Media Education Lab

The Media Education Lab advances digital and media literacy education through research & community service #MediaEdLab #CourageousRI #medialit

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

See what we're planting for the Spring! 🌱 @bioneers https://t.co/1ybi84QRHn

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

In Search of the “Renee Hobbs Media Literacy Scale” https://t.co/K4OjezJ0cN

[Renee Hobbs @reneehobbs]

Don't miss this opportunity to use @Spotify Unwrapped for informal #medialiteracy dialogue with your family and friends. @MedEduLab Learn how to do it: https://t.co/ADGhifhLEh

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Wondering what you think about this: What should media literacy educators do about the sense of helplessness that leads people to be less interested in seeking out differing views on social media? https://t.co/S5SCJQmM3y

[Renee Hobbs @reneehobbs]

2025 Wrapped: Top Moments at Media Education Lab - https://t.co/fUe7V4PHpK

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Combatting Hate with #MediaLiteracy!

Students need #CourageousConversations to build the viewing, listening, & speaking skills that actively reduce hate and prevent violence.

Get all 6 lessons: https://t.co/521JSOl8JX

#MediaEdLab #MediaLiteracy #LessonPlan #HatePrevention

[Media Literacy Now @MediaLitNow]

#AILiteracy & #MediaLiteracy: You Can’t Have One Without the Other: https://t.co/OnbdukKH6E

[Renee Hobbs @reneehobbs]

The first-ever major statewide initiative to document the scope of media literacy education in American public schools 😎😎😎 - https://t.co/gKdbZ2yjZe

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Today’s #MediaEdGlossary term is 'Relational Thinking'.

It's the critical skill of assessing information by focusing on dynamic relationships, not isolated facts.

As researcher Stella Christie notes: "Relational thinking is the foundation for creativity and innovation."

[TRUST ME DOCUMENTARY @TRUSTMEDOCFILM]

On #InternationalStudents Day, we love sharing our #medialiteracy and #culturalexchange resources to help foster #peace, #resilience, and preservation of #democracy!
Host a "Trust Me" Film & Speaker event at your #school, #embassy, or #community event at https://t.co/kI4hCFCbCa

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Portrait of My Online Summer https://t.co/Jx7kLK480j

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

All illusions are potential ways of ordering reality. The goal of criticism should therefore be not to destroy illusions but to make us more sensitive to their workings and their complexity.
- Leo Braudy, The World in a Frame, 1977

[Wes Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 @wfryer]

We really need more media literacy #MediaLit lessons on food, nutrition, diet, and lifestyle: “identifying trusted voices”
(content warning, brief profanity, not safe for school classroom playback) #sift cc @MedEduLab via @wegotwits

[URI @universityofri]

Social media giant Meta will end its fact-checking program for a “community notes” model. Renee Hobbs, @HarringtonURI comm. studies prof. & founder of @MedEduLab, is not surprised. "It’s clear that the company’s approach to content moderation was flawed."
https://t.co/Zl6g8lrOGZ

[NAMLE @MediaLiteracyEd]

Join @MedEduLab's MediaEd Forum 👏 The conference will feature discussions on varying stakeholder perspectives and the complexities of defining and advancing media literacy.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/3OLqXvZOFn

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Some amazing #medialiteracy conversations are scheduled for Jan 10 - 11 when we host the MediaEd Forum, a 2-day fully online conference. Join us! https://t.co/s1rJ1FFw13

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Did you know? We are gearing up for Media Literacy Week. Join us online! https://t.co/zt5KFwa2Dr

[NAMLE @MediaLiteracyEd]

Our friends at @MedEduLab are hosting a session for teachers hoping to prioritize media literacy education on October 14, 12-1 PM EST.

Register here: https://t.co/UfR08bKjkh

[Media Education Lab @MedEduLab]

Thank you Nina for sharing the important thread!

[Renee Hobbs @reneehobbs]

Wow! Check out the exciting FALL lineup of free online webinars at @MedEduLab. These programs bring together local and global experts & practitioners in #medialiteracy, #digitalliteracy, #datalit, #AIliteracy, #edtech, #activism and more. Join us! https://t.co/nUGLGjmWlu