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Media Literacy: Media Literacy: Open Door for Open Door for the Gospelthe Gospel

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Pauline spirituality is about ways of seeing through the lens of the Gospels, taking the time to contemplate, discern, listen to and view deeply the world’s media culture. Pauline Center for Media Studies Sr. Rose Pacatte, fsp

Were not our hearts burning within us?

OPEN WIDE THE DOOR OPEN WIDE THE DOOR FOR CHRISTFOR CHRIST

Through New Media LiteracyThrough New Media Literacy

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Media Literacy in the Church

The Church’s own parish and school programs should be in the forefront of media education today.

41st World Communication Day.

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• The great need for spirituality that young people have and the importance of new technologies are inseparable from their daily lives.

• Today there is a new culture spreading rapidly through the new forms of mass media. This is an interesting challenge for the Church trying to find the right way to evangelize.

New Evangelization

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1.To develop critical thinking skills through media literacy education/media mindfulness (10.b.3).

2.That media be the subject of catechesis and evangelization (10.c).

National Directory for Catechesis:

Two of the four main actions Two of the four main actions for teaching the faith:for teaching the faith:

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Make It Happen!

1. Young people and media

2. What is media literacy?

4. Media Literacy in action:

a) Connectionsb) Ready, set, go

3. Media education approaches

Young People and Media

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Media messages help shape their perceptions.

Media are powerful forces in the lives of youth.

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The ABC’s of Brands


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• 75% watch TV daily

• 48% have their own TV

• 42% watch several videos each week

• 60% play video games each day


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• 94% access the Net from home

• 41% have MP3 players

• 22% have webcams

• 37% have their own connected computer


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The WebText messaging

Camera cell phones

interactivity

Multi-player videogames

message boards

BLOGSWebcams

Personal Web sites

MP3s

E-zines

emailInstant messaging

Chat rooms

In the digital media environment, kids have access to information and entertainment from around the world.Kids learn new technologies effortlessly, multi-tasking through a complex mix of sound, graphics, text and images.

They have become managers, creators and distributors of information.

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Young people need to develop knowledge, values, critical thinking, communication and information management skills.

As kids interact with media they absorb knowledge about the world, themselves and others.

What is Media Literacy?

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• the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media

• the process of becoming active, rather than passive, consumers of media

Media literacy is:

Media Education Approaches

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“ The process of teaching and learning about media. While media literacy is the outcome – the knowledge and skills learners acquire.”

(David Buckingham)

Media Education

Source: Media Education: Literacy, Learning and Contemporary Culture


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1. Learning hands-on production techniques

2. Recognizing how elements of a specific medium convey meaning

3. Thinking critically about media issues and media influences

Source: Ontario Media Literacy Resource Guide

Media education includes:


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Who can teach with media literacy? You can!

The topic of media is energizing and engaging for students.

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2 Because media is a shared experience, teachers and students can find common ground.


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Who can teach using media literacy? You can!3 Media literacy isn’t about having the right answers;

it’s about asking the right questions.


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Right ?Who is the audience for a media production and why? What is going on?What is going on?

From whose perspective is a story being told?

How do the elements affect what we see, hear or read?What is really going on?What is really going on?

How might different audiences interpret the same production? Whose interests are being served?What difference does it make?What difference does it make?What difference can I make?What difference can I make?


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What is going on?What is going on?

What is What is reallyreally

going on?going on?

What difference What difference does it make?does it make?

What What differencedifference

can I make?can I make?

Media Media MindfulnessMindfulness

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4 Media mindfulness expands media literacy education to include teaching, learning, and forming those with whom we share faith.


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Key concepts of media literacy provide a theoretical base for and

give us a common language and framework for discussion.

Source: Association for Media Literacy


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1. Become media literate 2. Teach using media literacy skills 3. Make media in the classroom4. Use media in catechesis

The concept of media literacy is not a means to inoculate against the influence of culture, but a way to assist in the development of "critical awareness."


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Media are constructions

Media products are created with a purpose and from a perspective using forms and techniques.

Media literacy deconstructs media products, exploring factors and decisions on how they were made.



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Media construct


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Deconstruct media


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Audiences negotiate meaning

We all bring our own experience to media we encounter.

Media literacy helps us understand how individual factors affect

interpretation.



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Values and ideological messages underpin all media

Media convey messages about values, power and authority.



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Each medium has a unique aesthetic form

Each type of media has its own grammar and elements that shape reality in a unique way.

Media Education in Action: Course Connections

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Discussions and projects related to media lend themselves to many key learning objectives and outcomes:

• watching • listening • reflecting • writing • organizing ideas • expressing opinions • engaging socially• developing critical thinking skills.

Media Education in Action: Course Connections

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Start young

Many of the topics that media literacy addresses are central to healthy

development and can be addressed starting in the primary grades.


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My Favourites – Mike W. Magazine: unknownBook: Calvin & HobbesMovie: SpeedTV Show: Cops & SimpsonsToy: Laser pointerGame: Grand Theft AutoMusic Artist/Group: Green DaySong: Holiday & American IdiotBrand: unknownFood: Pizza and sugarInterests: TransportationAspirations: Airline owner

Magazine: bop, j-14Book: TwilightMovie: TwilightTV Show: 90210, DeGrassiToy: My little teddy bearGame: Angry BirdsMusic Artist/Group: RihannaSong: UmbrellaBrand: Converse, etniesFood: PizzaInterests: MusicHobbies: Devin Aspirations: Lawyer

A great way to get to know the media your students are interacting with is to start the school year with a quick class survey.

My Favourites – Jessie


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Familiarize yourself with youth media

On television • music channels • entertainment programs • sports • cartoons

In the community • music and video stores• vintage and fashion stores• comic book stores • malls

Online • instant messaging technology• social networking sites • file-sharing sites and programs• kids’ favorite Web sites


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Take advantage of “teachable moments” in the news. When an event grabs the

attention of the news media, bring it, and all the excitement and debate surrounding

it, into the classroom to analyze and deconstruct.


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Creating content gives students insights into the decisions and the process of media production.

We are Not only to become evangelists on the “digital continent,” but also to acquire “a profound knowledge” of the world of media and technology. World Communication Day, 2009


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Students can challenge negative stereotypes in the media by promoting more positive and

balanced portrayals.


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How you can get involved & learn more

• MediaSmarts, www.mediasmarts.ca

• Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org

• Association for Media Literacy• http://www.aml.ca

• Concerned Children's Advertisers, www.cca-kids.ca

http://zimmertwinsatschool.com/

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/lightscameraaction/

Creating Media:

Catholic Kids & Mediahttp://www.jclubcatholic.org/

Pauline Center for Media Studies http://paulinecms.com/

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MediaSmartswww.mediasmarts.ca

Pauline Books & Mediawww.pauline.org

Sr. Margaret Kerry, [email protected]

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