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The online version of the magazine: "Harper's editors sift through the culture's vast output of information, searching for gleaming points of significance, and each month present their findings via such original journalistic devices."
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Harpers.org Click on the cartoon to zoom in and out. This is A Cartoon, a cartoon by Mr. Fish, published Friday, October 21, 2005. It is part of The Cartoons of Mr. Fish: a Selection, which is part of Features, which...The PCA and ACA are two academic organizations that focus in part on media studies as well as culture. Open to a very wide range of investigations on scholarly topics.
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H-PCAACA Discussion Network A encourages scholarly discussion of popular/american and world cultures. This Web site, affiliated with The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, is an invitation for scholars and graduate students to join the activities of these internationally recognized organizations. PCA/ACA...Helps advance research and education in media studies and critical thinking. The site serves as a hub providing links to international news and media studies sites.
http://www.mediastudies.com
Chomsky's home page at MIT. Contains a list of his publications on topics relevant to mass media.
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Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language Biography Bibliography Mailing Address: MIT Linguistics and Philosophy, Noam Chomsky 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg. 32-D808 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Office Number: 32-D840 Office Phone: 1-617-253-7819 Email:...Guides and resources to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education in schools across Canada.
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/JCP/
A good overview of the cultural critics and theorists of The Frankfurt School. Marxist derived ideas led to concepts of historical materialism, and the culture industry. Strong criticisms of the media within modern industrial society.
http://home.cwru.edu/~ngb2/Pages/Intro.html
A good place to start if you want to apply the thinking of Michel Foucault to any study of mass media.
http://www.csun.edu/~hfspc002/foucault.home.html
A short overview of the place and influence of Marshall McLuhan in media studies.
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/rojc/mdic/mcluhan.html
A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
http://www.mediaed.org/
A set of links to most of the alternative and/or "radical" newspapers and publications operating today.
http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
Provides media literacy support service for teachers, and others, concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth.
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups.
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/QRibbon/
Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
http://www.transparencynow.com/index.html
Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.
http://www.medialiteracy.net/
A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. A scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth.
http://www.kidsplay.org/
Equipping parents and teachers to teach media evaluation from the point of view of Christian values.
http://www.cmli.org/
A Junior level course on Media Literacy. Some links are restricted to enrolled students for copyright reasons.
http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/tdugas/ids3305/
A free online magazine dedicated to media literacy for the entire family. Works to help children and adults not perpetuate stereotypes and generalizations about people of different backgrounds. Provides tips and activities that may help children and their parents become more open-minded media consumers.
http://medialiteracy01.tripod.com/
A non-profit art and education organization focusing on giving children and youth, parents and teachers, artists and media makers a space to use media critically and creatively.
http://www.childrensmediaproject.org
Links and content referencing the Italian semiotician Umberto Eco's work and ideas.
http://www.levity.com/corduroy/eco.htm
Richard Griffith's short lecture on TV wrestling summarizes many of the main theoretical points in contemporary media and the culture of "spectacle."
http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/online/sociol331/lec0304.html
Professor Bernard Hibbitts selected links to biographical material as well as links to journals, papers, projects, courses, research centers and new releases relevant to the life and work of the late Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan.
http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/mcl.htm
"Seminal Influences in Modern American Advertising." An online essay on generative influences in advertising projects from creative director & copywriter Nat Whitten.
http://www.natwhitten.com/
Articles by or about Emigre, an experimental type foundry in Berkeley, CA. Emigre has had an unprecedented theoretical and real-world effect on the look of advertising around the world.
http://www.emigre.com/Editorial.php
This official not-for-profit web site is maintained by the estate of Marshall McLuhan to ensure the integrity of his name and legacy.
http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/
From a talk at Z Media Institute in 1997.
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/chomoct97.htm
In defense of anti-war criticism by Tim Wise.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11946
A national resource for research, education and information about the impact of the media on children and families.
http://www.mediafamily.org/
Explores why people are turning away from traditional news sources for political coverage and turning to pop culture for information.
http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/040210_pop/main.html
Features related activities, classroom resources, and professional development information.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/media_lit.shtm
Presents educational information and resources focusing on the United States.
http://www.medialiteracy.com/
Engages users in critical examination of how the media covers US foreign policy focusing on Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.tandl.vt.edu/Foundations/mediaproject/
Master thesis by Bonnie Stewart. An exploration of knowledge, technology, and truth as cultural practices. Analyzing the ways knowing, being, and doing are constructed and re-constructed through cultural discourse.
http://www.egs.edu/mediaphi/main...onnie-stewart-techknowledge.html
A web page designed for K-12 educators who want to learn more about media literacy and integrate it into classroom instruction.
http://medialit.med.sc.edu/
Posts headline summaries with brief commentary and counterpoint links.
http://www.brainshrub.com/
Know-how, resources and tools to facilitate one's ability to learn, communicate and collaborate effectively with new media technologies.
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