PSA

Annotated Bibliography

Beach, R. (2011). An american perspective: Justifying uses of digital tools to foster critical media literacy. Journal of Media Literacy,

This main idea that I will be using from this article is that studies have shown that incorporating critical media literacy into the curriculum may increase reading and writing test scores. 

Hobbs, R. (n.d.). Teaching media literacy: yo! are you hip to this?. Retrieved from http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/teaching-media-literacy-yo-are-you-hip

This article gave an example of how a teacher incorporated critical media literacy into her curriculum.  The important concept I will be using from this article is that incorporating critical media literacy into the curriculum doesn’t mean that it will take an entire class period, but it can be taught in as little as ten minutes. 

Frost, H., & Hobbs, H. (2003). Measuring the aquisition of media-literacy skills. Reading Research Quarterly, 38(3), 330-355.

This study compared comprehension scores from two English classes, one class having critical media literacy embedded into the curriculum.  The main ideas that I will be using from this research is that teachers are fearful of incorporating critical media literacy into traditional academic courses. 

Learn critical thinking through media literacy education. (2010, October 25). Retrieved from http://medialiteracycolloquium.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/learn-critical-thinking-through-media-literacy-education/

This article recognizes that many teachers complain about preparing students for the West Test.  The main idea that I am using is that by incorporating critical media literacy into the curriculum, the students will be learning critical thinking skills that will help them prepare for the West Test. 

 

Semali, L. (2001, November). Defining new literacies in curricular practice. Retrieved from http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/semali1/index.html

The main idea that I am using from this article is that teachers are worried about incorporating critical media literacy into an over-crowded curriculum.  The beginning of this article explains that New Mexico has implemented critical media literacy into their curriculum and many other states are beginning to realize its importance.