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Parents, Kids & Media
Babysitter. Teacher. Friend. Parent. It’s television! And along with other media, it’s helping to raise the world’s children. Media literacy provides a wealth of resources to learn and practice new ways of helping kids interact with these powerful influences in their lives. "In the 21st Century, the century our children will live in, the century they will in fact shape, media literacy will not be a luxury; it will be a necessity."
— Linda Ellerbee

Recommended Educational Resources
CML MediaLit Kit™ / A Framework for Learning and Teaching in a Media Age
Now all together in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML’s Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. Covers media literacy:
     · Theory
     · Practice
     · Implementation

Curriculum resources and lesson plans

Media Literacy Works: Case Studies and Success Stories in Media Literacy Education

 
Articles and Reports
From our online Reading Room and Media&Values Archive we've selected pertinent studies, reflective articles, research reports and news items to help you explore this topic thoroughly.
      • 8 Ways to Control Your Child’s Exposure to Media Violence
     • ABC's of Media Literacy: What Can Pre-Schooolers Learn?
     • Altered States: How Television Changes Childhood
     • Bridging the Gap: Sharing Your Family's Life Stories
     • CHILDREN: Helping Children Challenge Male Stereotypes
     • CHILDREN: Learning to Decipher TV Culture
     • CHILDREN: Media Help Fill Grandparent Gap
     • CHILDREN: Questions Help Challenge False Images
     • CHILDREN: Economic Lessons for Young Viewers
     • CHILDREN: Finding Green Lessons in Fast Food
     • CHILDREN: Just Say ‘No' To Garfield
     • CHILDREN: Media's Message Can Fool Kids
     • CHILDREN: Parents Can Help Defuse Bad News
     • CHILDREN: TV Tool Teaches Election Basics
     • CHILDREN:: Vigilant Parents Fill Media's Gaps
     • Creating Cosby: The Power of Television
     • Dads Through the Decades: Thirty Years of TV Fathers
     • Educational TV May Boost Intellectual Development
     • Empowered Parents: Role Models for Taking Charge of TV Viewing
     • Family Life is Serious Business in the Comics
     • FAMILY: 'Tossed Salad' Culture Honors Diversity
     • FAMILY: Modeling the Medium: A Parent's Role
     • FAMILY: Oral Histories Harvest Family Heritage
     • FAMILY: Questions to Analyze Political Media
     • FAMILY: Learning to Live In Interracial World
     • FAMILY: Shared Music Listening Opens Dialogue
     • FAMILY: The Family That Plays Together...
     • FAMILY: Working Together Gives Peace a Chance
     • Five Healthy TV Habits for Families
     • Five Important Ideas To Teach Your Kids About TV
     • From Savers to Spenders: How Children Became a Consumer Market
     • Growing Up in a Media World
     • Guidelines for Quality Children's Television
     • Home, Home on the Remote: Why Do Men Control "the Clicker"?
     • How to Watch Television with Your Grandchildren
     • Imitations of Immortality: How Children Learn a Culture of Consumerism
     • Making the Media Work for You: Action Ideas for Families
     • Malice in Wonderland: Tots, TV and Trust
     • Mapping A Geography of Media
     • Media Violence: We All Share In It
     • Meeting Media in Every Corner of Our Lives
     • Parents and Teachers: Team Teaching Media Literacy
     • Preparing Children to Live in a Media World
     • Sex on TV: Do All Kids See the Same Show?
     • Six Kinds of Screen Violence — and How Children Respond
     • STARTING POINT: Dare to be Aware
     • STARTING POINT: It All Begins at Home
     • STARTING POINT: Turning the tables on TV sex
     • Teach Kids to Make TV!
     • Teaching the Media Child in the Digital Swarm: The Case for Media Education
     • Television Exerts Powerful Draw
     • The Power of Numbers: Making Sense of Media Statistics
     • The Technological Child
     • Toying With War
     • Trauma on the News: Should Children Watch?
     • Tuning in to TV Sex: How to Use Media to Dialogue with your Children
     • TV Food Messages and Children's Diets
     • TV's New Ratings Game — What Parents Need to Know
     • Use TV to Exercise Values
     • VCR: Questions for Family Reflection
     • Video Visits Help Families Say 'I Love You'
     • What Parents Can Do about Media Violence
     • What we Know about Young Children, TV and Media Violence
     • What YOU can do to help your family -- and community -- become media literate?
     • What's Wrong with the Ratings?
     • When I Grow Up: Children and the Work-World of Television
     • When Kids are Watching: Confessions of a SitCom Producer
     • Who's in the Dollhouse? Research reveals surprising role models
     • Wired Bedrooms: Kids' Media Choices Made Behind Closed Doors


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