Jiwon Yoon, a doctoral candidate in the Mass Media and Communication Program and a member of the Media Education Lab, was one of the top three student papers in the International Communication Association's Division of Global Communication and Social Change. Her paper, "Media Literacy as a Constructive Intervention in Development Communication," discusses how media literacy can be effectively used in the field of development communication.  Congratulations, Jiwon!

Parents and teachers can now develop more confidence in understanding the complex digital culture that children and young people are growing up with, thanks to the Digital Workshops, a new initiative developed by Renee Hobbs and her colleagues at the Media Education Lab, in collaboration with WGBH Frontline.

The Media Education Lab, NAMLE and other organizations that promote learning through the use of the Internet and digital media have filed a comment to the FCC regarding the six proposed rules advanced to support nondiscrimination and transparency. These rules are necessary for students and educators to take full advantage of innovative educational practices of media literacy for a digital age.

When technology integration specialist Wes Fryer discovered that his son would be watching 10 films in his middle-school Leadership class, he wondered about the legal and pedagogical implications. Do you know of teachers who are over-relying on films and videos in the classroom? Read Renee's blog post about how to handle this issue.

On September 8, 2009, Renee Hobbs was a guest on the Birth2Work Radio Network, hosted by Rick Stephens and Elane V. Scott.

The 2009 Partnership Award from the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University has been awarded to our

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the largest division of the American Library Association, recently endorsed the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. 

Kristin Hokanson and Renee Hobbs are featured on a podcast about creativity and remix culture in education for "The Learning Times."

Distinguished filmmaker Raouf Zaki, who created "Not Your Average Arab" and "Santa Claus in Baghdad," will visit the Media Education Lab on Wednesday, May 13 as part of the Media Literacy and Global Understanding Project. 

High achieving African American children are better at active reasoning when it comes to their television use than regular students, according to the findings of a recent study conducted by the Media Education Lab at Temple University, which will be presented at the Broadcast Education Association national conference in Las Vegas this week.