Mothers Day Grief

It’s been six months since Roger died and the shock has finally worn off. What has the experience been like? Continue reading →

Distracted by Propaganda

Do you think of “Saturday Night Live” as propaganda? What about those commercials of sad-looking puppies in cages that can’t Continue reading →

Sait Tuzel is Released

We’re celebrating the release of Sait Tuzel from Turkish prison! Sait Tuzel, a media literacy researcher in Turkey and a Continue reading →

Oscar Winner Teaches Media Literacy

Congratulations to director and writer Barry Jenkins for the Oscar-winning Moonlight, which chronicles the life of a young black man growing Continue reading →

Back in the Media Literacy Family

The Media Education Lab welcomes Pam Steager  A guest post by Pam Steager, Senior Writer and Research Associate, Media Education Continue reading →

Did Media Literacy Backfire?

  It’s a great headline, isn’t it? As director of Data & Society Research Institute and author of It’s Complicated, Continue reading →

Grieving, Part III

One of the founders of the national media literacy movement, Elizabeth Thoman, died yesterday, December 22 at age 73. I Continue reading →

Grieving, Part II

My son is dead. Only five days after the Trump election and just nine days after his participation at my Continue reading →