For all our new Y12s #mediastudents who want to begin to immerse themselves in the media and Y13s who want to become media masters, here’s a short thread of enrichment materials 🙌🏻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Utterly unbelievable and yet utterly predictable. This is what critical literacy and media education are for - and why they are so diminished in our current curriculum. English & Media Ctr MediaMagazine The Media Education Association

‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’ star Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. (Source: Donald J. Trump)

New article out now from my colleague Michelle Cannon from UCL Knowledge Lab UCL Institute of Education with Steve Connolly from The Media Education Association and @BeckyParry68 "Media literacy, curriculum and the rights of the child" Media Education as a human right! tandfonline.com/eprint/P78GANY…

This powerful video made by girls JCG asks uncomfortable questions about race and conveys their desire to learn more. #blackhistorymonth (and every month!) bit.ly/31mmuC3

Five ways the virus has changed Netflix bbc.com/news/business-…

Today is #InternetDay… To mark this auspicious occasion, here’s David Bowie speaking to Jeremy Paxman in 1999 about the "unimaginable" effects on society it was going to have.

Please RT to all the Film and Media teachers and depts out there! We are curating subject specific video CPD lectures for an online library. What would you like to see? Comment below with names or specifics #mediaeduchat #mediacpd #mediaedu #mediateachers #teammedia

Looking forward to this conference today! What could Media Studies be? #MediaEduFutures

“To be a media educator is to be in an almost permanent state of dissent” #SteveConnolly #MediaEduFutures MediaStudies/DigitalPedagogy The Media Education Association themea.org.uk

The wonderful Emily Contois on media diets and how she gets her students to become critical media consumers for the rest of their lives #MediaEduFutures MediaStudies/DigitalPedagogy

William Merrin 'the problem of fake news is not the news but the realities'. #MediaEduFutures The Media Education Association

Feeling inspired. It was so lovely to spend the day hearing and learning from so many like-minded educators and researchers. I can't wait to watch the teachmeet presentations I didn't see. What could Media Studies be? So much. #MediaEduFutures MediaStudies/DigitalPedagogy The Media Education Association

A timely reminder for Media ALevel students that one of their set texts may not be so squeaky clean - and a great prompt for debates about how to deal with Disney’s (and our) historical and colonial past. An accessible and controversial read MediaMagazine English & Media Ctr virginia kelly

Just published: our new report on UK media ownership. 3 companies control 90% of national newspaper circulation & 80% of combined online/offline brand reach. These are agenda-setting voices in a concentrated market. Is this what we mean by a free media? mediareform.org.uk/media-ownershi…

Teaching media studies? Take a look at our GNM Archive teaching resource gallery on iconic Guardian news The Observer advertising adverts & campaigns theguardian.com/p/3dbg8 #mediastudies #ukedchat

The MediaMag Podcast has landed! In episode 1 'What is Postmodernism?' teacher Giles uses popular film and media to exemplify this tricky concept and filmmaker Phil answers a student question about chiaroscuro lighting. And I chat about September's issue! mediamag.podbean.com

Although 27% of #RI parents engage in co-viewing, most do not use the many other important (and fun!) strategies to build media literacy competencies at home #MediaLitWk