“A most mischievous word”: Neil Postman’s approach to propaganda education
Renee Hobbs2021April.
Misinformation Review
We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.
Research & Scholarship
New Works
Transgression as Creative Freedom and Creative Control in the Media Production Classroom
Renee Hobbs2019
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
The Use of Social Media and Popular Culture to Advance Cross-Cultural Understanding
Tuzel, S. & Hobbs, R2017
Communicar
his paper offers a case study of a collaboration between teachers in the US and Turkey, where 7 th grade students interacted with each other via online social media as a means to promote cultural understanding.
Everyone Learns From Everyone: Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Professional Development in Digital Literacy
Renee Hobbs & Julie Coiro2016May.
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Lessons in copyright activism: K-12 education and the DMCA 1201 exemption rulemaking process.
Renee Hobbs2016March.
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education
Teaching About Propaganda: An Examination of the Historical Roots of Media Literacy
Renee Hobbs & Sandra McGee 2014December.
Journal of Media Literacy Education
The past, present and future of media literacy education
Renee Hobbs & Amy Petersen Jensen2009
Journal of Media Literacy Education
The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement
Hobbs, R.1998January.
Journal of Communication
The Creativity of Imitation in Remake Videos
Renee Hobbs & Yonty Friesem2019
E-Learning and Digital Media
The production of remake videos may enhance media literacy competencies by offering a means for young media makers to develop creative skills through strategic imitation.
Digital Authorship: Issues and Implications for Educators
Renee Hobbs and Lourdes Smith2018
Primer: Massachusetts Reading Association
In this essay, the term digital authorship in examined in relation to literacy learning. We reflect on two critical issues that are sometimes overlooked features of digital literacy in relation to the pedagogical practices of digital authorship.
When teens create the news: Examining the impact of PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs
Renee Hobbs2016May.
Journalism Education
Field-Based Teacher Education in Elementary Media Literacy as a Means to Promote Global Understanding
Renee Hobbs, Nuala Cabral, Aggie Ebrahimi, Jiwon Yoon & Rawia Al-Humaidan 2011June.
Action in Teacher Education
Does Media Literacy Work? An Empirical Study of Learning How to Analyze Advertisements
Renee Hobbs2004January.
Advertising and Society Review
Research shows how high school students strengthen literacy competencies by critically reading print ads
A Review of School-based Initiatives in Media Literacy
Renee Hobbs2004
American Behavioral Scientist
When teachers use videos, films,Web sites, popular music, newspapers, andmagazines in the
K-12 classroom or when they involve students in creating media productions using video
cameras or computers, they may aim to motivate students’interest in the subject, build communication
K-12 classroom or when they involve students in creating media productions using video
cameras or computers, they may aim to motivate students’interest in the subject, build communication
The media production hive: Using media education for differentiated instruction.
Friesem, Y2017
Media Education- Studies, Research, Best Practice, 8(1), 123-140. doi:10.14605/MED811708
Experience, immersion and critical distance in VR/AR in education
Hobbs, R. 2016July.
Ed Tech Mindset
Personal inquiry and online research: Connecting learners in ways that matter.
Coiro, J., Castek, J. & Quinn, D.2016April.
The Reading Teacher 69
School librarians as stakeholders in the children and media community: A dialogue
Valenza, J. & Hobbs, R. 2016April.
Journal of Children and Media 10:2, 147-155, DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2015.1127841
An online inquiry tool to support the exploration of controversial issues on the Internet
Kiili, C., Coiro, J. & Hämäläinen, J. 2016April.
Journal of Literacy and Technology 17
The Curriculum Materials Library as a Hub of Resources, Literacy Practices, and Collaboration: Expanding the Role of the Library
Friesem, J., Greene, K. & Niedbala, M. 2016March.
Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
Pedagogical Media Competencies of Preservice Teachers in Germany and the United States: Comparative Analysis of Theory/Practice
Tiede, J., Grafe, S. & Hobbs, R.2015August.
Peabody Journal of Education 90
Cineykyd: Exploring the Origins of Youth Production
Hobbs, R. and Moore, David Cooper2014December.
Journal of Media Literacy Education
Seeing, Believing and Learning to be Skeptical: Supporting Language Learning Through Advertising Analysis Activities
Hobbs, R. He, H. & RobbGrieco, M.2014November.
TESOL Journal
This study documents how a high school ESL teacher working
with new immigrants ages 14–20 supported the development of
their critical thinking and English language skills by using
advertising analysis activities. The article examines the use of
Learning to engage: how positive attitudes about the news, media literacy, and video production contribute t
Hobbs, R., Donnelly, K., Friesem, J. & Moen, M.2013November.
Educational Media International
Improvization and Strategic Risk Taking in Informal Learning with Digital Media Literacy
Hobbs, R.2013
Learning, Media and Technology 38
First Star URI RAM Academy
Friesem, J., Greene, K., Provorova, L., Tierney, T. & Hobbs, R.2012September.
Kingston, RI: Media Education Lab.
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Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age
Renee Hobbs2020,New book published by W.W. Norton
Propaganda is inescapable. It’s everywhere. Students need to analyze, resist, critique―and create.
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Yonty Friesem2019,Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at economics, ideology, and power relations.
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Using Virtual Exchange to Advance Media Literacy Competencies through Analysis of Contemporary Propaganda,
Renee Hobbs, Christian Seyferth-Zapf & Silke Grafe 2018,Journal of Media Literacy Education
Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens
Renee Hobbs2017,Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts
This paper reviews the various methodological approaches used to measure the digital and media literacy competencies of learners.
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Media Literacy in Rhode Island
Media Education Lab2021,October.
New report gives letter grades to school districts across the state
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Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization: Expanding Literacy Research and Practice
Hobbs, R. 2020,February.Reading Research Quarterly
This commentary considers the rise of algorithmic personalization and the power of propaganda as it is shifting our understanding of the landscape of 21st-century literacy research and practice.
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Media Literacy Foundations
Renee Hobbs2019,International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy(pp. 851 - 870)..
The concept of media literacy has been circulating in the United States and Europe since the beginning of the 20th century; but it continues to morph and change as a result of changes in education, technology, media, popular culture, and society.
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