MediaLit

In 2018, CML partnered with Connecticut Public's Thinkalong program, to help students think critically about media and conduct respectful civic dialogues. In 2017-2018, CML helped design and implement community engagement projects in partnership with California State University Northridge, and with public and university libraries to demonstrate how... service learning and media literacy work together towards civic participation. In 2016, CML designed and implemented five-day Media Literacy Institutes to train faculty and administrators in CML's methodology for using evidence-based frameworks to develop curricula and lessons. In 2015, CML helped organize the first National Media Literacy Week celebration in Los Angeles, and hosted the Korea Press Foundation Delegation. In 2015, CML redesigned and relaunched its website and added a new collection of articles and activites with more than 60 Connections newsletters. In 2014, CML introduced a project-based learning curriculum featuring a production approach utilizing web-based resources, called Breakfast Epiphanies: Project-Based Learning with Media Literacy and Nutrition. In 2013, UCLA's longitudinal evaluation of CML's framework and curriculum, Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media, was published in a medlined peer-reviewed journal, Injury Prevention, detailing how student knowledge was increased as well as attitudes and behaviors positively affected. In 2013, Elizabeth Thoman donated her archives to the University of Rhode Island, making them available to scholars throughout the world. CML also published its tobacco cessation curriculum, Smoke Detectors! All of CML's curricula are piloted and classroom-tested in multiple locations before release, with assessments of students performance. In 2011, CML published its Voices of Media Literacy project, which features first-person interview with 20 international pioneers of media literacy. In 2012, CML completed its comprehensive, systems-based approach to curriculum development, a toolkit called Media ...Read More