Welcome to the
Media Literacy for Girls Resource Wiki!
What is media literacy all about?
There are a lot of aspects to media literacy, but, in a nutshell, when we are teaching media literacy skills, we are training students to recognize, understand and analyze (i.e. "read") the messages, hidden or blatant, behind the images presented in advertisements, music lyrics, film, music videos, an so on. The goal is to make our students more conscientious and critical media consumers as well as media producers. In today's media-saturated world, it is more important than ever that students understand these basic media literacy concepts.
Why give girls special treatment?
While the issues surrounding the ways girls and women are portrayed in the media should certainly be discussed with both girls and boys, we feel it is important to invest in the education of girls and young women in particular because the media messages sent to them about their bodies, their role in society, etc. are particularly powerful. By educating girls about the media, we can encourage them to reject detrimental messages and inspire them to produce their own media messages.
From here you can go to the following resource pages:
AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS
MEDIA EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS
NEWS ARTICLES
WEBSITES
OR you can suggest some additional resources we don't have listed:
SUGGESTIONS PAGE
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