In his arraignment and conviction of Taylor Swift, Dan Ozzi slags her for releasing Look What You Made Me Do at a time when he thinks she should be using her significant fan influence to critique [...]
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus of The Association for Media Literacy are proud to have been the guest editors of the Agency issue of The Journal of Media Literacy. We chose Agency as the [...]
“I haven’t done anything wrong, so why should I care what information is collected and shared about me?” The privacy crisis is about agency. It’s not just a matter of who owns or shares [...]
Norman Lear produced several successful television sit-coms with political implications. His first, and most well-known, was All in the Family. Archie Bunker, the central character, was a [...]
Many people are concerned about the ramifications of a Donald Trump presidency. What was once considered a laughable long shot by a TV celebrity has become serious politics. Talk show hosts have [...]
Using Beyoncé’s Formation video and Superbowl performance to support critical thinking and media literacy -Neil Andersen and Michelle Solomon Beyoncé dropped Formation, a new video and song, the [...]
Updated 2015. Please see Neil Andersen’s and Carol Arcus’ article describing the intersection of media literacy and social media in the Spring issue of Forum magazine.
How are the Crop Top Protests a clash of contexts? Students have protested school clothing rules and sanctions, mostly involving the appropriateness of bare midriffs. The incidents have involved [...]