A New Media Literacy e-Guide for Educators, Youth Workers and Volunteers

Below you can find the new Concise Guide to Media Literacy, documenting 18 months of innovative youth work and experimenting with media tools, such as digital video, web 2.0 and social media. It is available in print and online, in 7 languages: Enlgish, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Greek, Lithuanian and Serbian.

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What are the basics of media literacy and why should it be part of informal and formal education?

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This publication was created for Birth of Image under the authorship of Athina Mourtiadou, youth worker of Hellenic Children’s Village (Filiro, Greece) and media expert of Global Soma Youth Association (Thessaloniki, Greece).

Let’s Talk About Media Literacy!

This video shows the effect of mass media images in simple terms. It invites young people to be “media literate”. A production by documentarists Alan Smith and Dana Variano (US), made for Cornell University’s Cornell Cooperative Extension (Philadelphia, USA).

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A Lot Goes Into Media – What comes out?

A video by the Canadian Media Awareness Network (MNet), home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media literacy and digital literacy resources.

Video tools for media educators

The Greenscreen | Special Effects | Media Literacy

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The Steadicam | Special Effects | Media Literacy

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