Chapter 9: Infusing Digital and Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

Chapter 9: Infusing Digital and Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

Connecting to others and participating in a shared dialog helps us to continue to learn- whether that be in formal or informal  situations, in face-to-face interactions, or through email, Twitter, Facebook, or blogs. (p. 168)

I definitely agree with this line. I've not had a lot of classes where I work with others closely more often than not. In this class, even though we all don't physically SEE each other, or even know each other personally for that matter, we spend so much time reading about each other and learning from one another. We know intimate details about each other from our recent stories, and we get an idea about how each other think based on our opinions and blog comments. I wish that I could somehow get my students more involved with each other like this. People in my class don't know each other's names, even though they work together frequently.

When a topic, issue, or skill is supposed to be developed across the curriculum, it may end up invisible. (p. 172)

This line stuck out to me majorly! I'm not sure exactly what the author means here. I wish she would elaborate some. I even looked up her Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement that is mentioned the the text, and she just says the same thing. Perhaps she means that if Media Literacy is "being taught" in each subject, that maybe it's really not, and students are missing out.

Over time, the ratings system has changed as depictions of sexuality and violence have become more normative. Films that were rated R in the 1980s would be unlikely to receive that rating today. (p 181)

This line leaves me a little confused. Does this mean that now we are so used to the violence and sexuality that our films are getting lower ratings because we EXPECT to see it? and so it's not that big of a deal? I think that it is unfortunate that teachers sometimes aren't able to pick what they want to show in their classrooms. But, I do understand the reasoning behind it.






Hobbs, R. (1998). The seven great debates in the media literacy movement. Journal of Communication, 48(1):16-32


Hobbs, R. (2011). Research as Authentic Inquiry. In Digital and media literacy: Connecting culture and classroom. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press.