Global Initiatives

The Media Education Lab has some ongoing research partnerships around the world. Since 2012, Professor Renee Hobbs has offered 32 Continue reading →

The Story of the Book

  As a young scholar, back in the early 1990s, I had the chance to visit the offices of the Continue reading →

Roots and Wings

With all the changes that mobile devices, tablets and social media are now having on work, education and everyday life, Continue reading →

­The Downside of Online Empowerment

Last month at Temple University, Kelly Mendoza defended her impressive Ph.D. dissertation, “Protection and Empowerment: Exploring Parental Internet Mediation Strategies Continue reading →

When Literacy Goes Digital

The anticipation is killing me, as David Cooper Moore and myself are moving into last-minute countdown mode for the release Continue reading →

Assessing Digital Literacy: Outcomes and Impact

If you want to measure something, first you have to define it. That’s why we’re just at the very beginning Continue reading →

Trust, Mistrust and Advertising

I’ve been exploring the practice of media literacy education in early childhood settings. One important concept that I like to Continue reading →

Reflections on NAMLE 2011 in Philadelphia

What a whirlwind it’s been here in Philadelphia at the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) conference. This bi-annual Continue reading →