Media literacy is key to health literacy. But what does media literacy look like in everyday life? Here is one simple yet elegant example of…
Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA | Research interests include media literacy, communication, education, and technology.
Online Safety Q&A
This is a transcript of a 2012 interview of Vanessa Domine by the editors of Weekly Reader. You can check out their article, “Out of…
It’s Crucial for Kids to Learn Media Literacy: Here Are 4 Things You Can Do
From November 2 to November 6, the U.S. will celebrate the very first Media Literacy Week. The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), noting…
Inaugural Media Literacy Week in the U.S.
November 2-6, 2015 marked the very first Media Literacy Week in the United States. Its mission is to highlight the power of media literacy education…
Media Literacy from the Beginning
I am so excited to be a part of Right from the Start in the Digital Age launched by FHI 360 this week—during the inaugural…
Our Competing National Priorities
This week the U.S. celebrates it’s first National Media Literacy Week (thanks to the huge efforts of Michelle Lipkin, the Executive Director of the National Association…
It’s Crucial for Kids to Learn Media Literacy: Here Are 4 Things You Can Do
From November 2 to November 6, the U.S. will celebrate the very first Media Literacy Week. The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), noting…
Join the very first National Media Literacy Week
Here is yet another opportunity to bring critical media health literacy to the forefront of education—both in and out of schools. Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools is participating in the inaugural National Media Literacy Week (Nov 2-6) by conducting health literacy education workshops. Here is the announcement from NAMLE: Read more
Why National Media Literacy Week Is So Important
The launch of the very first Media Literacy Week (#MediaLitWk) in the United States is being held November 2-6, 2015. The mission of Media Literacy…
Overview of Obesity in Middle Schoolers
Here is a simple yet powerful video produced by undergraduate students at Clemson University as part of their “Health and Fitness” course in the Department…