Critical Media Literacy

Engaging Media and Transforming Education

Research Guide Attribution

Open linked content of this Critical Media Literacy guide has been primarily supplied by Professor Jeff Share, Faculty Advisor in the UCLA Teacher Education Program. Professor Share welcomes your comments by email (jshare@g.ucla.edu)

Andrea Gambino

Editing and content input in the CML guide have been handily accomplished by this UCLA Ph.D. candidate in Social Sciences and Comparative Education (algambin@g.ucla.edu)

Monica Hagan

For research assistance in Education at UCLA, including CML, please contact Monica Hagan, UCLA Education Librarian (monicahagan@library.ucla.edu)

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eBooks Examples

The Handbook of Media Education Research, by Divina Frau-Meigs, Sirkku Kotilainen, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Michael Hoechsmann & Stuart R. Poyntz, eds.
ISBN: 9781119166870
Date: 2020
Online book, from Wiley Online.

Media education research has emerged as an epistemological, historical and practical field of study in the past 40 years. Shifts in the field, plus radical transformations in media technologies, aesthetic forms, ownership models, and audience participation practices, have driven the application of new concepts and theories. A unique exploration of the complex set of practices, theories, and tools of media research.
Media Literacy Is Elementary: Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media, by Jeff Share
ISBN: 9781433104022
Date: 2009
Online book, available via HathiTrust.

Practical and theoretical look at how media education can make learning and teaching more meaningful and transformative. Explores the theoretical underpinnings of critical media literacy, analyzing a case study of an elementary school that received a federal grant to integrate media literacy and the arts into the curriculum. The ideas and experiences of working teachers are analyzed through a critical media literacy framework, providing realistic challenges and hopeful examples and suggestions. Promotes twenty-first century literacy skills, social justice, civic participation, media education, and critical technology use, applying key concepts of cultural studies and media education.
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Literacy in the Digital Age, by Nurdan Öncel Taskiran, ed.
ISBN: 9781799815341
Date: 2020
Online book, from IGI Global.

Pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the significance of being literate in the age of speed and technology. While highlighting topics such as e-advertising, mobile computing, and visual culture, this publication explores the major issues society has in the information age and the methods of innovative achievements of public or private institutions.

Source: Media Edge.

CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY RESEARCH GUIDE

This guide supports the UCLA Teacher Education critical media literacy course as well as the undergraduate critical media literacy courses (Educ 187: Introduction to Critical Media Literacy, Educ 187: Environmental Justice, and Educ 137: Critical Digital Media Literacies). Some course numbers will be changing as the Information Studies department starts their new minor in Information and Media Literacy.

This site is updated regularly.

eBooks

The Critical Media Literacy Guide: Engaging Media and Transforming Education, by Douglas Kellner & Jeff Share
ISBN: 9789004404533
Date: 2019
Online book, from Brill.

Theoretical framework and practical applications for educators and teacher education programs to transform education by putting critical media literacy into action in classrooms with students from kindergarten to university.
Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet, by David Kaye
ISBN: 9780999745489
Date: 2019
Online book, from Ebsco.

Book crucial to understanding the tactics, rhetoric and stakes in one of the most consequential free speech debates in human history: The Internet. Designed to be a free-speech paradise, Internet material has incited violence, spread untruth, and promoted hate. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter (the ways many experience the Internet) convey much of this disturbing material. David Kaye goes behind the scenes, from Facebook "mini-legislative" meetings to European Commission closed-door negotiations, introducing journalists, activists, and content moderators who bring clarity and urgency to the topic of censorship. The most comprehensive, insightful treatment of the subject thus far, Speech Police reminds us of the importance of maintaining the Internet's original commitment to free speech, free of any company or government absolute control, while finding ways to modulate its worst aspects.

Library Catalogs

UCLA Library Catalog

Catalog of all library items, online and in print, in UCLA Libraries.
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Subject
Critical pedagogy
Educational technology
Fake news--United States
Information literacy
Internet and youth
Internet in education--Social aspects
Mass media--Study and teaching
Mass media and education
Mass media and youth
Mass media criticism
Mass media in education
Media literacy
Media literacy--Political aspects--United States
Media literacy--Study and teaching
Minorities in mass media
Popular culture--Study and teaching
Racism in mass media
Social media
Visual literacy--Study and teaching

Keywords
critical media

Catalog of books. periodicals, recordings, and other items held in libraries worldwide. Students local to UCLA may use the Interlibrary Loan Service at the UCLA Library to request sources found in WorldCAT libraries (or any non-UCLA Library). Subject headings above may be used when searching WorldCAT.

Institutes, Museums, Research Groups and More!

Association for Media Literacy, AML. Not-for-profit, charitable group of professionals, parents, and media members that help develop an informed, critical understanding of the nature of media, their techniques, and their impact. In Canada, since 1978.

Center for Media and Social Impact, CMSI. Innovation research center and lab that creates, studies and showcases media for social impact; at the School of Communication of American University.

Center for Media Literacy, CML. Educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and evidence-based educational resources nationally and internationally.

Common Sense. Nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives by providing trustworthy information, education, and an independent voice for all to thrive. Lesson plans, research and more!

Critical Media Project, CMP. Free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity. From USC Annenberg.

Frontline PBS Videos on Media Literacy. Collection of videos and sources for teachers on media literacy.

Internet Archive, aka The Wayback Machine. Non-profit library of millions of free archived books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Media Education Foundation, MEF. Produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. In Resources, see downloadable Discussion Guides, Lessons & Ideas, full transcripts of each fim, and more.

Media Education Lab (University of Rhode Island). Resources, lesson plans, and events that bolster interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice relating to communication, media studies, and education.

Moyers on Democracy. Journalism produced by Bill Moyers and his team over the past 40-plus years. Includes an interactive timeline of Moyers’s career, podcasts, and a video archive of 1,000 archived programs, video clips and online-original segments. Visit the video collection pages.

Museum of Hoaxes. The museum of hoaxes challenges misinformation that circulates online throughout history and the contemporary moment.

National Association for Media Literacy Education, NAMLE. Leading nonprofit membership organization dedicated to advancing media literacy education in the United States.

National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE. Professional membership group applying the power of language and literacy to actively pursue justice and equity for students and educators. Oldest U.S. organization of pre-K through graduate school literacy educators. View NCTE's (2019) Critical Media Literacy task force report here.

Pew Research Center. Nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Reports and data on digital media, journalism, social and technology trends for the USA.

Take Part: Big Issues. Articles and documentaries examining the world's enduring challenges relating to the environment, justice, human rights, global healthy and development, food, & education.

UCLA Center X. UCLA research center of 100+educators working across multiple programs (Teacher Education Program and Principal Leadership Institute) and many professional development initiatives. Together, we work to transform public schooling to create a more just, equitable, and humane society.

Source: Joanie Harmon. Media scholars delineate urgent need for a deeper awareness of media’s benefits - and threats - to culture and society. Ampersand, May 13, 2019.

Selected Journals and Magazines

Journal of Media Literacy Education. Peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal supporting media literacy education research, scholarship and pedagogy; open access, 2009-present, 3x/yr. Official journal of the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

Learning, Media and Technology. Critical analysis of the social, cultural and political aspects of digital media production, consumption, technology and culture in educational contexts. Available in Taylor & Francis, 1975-present, quarterly.

Collections: Podcasts, TED Talks, Videos

Hidden Brain: NPR Podcasts. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices, and direct our relationships.
Moyers on Democracy: Podcasts. Journalism produced by Bill Moyers and his team over the past 40-plus years.
TED Podcasts. Listen to podcast initiatives from TED, the nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less).

TED Talks. Nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). In 1984, TED began as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in over 100 languages. Browse by topic or search by keyword.

Kanopy. UCLA subscription, on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions with thousands of documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. More info on Kanopy access and use in this guide.
Moyers on Democracy. Journalism produced by Bill Moyers and his team over the past 40-plus years. Includes a searchable video archive of 1,000 archived programs, video clips and online-original segments. Visit the video collection pages.
Streaming Video Databases: Narrative, Documentary, and Performance. UCLA Library subscription video databases.
Streaming Video Collections: Via the Internet and Open Access. Video collections open to all (via non-subscription sources).

Key Databases with Films, Articles, News

Online Videos, Documentaries, Films

Kanopy
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On-demand streaming video service for educational institutions with thousands of documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. More information on Kanopy access and use available on this guide.
canopy, kanapy, canapy, movies, film, cinema

Articles and eBook Databases

Academic Search Complete
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Leading multidisciplinary, academic database with over 10,000 publications, including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers.
JSTOR
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Core scholarly journals from their beginning to 3-5 years ago. Includes gender studies, film studies, and cultural studies titles, browsable by discipline and full-text searchable. UCLA access is to select JSTOR sources: Select Content I Can Access.
Project MUSE
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Scholarly publications by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences; journals, from 1990-present; ebooks from 2017-present. Choose Search, then limit Access = Only Content I Have Access To.
ProQuest Ebook Central
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UCLA selective license to individual book titles, in a wide variety of subject areas.
Taylor & Francis Online
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Access academic journals from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and Psychology Press. Please limit your search and filter by Access Type to “Only show content I have full access to.”

Gender Studies Databases

GenderWatch
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Publications that focus on the impact of gender across multiple subject areas, including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and more.
LGBTQ+ Life
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LGBTQ-specific core periodicals, core books and reference works. In addition, other source-types such as grey literature, including newsletters, case studies, speeches, etc. are represented.
Women's Studies International
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Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
Women's resources international; WRI; WSI; Womens resources international; Women's Studies; Feminism

Independent Newspapers

Alternative Press Index
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International and interdisciplinary sources of alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines, spanning the social sciences and humanities. Central focus is on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism; 1969-present.
American Indian Newspapers
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Digitized collection of print journalism from indigenous peoples of the USA and Canada, from 1828-2016. Forty-five unique titles also include bilingual and Indigenous-language editions, such as Hawaiian, Cherokee and Navajo languages.
Ethnic NewsWatch
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Publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press covering news, culture, and history, 1959-present; searchable in English or Spanish.
Independent Voices
Open source, alternative publications from the 1960s-1980s covering feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Latinos, gays, lesbians and more.

Corporate Newspapers

NewsBank
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News coverage of 1,500+ sources worldwide, including 650 in the U.S. (130 or more are California newspapers, some not in either Factiva or Nexis Uni).
U.S. Major Dailies
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Full-text coverage for U.S. major newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal, 1980s-present.

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