{"title":"The Trauma of the Image: Prisoner ‘Abuse’ in Abu Ghraib Prison","authors":"jan jagodzinski","doi":"10.3138/SIM.6.1.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.6.1.004","url":null,"abstract":"The scandal surrounding the images of abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib prison is explored by examining the conditions as to their possibility. A Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalytic approach is utilized to explore the psyche of such inhumanity. The essay ends on a sobering note as to the future of the Iraqi conflict.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"120 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":"128036568","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":"Naïve and Expert Geography Students' Perceptions on Digital Map Literacy","authors":"Servet Bayram","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.4.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.4.003","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of this comparative study are first to analyze the Digital Map Literacy (DML) perceptions of undergraduate geography students, and second to compare the perceptions of naive and expert students on a web based atlas. The students were selected from the Department of Geography Education at Marmara University in Istanbul. The DML scale was used to collect the data from the students. The data, including students' perceptions were analyzed and compared according to their experience levels (expert or naive) on map literacy and computer literacy. Students were classified as expert and naive on map literacy and computer literacy based on their own expression on the scale. Also, the DML perceptions of the student groups have been compared with three different perspectives: (1) cultural-aesthetical dimension: visual perception, (2) technical-informational dimension: functional perception, (3) geographical-social dimension: map perception. The data obtained has been transferred to statistics SPSS software and the findings have been analyzed within these data. At the scope of Encarta Reference Library 2003 application program, the groups' perceptions have been compared with X 2 test on a single item base and independent t-test samples in general. The results showed that there are no significant differences between the expert and the naive student groups' perceptions on the DML at 0.05 level of significance. The groups' perceptions bounded with literacy experience are the same in the digital atlas utilization on the web. Based on the Digital Map Literacy scale, it can be said that the Microsoft Encarta digital atlas provides affordance, visibility, utility, functionality, ease of use, and simplicity to the naives and the experts geography students. This result indicated that effective usability design is important to increase efficiency, productivity and understandability of the digital atlases on the web.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131341770","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":"Research Note: International Issues in Media and Information Literacy","authors":"J. Lipschultz, M. Hilt","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.4.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.4.001","url":null,"abstract":"The emerging field of media and information literacy studies continues to be influenced by a wide range of interdisciplinary research. An inventory of current research on media and information literacy, using Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education ( SIMILE ) as a database, reveal emphases in studies about schools and education, library usage, mass media, intercultural communication, and global media. As individuals around the globe are empowered by their media and information literacy skills, it is possible that these abilities will be harnessed as cultural tools in the grassroots battles to maintain local and national identities.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129183981","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":"Trends in Mass Media Education in the Age of Media Convergence: Preparing Students for Careers in a Converging News Environment","authors":"Andrea Tanner, S. Duhé","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.3.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.3.001","url":null,"abstract":"This study provides a nationwide examination of the opinions of both mass communications educators and television news professionals regarding media convergence, specifically focusing on how students should prepare for a career in mass communications in a converging media environment. Data revealed that more than eight of ten educators and eight of ten news directors practice/teach convergence in some manner. Both educators and news directors stressed the importance of basic writing skills over media convergence skills.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124454487","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 Candidate Behind the Curtain: A Three-step Program for Analyzing Campaign Images","authors":"Tim Gleason","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.3.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.3.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"14 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123448524","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":"How Local Television Stations Used the Web to Report the Second Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks","authors":"C. Greer","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.3.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.3.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the Web sites of 86 network-affiliated local television stations in the United States to determine how they reported on the second anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Specifically, this study focused on news and information, visuals, multimedia and interactive features related to the anniversary of the incidents. The results indicated that less than two-thirds of the stations' Web sites featured 9/11-related stories of state or local origin, and less than a quarter of the sites offered state or local photos. A key finding was the predominance of stories and photos with a commemorative theme, which served as a means of connecting communities and visitors to the Web sites through memorialization and remembrance.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126197182","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":"Catharsis vis a vis Oppression: Contemporary Native American Political Humor","authors":"Bruce E. Johansen","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.2.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.2.005","url":null,"abstract":"Among some non-natives, American Indians sometimes have an undeserved reputation for being “stoic” and humorless. The reality is quite the contrary. Native life is richly laced with humor, much of it sharply politically pointed. This article provides examples of contemporary humor, both reservation and urban-based, from Native sources in a sociological and historical context tracing its origins and functions in Native American life.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127660767","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":"Testing Priming Effects: Differences Between Print and Broadcast Messages","authors":"Shahira S Fahmy, W. Wanta","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.2.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.2.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study measures source credibility and the differences in priming effects between print and video messages. The analysis of variance shows a significant difference in attitude changes among different groups pre-exposed to priming cues using different media. Results suggest using video to communicate information is more effective in priming than using print and that using the combination of video and print may lead to relatively unfavorable attitudes towards the priming message.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121064616","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":"Education and Event: Thinking Radical Pedagogy in the Era of Standardization","authors":"Daniel Cho, T. Lewis","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.2.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.2.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134148959","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":"Commentary: How Media Education can Promote Democracy, Critical Thinking, Health Awareness, and Aesthetic Appreciation in Young People","authors":"R. Kubey","doi":"10.3138/SIM.5.1.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/SIM.5.1.002","url":null,"abstract":"Media literacy education is at a watershed moment around the world. We are making the inevitable and gradual turn to changing what we do in classrooms to make education more student-centered and responsive to children's and society's real-world needs. In the pages ahead, the author explores the goals of media education and why it is important, how it is developing in the United States in comparison to the rest of the world, and how media education can promote critical thinking, democracy, health, and aesthetic appreciation.","PeriodicalId":206087,"journal":{"name":"Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121078166","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}