Benefits of Privilege in Relation to Media

I can look at the media and see people from my group widely represented as heroes, role models, leaders, news anchors, television hosts, and experts.

Buried treasure

Why are movies so often unlike their trailers? The answer may surprise you.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Science Grade 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 6 Science curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Health and science journalism norms and practices

Health and science reporting is influenced both by economic norms (the conditions and constraints in which journalists do their jobs) and journalistic norms, such as objectivity and balance.[1] Both of these have an impact on how reporting on these topics is done.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles Grade 12

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles Grade 12

Covering controversy

The hottest media story in the past week has been the instantly infamous New Yorker cover portraying Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as terrorists. Though the Obama campaign has been measured in its response, media outlets – and particularly bloggers – have been vocal in their disapproval. Some have suggested that the cover crosses the line from satire into hate speech, while others accuse TheNew Yorker of giving ‘aid and comfort to the enemy' by visually depicting the smears and misconceptions that have been aimed at the candidate.

People with a disability: left behind by the Media Age? (Part Two)

In the first part of this blog we looked at some of the challenges and barriers facing people with disabilities when it comes to the Internet and other new media. In this final part we turn to possible strategies for making the virtual world fully accessible to all.

Key norms of the news industry

Journalism is guided by a set of norms that reflect its aspirational role in society, though these norms are constantly debated and challenged. There are standard practices that guide how the industry works.

Outcome Chart – Nunavut - School Health Program 8

Strand: Aulajaaqtut

Overall Expectations: Mental and Emotional Well-being

Coping

1. define stress
2. identify causes of stress
3. identify how stress affects the body

1. identify specific methods of dealing with stress

1. define depression
2. identify causes of depression
3. identify the signals of depression
4. identify ways of dealing with depression

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Science 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 7 Science curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.