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Media Literacy Should Start Early – And Last A Lifetime
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 23 Oct 2020.

Parents could be forgiven for thinking that our children are born media literate. They are mediatized, certainly, even before they are born: it’s a rare baby shower that doesn’t feature Elsa or Elmo in one form or another. As for digital literacy, kids take to devices like the proverbial ducks to water, quickly becoming expert at finding the videos and games they want.
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Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Ethics, Parents
Digital Literacy 101 For Teachers
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 17 Oct 2018.

How can teachers equip their students to successfully and ethically navigate the digital world?

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Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Professional Development, Resources
Sexting: Shifting the Focus from Victim-Blaming to Respect and Consent
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 06 Feb 2018.

Few issues capture our anxiety about young people and digital media so perfectly as sexting. As with technologies at least as far back as the telegraph, much of this anxiety has focused specifically on girls and women.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Gender Representation, Internet & Mobile, Sexting, Sexual Exploitation, Social Networking
New tips and resources on screen time for parents
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 01 Jun 2017.

Kids today are using screens more, earlier, and on a wider variety of devices than ever before, and more and more parents are seeking help in taking control of their children’s screen time.

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Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Resources, Television, Video Games
How Do Canadian Teens Make Decisions When Sharing Photos?
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 19 Apr 2017.

Building on MediaSmarts’ findings on youth and privacy from our Young Canadians in a Wired World research, our new qualitative study, To Share or Not to Share: How Teens Make Privacy Decisions about Photos on Social Media examines the reasoning that teens apply when sharing photos online.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Privacy, Social Networking, Young Canadians In A Wired World

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