| American
Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement: Statement
of risk associated with exposure to mass media and recommendations
for media education.
National
Institue on the Media and the Family: Terrific site with
tons of pertinent facts, statistics and information about
media usage. Excellent resources and tools for
educators.
Center
for Media Literacy
Children
NOW: Media literacy site-- Children NOW is an advocacy
organization for children's rights. They publish many provocative
resources and reports on the link between media and children's
health.
University
of Oregon: School of Education Media Literacy On-line project
Media Awareness Network:
Canadian Mega Site that provides a full spectrum of resources
including a distillation of big ideas: Key
Concepts to Media Literacy which outlines 8 basic concepts
of media education/literacy.
Adbusters
Media Foundation & Magazine Produces spoof ads, uncommercials,
and media critiques in an attempt to 'clean up advertising
and consumerism's polluting effects on the mental and physical
environment.
Don't
Buy It: Get Media Smart Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart
uses games, parody ads and humor to "sell" kids on questioning
advertising, evaluating media and becoming smart consumers.
'The
New Mexico Media Literacy Program
The Center for Media Literacy
This website provides other media literacy links, an on-line
catalog of resources for parents and educators, and seminar/workshops
for professional development
Children's
Advertising Review Unit: Site that provides ethical standards
and guidelines for advertising for children.
Gender
and Media
- EDAP
(Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention)
- Watchdog
campaign to raise awareness and inspire activist activities
about the link between body image and eating disorders.
Features examples of protest and activism that have brought
about responses from companies and triggered changes in
the media.
- Girls Inc.
- Information
to help girls evaluate TV programs' depictions of women
and families.
- Girls,
Women + Media Project
- The
Girls, Women + Media Project is a 21st century, non-profit
initiative and network working to increase awareness of
how pop culture and media represent, affect, employ, and
serve girls and women---and to advocate for improvement
in those areas.
- Turn Beauty
Inside Out (New Moon)
- Turn
Beauty Inside Out is an annual campaign that targets different
aspects of the media and asks them to take a more responsible
approach to how they portray girls and women.
Boys
to Men Report from Children Now
Teaching
Media Lesson Plans:
Media
Awareness Network Lesson Plans and
more lesson plans by Media Awareness Network |
