by Rob Williams The Action Coalition for Media Education’s leadership and network turned out in force for the revival of the one-day Northeast Media Literacy Conference (#NMLC) at Central Connecticut State University on February 4. Dr. Lori Bindig Yousman, ACME secretary and founder of Sacred Heart University’s Media Literacy and Digital Culture (MLDC) graduate program,…
“The more we see of the work being done in media literacy, the more work we realize there is to do.” —Allison Butler, Mass Media Literacy On November 20 and 21, The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, based at Bournemouth University in England, held its 2015 international media summit at Emerson College in Boston. The…
On Friday, September 25, at the School of Communication (SCMA) and Media Arts at Sacred Heart University, two leading experts discussed the history and impact of media literacy in the digital age. Fifteen students and faculty members from SCMA attended a workshop and networking luncheon led by Rob Williams and Julie Frechette, co-presidents of the Action…
In August 2015, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., launched a new graduate program in Media Literacy and Digital Culture. MLDC Director Bill Yousman believes that this is the first master’s program in the United States that is focused on a critical approach to media education. “The MLDC program at Sacred Heart reflects ACME’s mission…
Welcome to the 21st century. A century in which we need Smart Media Education, funded and operated independently of state and corporate interests, #morethanever. Big Picture? We not only live in the most mediated society in world history, but the world’s most “connected.” “The Machine Is Us,” as KSU digital anthropology professor Michael Wesch explains…
Smart Media Education for the 21st Century 