Research Guide Attribution
Dr. Tatevik Mamikonyan teaches Critical Media Literacy (EDUC 466) in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Her academic interests explore the connections between science, math, and critical media literacy. Contact her via email (tmamikonyan@g.ucla.edu).
Institutes, Museums, Research Groups and More!
Langley Research Center. (NASA). Explore science and technology innovations available via a virtual tour.
History of Science Museum (University of Oxford). Go on a visual journey to ignite your critical thinking about several scientific innovations from around the world.
Books
Communicating Science and Technology Through Online Video by ISBN: 1138483494Date: 2018Online videos unique capacity to reach large audiences makes it a powerful tool to communicate science and technology to the general public. The outcome of the international research project "Videonline," this book provides a unique insight into the key elements of online science videos, such as narrative trends, production characteristics, and issues of scientific rigor. If offers various methodological approaches: a literature review, content analysis, and interviews and surveys of expert practitioners to provide information on how to maintain standards of rigour and technical quality in video production.
Communicating Science Effectively by ISBN: 9780309451024Date: 2017Communicating Science Effectively offers a research agenda for science communicators and researchers seeking to apply this research and fill gaps in knowledge about how to communicate effectively about science, focusing in particular on issues that are contentious in the public sphere. To inform this research agenda, this publication identifies important influences " psychological, economic, political, social, cultural, and media-related " on how science related to such issues is understood, perceived, and used.
Courageous Pedagogy by ISBN: 9781623960681Date: 2013There are only a few studies that investigate the actual small-scale classroom processes and approaches that allow for students to participate in "doing" critical science and none that compare CSE to traditional classroom contexts. In a critical science classroom student' thoughts, beliefs, and questions serve as the starting point for scientific investigation where an underlying goal is for students to students to utilize this scientific knowledge to empower their own lives.
Science in the City by ISBN: 9781682533741Date: 2019Science in the City examines how language and culture matter for effective science teaching. Brown argues that, given the realities of our multilingual and multicultural society, teachers must truly understand how issues of culture intersect with the fundamental principles of learning. This book links an exploration of contemporary research on urban science teaching to a more generative instructional approach in which students develop mastery by discussing science in culturally meaningful ways. Because we are in an interactive, multimedia world, the author also posits the necessity of applying what is known about best practices in science teaching to best practices in technology. The book then turns to instruction, illustrating how science education can flourish if it is connected to students' backgrounds, identities, language, and culture.
Superior: The Return of Race Science by ISBN: 9780807076941Date: 2019A powerful look at the non-scientific history of 'race science,' and the assumptions, prejudices, and incentives that have allowed it to reemerge in contemporary science. Superior tells the disturbing story of the persistent thread of belief in biological racial differences in the world of science.
The Tragedy of American Science by ISBN: 1642591270Date: 2020The tragedy of American science is that its direction is determined by private profit rather than by the desire to improve the human condition. As a result, Conner argues, Big Science has been irredeemably corrupted by Big Money. This corruption threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the medicines we take. The Tragedy of American Science explores how the U.S. economy's addiction to military spending distorts and deforms science by making it overwhelmingly subservient to military interests. Conner compellingly argues that replacing the current science-for-profit system with a science-for-human-needs system is not an impossible, utopian dream.
Natural Sciences
Publications of All Kinds
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Allen, J. K., Griffin, R. A., & Mindrila, D. (2022). Discerning (Dis) information: [Science] Teacher perceptions of critical media literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 14(3), 1-16.
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Baker, F. (Middle Web: All About Middle Grades, Mar 26, 2020). Why media literacy matters in science class.
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Beach, R. & Share, J. (2022, Dec 1). Critical media literacy analysis and production for systems thinking about climate change. International Council for Media Literacy.
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Belova, N., Dittmar, J., Hansson, L., Hofstein, A., Nielsen, J. A., Sjöström, J., & Eilks, I. (2017). Cross-curricular goals and raising the relevance of science education. In Cognitive and affective aspects in science education research (pp. 297-307). Springer, Cham.
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Blachowicz, J. (2009). How science textbooks treat scientific method: A philosopher's perspective. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
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Brossard, D., & Shanahan, J. (2006). Do they know what they read? Building a scientific literacy measurement instrument based on science media coverage. Science Communication, 28(1), 47-63.
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Gerges, E. (Edutopia, Aug 26, 2021). How to Develop Students’ Science Media Literacy.
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Ginosar, A., & Tal, T. (2018). Teaching journalistic texts in science classes: The importance of media literacy. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 27(3), 205-214.
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Howell, E. L., Brossard, D. (2021). (Mis)informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world. PNAS, 118(15).
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Jiang, J., & Vetter, M. A. (2020). The good, the bot, and the ugly: Problematic information and critical media literacy in the postdigital era. Postdigital Science and Education, 2(1), 78-94.
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Kier, M. W., & Khalil, D. (2018). Exploring how digital technologies can support co-construction of equitable curricular resources in STEM. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 6(2), 105-121.
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Koumoundouros, T. (Science Alert, July 16, 2022). These 4 Factors Can Explain Why So Many People Are Rejecting Science.
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McCarthy, C. (News Literacy Project, Nov 3, 2021). Science Literacy Tackles the Element of Misinformation in the News.
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McDougall, J., & Fowler-Watt, K. (2023). Media Literacy in the Infodemic. In The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation (pp. 371-380). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
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Moura, C. (2021). Science education research practices and its boundaries: on methodological and epistemological challenges. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 16(1), 305-315.
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Mouza, C. (2020). Developing Critical Media Literacy Skills in the Digital Age. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 20(1), 1-3.
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Power On! (open access - MIT Press). A graphic novel about four youth that "take a stand about the education they need, while learning how technology can be used for social good instead of harm. Written by: Drs. Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis; illustrations by: Charis JB. Free downloadable teaching guide available online here.
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Rehman, J. (The Guardian, May 16, 2013). The need for critical science journalism.
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Simis-Wilkinson, M., Madden, H., Lassen, D., Su, L. Y. F., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A., & Xenos, M. A. (2018). Scientists joking on social media: An empirical analysis of#overlyhonestmethods. Science Communication, 40(3), 314-339.
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Steinke, J., Lapinski, M., Crocker, N., Zietsman-Thomas, A., Williams, Y., Evergreen, S., & Kuchibhotla, S. (2007). Assessing Media Influences on Middle School–Aged Children's Perceptions of Women in Science Using the Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST). Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice, 29(1), 35-64.
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Tan, E., Barton, A. C., Turner, E., & Gutiérrez, M. V. (2012). Empowering science and mathematics education in urban schools. University of Chicago Press.
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Thacker, I., Copur-Gencturk, Y., & Cimpian, J. R. (2022). Teacher Bias: A discussion with special emphasis on gender and STEM learning. In T. L. Good & M. McCaslin (Eds.), The Routledge Encyclopedia of Education: Educational Psychology Edition.
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Wise, T. (2019). "Forget STEM, We need MESH: The importance of media literacy, ethics, sociology and history education." Medium.
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Wise, T. (2020). Moving from STEM to MESH. The Journal of Sustainability Education.
Oreskes, N. (2019). Why trust science? Princeton University Press.
Share, J. (2020, April 29). Book review. The Journal of Sustainability Education.
Collections: Lessons, Podcasts, Reports, TED Talks, Videos
- (Baker, F). Math and Science Connections to Media Literacy. Many resources and lessons for teaching math and science.
- (EdTechBooks). Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning: 21st Century Women STEM Innovators Lesson.
- (Mamikonyan, T.). Photo Trail Assignment
- (Mamikonyan, T.). Podcast Episode Assignment
- Pro/con.org (Britannica). Explore popular science debates updated frequently.
- (Victoria State Government Department of Education, Australia). Reading and explaining scientific images through critical media literacy.
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Silencing Science (Reveal News, Jan 5, 2019, 52:28 mins).
Episodes:
- Why Trust Science? with author Naomi Oreskes (Got Science? the podcast, Oct 22, 2019, 28:59 mins).
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National survey provides insight to media literacy education in high school related to science news literacy (Media Literacy Now, Sept. 8, 2022)
- Shohini Ghose: A celebration of women scientists -- and why we need more of them (n.d., 8:48 mins.)
- Six must-watch TED Talks by women STEM leaders (2020, SISTER STEM)
- Shawntel Okonkwo: Intersectionality will save the future of science (2019, 17:48 mins.)
- Nicole Cabrera Salazar: Diversity in STEM and DAST (14:43 mins)
- Alexis Scott: The hidden women in STEM (2018, 11:56 mins)
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Science Friction: A documentary about scientists deceptively edited by the media. Learn more here.
- Freire, STEM education, and Cultural Action for Freedom: Grounding Critical Media Literacy in Scientific Explorations. Golden, N.A., Couffer, B., & Hernandez, S. (Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, 2021, 1:01:59 mins).
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Weekend Update: Astronaut Anne McClain (Saturday Night Live, 2020, 3:28 mins.)
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Teaching Environmental Science with WebGIS (playlist on YouTube by Marc Epstein)