for future research.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131266521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Online Space: Encouraging Student Immersion for Online and Hybrid Courses","authors":"A. Toscano","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.2.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.2.004","url":null,"abstract":"Active learning and student-centered courses have been important goals for education research because they appear to provide better, more effective learning environments for students. This article provides ways to bring a student-centered perspective to online and hybrid courses. By using rhetoric and composition theories that inform critical pedagogical stances, the author calls for incorporating online writing spaces for students across the disciplines. Because writing and thinking are connected, the author advocates that online and hybrid courses ask students to (re)present their understanding of course content online in order to have students move away from passive learning. These online spaces, similar to e-portfolios, are semester-long projects that allow students more chances for reflecting on the course material through media with which contemporary students are already familiar. Additionally, the online spaces in which students compose form an online learning community for individuals to showcase their work and, more importantly, their understanding of the course material. The article concludes by showing readers that students showcasing their work online makes the medium (the Internet) their message.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127377520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editors’ Note: Defining Media and Information Literacy Amid Change","authors":"J. Lipschultz, M. Hilt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.1.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.1.001","url":null,"abstract":"Recent articles in Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) highlight definitional challenges and opportunities.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"273 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122155187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiential Model of Media Education: Primary School Reporters in Hong Kong","authors":"Donna S. C. Chu","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.1.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.1.002","url":null,"abstract":"Media education initiatives have been on the increase in the Asia-Pacific region in the past decade. Although they face similar curriculum and pedagogy challenges to their Western counterparts, Asian educators also have other local and culturally specific factors to consider. In this study, the endeavors of a retired media professional to identify and develop a sustainable model of media education are chronicled and discussed. The insights of the novice teacher offer critical and meaningful reflections for practicing teachers in the design and implementation of media education. An experiential model of media education that encourages the full use of “experience” in the learning process is discussed. This model also raises fundamental questions about teachers' beliefs, school culture, and their implications for media educators operating in a school context.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128622614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public Relations Professionals as Shapers of Public Information: The Role of Theory in Their Education","authors":"J. Latchaw, C. Allen, David Ogden","doi":"10.3138/SIM.9.1.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.9.1.003","url":null,"abstract":"Mass Communication programs with courses in public relations or integrated marketing communications were surveyed to find out whether their majors were required to study theory as part of the curriculum, and which theories were thought to be most important. The results showed that nearly 75 percent of the programs require students to study theory in some fashion. Most programs teach theory over several courses. Respondents indicated that mass communication theories were the most important, but many indicated that other theory areas are also taught in their courses. The results have implications for the role public relations practitioners play as sources of information and address the theoretical background those practitioners bring to their roles.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114930131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Communicative Roles of Street and Social Landscape Photography","authors":"Tim Gleason","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.4.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.4.003","url":null,"abstract":"Street and social landscape photography are two genres usually existing outside of communication research. This research essay positions them within James Carey's concept of ritual communication. Problems with contemporary attempts to theorize photography from fine art and literary perspectives are identified. Overviews of each genre are provided and followed by photographs to exemplify the genres and document specific cultural rituals to demonstrate the genres' value to communication researchers.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114304515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culturally Relevant Media Studies: A Review of Approaches and Pedagogies","authors":"Jacqueline Tobias","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.4.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.4.002","url":null,"abstract":"Promoting media education in the secondary schools enables educators to meet the new media literacy standards now present in all 50 states, as well as empower students with the skills to analyze and criticize any media text, whether print or visual or a combination. As part of a larger study on how educators teach about the media, this paper provides a review of the current approaches to media education, including the protectionist, aesthetic, and critical approaches as well as the traditional and progressive teaching strategies and pedagogies often used.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131845234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are We Speaking the Same Language? Assessing the State of Media Literacy in U.S. Higher Education","authors":"P. Mihailidis","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.4.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.4.001","url":null,"abstract":"Are We Speaking the Same Language? Assessing the State of Media Literacy in U.S. Higher Education surveys the reported existence of media literacy education in U.S. universities. Looking at two national surveys that investigated the existence of media literacy programs and/or courses in the academy, this paper shows how the term has been conceived in many different ways and across all academic departments. This has resulted in wide and varied adoptions of media literacy in U.S. higher education which, the paper argues, has caused vague and somewhat disparate understandings of what media literacy education is and how it functions in a university classroom. The paper concludes by asking three questions about post-secondary media literacy education: Should media literacy develop definitional parameters for the university? What differentiates media literacy from other media-related disciplines? What should media literacy look like in the university? and offers suggestions for future inquiry into post-secondary media literacy education that can enable dialog around media literacy frameworks for higher education.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122877629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}