{"title":"Epistemic honesty and the default assumption that photos are true","authors":"Scott B. Fosdick, Shahira S Fahmy","doi":"10.3138/SIM.7.1.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.7.1.003","url":null,"abstract":"Most magazine editors rely on readers to assume that a photo has not been significantly altered unless labeled otherwise. That reliance helps continue the longstanding fallacy that there is such a thing as a prealteration state of photography that is natural and truthful. This article sees a need for epistemic honesty, information added to help the receiver judge the truth or accuracy of a piece of communication. It looks to verbal language and the quotation as models for the honest presentation of samples of reality. The result is a recommendation for a visual equivalent to the quotation mark to alert the reader that a photo meets a certain standard of truthfulness.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116700877","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":"Building Media Literacy in Young Children through Community Service","authors":"A. Linder, J. Mullins","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.4.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.4.001","url":null,"abstract":"Media literacy is the new buzz phrase among elementary educators. Interest ranges from teaching children to find credible resources on the internet to showing them how to create their own mass media messages. This article explores the approaches elementary educators have taken to teach students media literacy in the classroom. Then it discusses the curriculum developed by two graduate students who taught media literacy via a community-service project. Twenty eighth grade students were led through the professional process of creating one website for a local museum. The process aimed to teach students the importance of audience analysis, basic design principles, graphic copyright, and the art of pitching a design to a client.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"323 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125779520","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 Biopsychosocial Analysis of the Video Game-playing Experience of Children and Adults in the United States","authors":"J. Funk, M. Chan, J. Brouwer, Kathleen Curtiss","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.3.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.3.001","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the video game-playing experience of children and adults has received little attention. This is an important area of study because, to be successful, media literacy education programs for video games must be able to address both the perceived benefits and any perceived negative consequences of game-playing. In the present qualitative study, children and adults were interviewed in focus groups. Groups were conducted with 17 fourth through sixth graders (8 girls), and with 51 undergraduates (7 females). Using a biopsychosocial model we identified and compared themes emerging from child and adult groups. The majority of participants reported both gains and losses in the physical, psychological, and social domains. Absorption in game-playing was common, and experienced by players differently, as either psychological gain and loss. Absorption seemed to increase the desire to initiate game actions. Child players were somewhat defensive when discussing violent game content. Study findings will be useful in developing video game literacy programs.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133625788","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":"Evaluating a Wireless Course Feedback System: The Role of Demographics, Expertise, Fluency, Competency, and Usage","authors":"R. Rice, Ulla K. Bunz","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.3.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.3.002","url":null,"abstract":"Current pedagogical theory emphasizes convergent, collaborative and participative learning, and the use of new computer-based instructional technologies to support these approaches. However, it is necessary to evaluate these technologies, especially to identify any student factors that might foster digital divides or differential outcomes. This study analyzes the influences on the student evaluation of a wireless course feedback system in two Master's classes, using a baseline influence survey, two later evaluation surveys, system data about answering review questions, and ratings and open-ended comments on the final course evaluation. Influences studied include demographics, variety of computer usage, web expertise, computer-email-web fluency (three dimensions), computer-mediated competency (eight dimensions), levels of exposure to the system, and use of the system for in-class reviews and discussions. The four evaluation dimensions (training, easy to use, validity, fun, overall) were predicted (from 25% to 51%) by different combinations of prior web use, computer classes, exposure to the system, and dimensions of computer-mediated competency.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115088896","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 “Weather Wars:” Hard Science and Hardball Politics at NASA","authors":"Bruce E. Johansen","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.3.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.3.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125526391","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 Part Played by Instructional Media in Distance Education","authors":"Jonathan Adams","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.2.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.2.001","url":null,"abstract":"A content analysis of 409 distance education web sites was conducted to assess their explanations of the media used in their online course offerings. A check sheet consisting of sixteen media strategies was completed for each by examining course demonstrations, video introductions, pages related to “Academics,” pages related to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) and by analyzing text descriptions of course offerings. Holsti's reliability coefficient showed an 85.3% intercoder agreement among three analysts. Only 67 universities mentioned using seven or more media types and 90 were found to be correspondence courses with email support. Text- based media (e-mail and print-based discussion boards) were mentioned as being the primary method of communication and information exchange. Many of the sites mentioned cutting-edge internet technologies such as streaming video, online conferencing or synchronous lectures, but institutions do not effectively communicate on their websites how these technologies are used to support instruction.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115614434","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":"Not Playing Fair: Coverage of Women & Minorities in the Sports Pages","authors":"R. Fullerton","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.2.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.2.003","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches to explore the representation of women, girls and other minorities, in the sports pages of a national newspaper, The Globe and Mail , a metropolitan daily, The London Free Press , and a small community weekly, the St. Marys Journal Argus .","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121251455","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 Death of Television and the Birth of Digital Convergence: (Re)shaping Media in the 21 st Century","authors":"Phil McRae","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.2.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.2.002","url":null,"abstract":"Television is not ‘television’ anymore. It is a complex and rapidly evolving medium that is moving from a space defined by broadcast to one struggling for interactivity, mobility and digital convergence . The very nature of this digital convergence is occurring at breakneck speed, so fast in fact that this revolution in entertainment will not be ‘televised’. It may be suggested that with the advent of the Internet, television is increasingly being identified as a push technology geared only for the masses and lacking personal (and democratic) choice. Indeed, recent North American research confirms that experienced Internet users are sacrificing their television viewing time for that of the Internet. This paper critically examines the changing nature of television, and the ways in which the Internet (with its multiple fragmentations and digital mobility), is motivating a desire for novel on-demand entertainment spaces within the home and school contexts.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115121245","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":"Skinny Like You: Visual Literacy, Digital Manipulation and Young Women's Drive to be Thin","authors":"Kimberly L. Bissell","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.1.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.1.002","url":null,"abstract":"Numerous studies have established a relationship between thin ideal media content and disordered eating patterns in women. Many of the images viewed in the media that endorse the thin ideal are digitally manipulated or computer-created. This experiment compared college women's visual literacy–defined in terms of their knowledge of digital manipulation in fashion and entertainment images–to their desire to be thin, their desire to look like the model shown and four disordered eating subscales. Visual literacy did not reduce participants' desire to look like the model seen; however, entertainment media was a significant predictor of greater body image distortion across the sample.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"93 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120874280","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: SIMILE Progress Report","authors":"J. Lipschultz, M. Hilt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.1.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.1.001","url":null,"abstract":"As Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) enters its sixth year of publication, the co-editors have identified a number of issues to be addressed in the journal's development. This editors' note explores how the field of media and information literacy education has grown in importance. There continues to be a need for both theory-building and empirical research data, which would strengthen conceptualization. SIMILE needs to cultivate a global sense of significance about media and information literacy education issues across many disciplines.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"617 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134453380","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}