"[Media literacy is] the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication."
- National Association of Media Literacy Education
MEDIA LITERACY TEACHES:
- Learning how to use media wisely and effectively
- Engaging in critical thinking when evaluating media messages
- Being able to evaluate the credibility of information from different sources
- Recognizing media's influence on beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, and the democratic process
- Encouraging participatory citizenship
- Achieving greater understanding and appreciating multiple perspectives
- Learning to produce communication and express oneself using different forms of media
News Outlets (No Paywall)
- Baltimore Sun This link opens in a new window
Baltimore's newspaper, which is good for local news and issues from 1990 - today. (Need CCBC Login to remove paywall.) - International Newsstream
News from outside the United States and Canada. (Need CCBC Login to remove paywall.) - U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
News from the United States. (Need CCBC Login to remove paywall.)
Databases
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Journals, books, images, and primary sources about many subjects.
- Academic Search PremierArticles on any subject. This is a good place to start.
Tools & Guides
- Media Literacy: ExercisesUnderstanding and evaluating news. Includes issues of "fake news", bias, ethics, "alternative facts", etc
- Interactive Media Bias ChartUse this chart to see how news sources rank in terms of reliability and bias.