News Literacy: What Works

Renee HobbsTemple University

Philadelphia PA

AEJMC August 8, 2010

Choices, Consequences & Point of View: Understanding Flash Mobs through

Multimedia Production

What is Learned about the Media by Being a Subject of Media Coverage

What Was Learned

News Literacy: What Works

News Literacy: What Works

News Literacy: What Works

Learning Principles

Start from the Learner’s Interests

Connect Comprehension and Analysis

Ask Critical Questions and Listen Well

Focus on Constructedness

Use New Ideas to Support Practices of Critical Analysis and Media Composition

Use Collaborative Multimedia Composition to Produce Meaningful and Authentic

Communication

Make Connections between the Classroom and the World

What Doesn’t Work

What Doesn’t Work

What Doesn’t Work

Renee HobbsTemple UniversitySchool of Communications and TheaterMedia Education LabPhiladelphia PA http://mediaeducationlab.comEmail: renee.hobbs@temple.eduPhone: 215 204 3255