{"title":"Reacting to Change: Critical Media Literacy for United States Reading Teachers?","authors":"Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish, D. Deal","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.3.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.3.001","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines United States masters students' perceptions of a course in critical media literacy education. Using the Women's Ways of Knowing (1997) framework, we first lay out different epistemological understandings of critical media literacy. Then, using qualitative methods, we show how 55 students enrolled in a required media literacy course for their master's degree in reading display varied understandings of the course concepts corresponding with the Women's Ways of Knowing (1997) framework. Additional contextual issues contribute to the challenges of moving towards a constructed way of knowing critical media literacy.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"225 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123034585","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":"Parent's and Young Children's Communication During Computer Use: Beyond Meditation","authors":"R. Desmond, Melike Türkan Bağlı","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.3.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.3.002","url":null,"abstract":"A sample of 24 children (median age = 6) and their parents were observed while playing computer games. Verbal interaction was recorded and analyzed to determine the nature of parent-child talk, and whether parents mediated their children's computer use. Results indicate that while parents offer support and actively play with their children in non-school computer sessions, there is no mediation comparable to that documented in research on families and television. When children have more computer expertise than do their parents, parents exhibit categories of behaviors designed to re-assert their dominance. Results are discussed in terms of differences among computers and other media, and the nature of existing games.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132450719","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":"Political Science: Media Literacy and Global Warming","authors":"Bruce E. Johansen","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.3.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.3.003","url":null,"abstract":"A fundamental disconnect exists between concepts of global warming developed in scientific journals and much of the popular debate on this subject on the op-ed pages of many daily newspapers. In the scientific journals, the subject is studied with reference to the way in which the Earth system operates, invoking such concepts as thermal inertia, feedback loops, and various aspects of oceanic and atmospheric circulation in the context of paleoclimate (the Earth's climatic history). Many of these concepts emerge only rarely on the op-ed pages, in the hands of political pundits whose audiences sometimes number in the millions. In their hands, the debate is phrased most often in political or moralistic terms. The more strident of these pundits dismiss global warming as a cult or theology, dismissing its scientific basis entirely. This disconnect vexes many scientists, who realize that their ability to influence public policy is being limited by a lack of scientific literacy in the media, and in the public realm generally. The following paper describes some illustrative examples of the public debate and provides a discussion of the scientific basics for use by media professionals.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115924245","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":"New Literacies as a Challenge for Traditional Knowledge Conceptions in School: A Case Study from Fifth Graders Digital Media Production","authors":"L. Rantala, V. Korhonen","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.2.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.2.002","url":null,"abstract":"New literacies children practice and learn in their everyday life, and these concepts have challenged school's traditional knowledge conceptions as certain facts, principles or techniques. Schools have also more broadly struggled with the question of how to deal with digital media in terms of access, technological support, teacher agencies or fundamental structures of school culture. Digital media production as a common media education practice brings new literacies inside classrooms as children engage collaboratively with creative and multimodal tools. This article introduces a case study from fifth graders digital media production with software called Kar2ouche, and describes what kinds of production practices related to new literacies are emerging in this kind of media work. Further, this article discusses how these practices challenge the traditional conceptions of knowledge in school. It is argued that the first step in order to challenge a school's knowledge conceptions are to recognize the knowledge embedded with the new literacies, and make space for them despite the traditional culture of schooling that still seems to frame digital media production practices in classrooms.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122602466","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":"Challenging Islamophobia Through Visual Media Studies: Inquiring Into a Photograph of Muslim Women on the Cover of Canada's National News Magazine","authors":"Diane Watt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.2.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.2.001","url":null,"abstract":"Diane Watt is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. She spent much of the decade of the 1990's living with her husband and children in Pakistan, Syria, and Iran. Her research interests include intercultural education, curriculum studies, and media education. Funding for her research has been provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117221963","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":"Media Literacy and Internet Discussion Lists: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Online Postings Following the Death of Peter Jennings","authors":"C. Greer","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.2.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.2.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133855210","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":"Youth Participation and Media Literacy on The-N.com","authors":"Katie Donnelly","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.1.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.1.003","url":null,"abstract":"The N is an edgy nighttime network for teens that is owned by Viacom and currently available in 55 million homes. The network's website, available at http://www.The-N.com, offers teenagers a variety of forums in which they can interact with media and with each other, including message boards, games, quizzes, and exclusive web-episodes (“webisodes”) of their favorite programs. While The N's main goal is not media literacy, many of the website's features offer teens and preteens the chance to actively participate in their own media culture – whether by playing at media creation through mash-ups and games, or by deconstructing The N's advertising and programming on the message boards. Through this type of active participation, users can potentially acquire media literacy skills.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"32 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131289637","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}
J. Adams, Brigitta R. Brunner, Margaret Fitch-Hauser
{"title":"A Major Decision: Students' Perceptions of Their Print Journalism Education and Career Preparation","authors":"J. Adams, Brigitta R. Brunner, Margaret Fitch-Hauser","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.1.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.1.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines print journalism majors' perceptions of their journalism education and career preparation. This paper investigates why the undergraduates who participated in the study selected print journalism as their college major, what career they plan to pursue after graduation and how prepared they feel they are to employ various skills utilized by print journalists. It will discuss if these reasons have changed since related studies asked similar questions and if their career plans now include online outlets given the ubiquitous presence of the Internet and exposure to online or Web-based journalism courses. The respondents indicated they selected the major for civic-minded reasons, contrary to the fears of many industry professionals. Exposure to journalism in high school is still an important initial factor in the study's respondents considering majoring in journalism. More than 40% of respondents reported they planned to work for daily newspapers, while less than 3% said they would seek work at online publications. Overwhelmingly, respondents said they felt prepared to employ their listening, written and oral communication skills at their first post-graduation jobs, but did not feel prepared in utilize technology-related skills.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116288804","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: The Expansion of the Media Literacy Research Agenda","authors":"J. Lipschultz, M. Hilt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.8.1.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.8.1.001","url":null,"abstract":"Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) in 2007 published a range of articles in three specific areas of study: secondary education, visual literacy, and critical examination of media.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116895241","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":"Media Literacy, Graphic Novels and Social Issues","authors":"G. Schwarz","doi":"10.3138/SIM.7.4.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.7.4.002","url":null,"abstract":"Media literacy education, social issues, and graphic novels all have a role to play in educating students for civic education. The graphic novel is especially useful for secondary students because many titles touch on important social-political issues. Moreover, this medium offers excellent opportunities for media literacy education, students learning to ask questions and evaluate information that is communicated through print, image, and technology. A rhetorical analysis, engaging media literacy skills, is offered along with other lesson ideas and suggested graphic novels titles.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130478831","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}