MediaLiteracy 2013 - Symposium on the HIstorical Roots of Media Literacy

The symposium will convene leaders from four decades of media literacy to discuss the field’s historical frameworks and to engage the next generation of researchers and practitioners in exploring how the past informs the present and future of the field.
The history of media literacy is the story of people’s efforts to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to changing media environments in order to participate and claim power in societies where media and technology play increasingly important roles in education, family life, social relations, public health, politics, economics, the arts and sciences, and popular culture.
Date: September 20, 2013
Hosted by: Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island, Feinstein Campus in Downtown Providence
Who: Scholars, practitioners, and students in education, media studies, library sciences, history, cultural studies and other fields
What: Experience a variety of print, audiovisual and curriculum artifacts from the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archive
Why: Explore research agendas regarding the history of media literacy that address the most pressing current and future challenges facing today’s teachers, learners and scholars