Project New Media Literacies. Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Feb 28 09 - Robin Good's Latest News. The impact that learning environments will have on the way we work, Internet freedom, and the future of libraries are just some of the hot topics inside this week Media Literacy Digest.
Photo credit: Jason Rhode Has the Web been helping the true growth of a greater freedom of thought, allowing individuals to develop a critical attitude and question their beliefs? Tough the question remains open, it's certainly true that the Internet has greatly helped to foster the sharing of knowledge and the exchange of opinions. Forums, online communities, or even comments to a blog post, are often the occasion to start a debate and look at things from a different perspective. As every week, you can use the pointers and open questions raised in this Digest as a compass helping you explore and make greater sense of the subtle, but disruptive changes that our society faces in these times. Principles for a New Media Literacy – Center for Citizen Media. (This is an HTML reprint of an essay (PDF) of the same title, recently published as part of the Media Re:public project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
I’m posting it here with some links to source material that don’t appear in the PDF version.) Media are becoming democratized. Digital media tools, increasingly cheap and ubiquitous, have spawned a massive amount of creation at all levels, most notably from the ranks of the grassroots in contrast to traditional, one-to-many publications and broadcasts.