[ecrea] Media Literacy Research Symposium

Media Literacy Research Symposium
http://medialiteracyresearchsymposium.wordpress.com/

March 21, 2014                      8:00AM-6:00PM
Location: Dolan School of Business
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

Keynote:  Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, as well as a dozen other bestselling books on media, technology, and culture, including Program or Be Programmed, Media Virus, Life Inc and the novel Ecstasy Club. He wrote the graphic novels Testament and A.D.D., and made the television documentaries on PBS Frontline: Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders,  Digital Nation and the most recent Generation Like.

Some of Our Featured Presenters:

Renee Hobbs, Founding Director          URI Harrington School
(Moderating Opening Session)

Tessa Jolls                                Center for Media Literacy
Marieli Rowe                            National Telemedia Council
Neil Anderson                          President- AML Toronto, Canada
Katherine Fry                          Brooklyn College/LAMP Project -NYC
Renee Cherow-O’Leary,           President Education for the 21st Century
Bill Schribman                          Sr. Executive Producer at WGBH
Lori Bindig                               Sacred Heart University
Rob Williams                           President of ACME
Alice Lee                                 Hong Kong University

And many more!

Strands of Focus:
*Media Literacy: Past, Present, and Future
*Digital Media and Learning
*Global Perspectives
*Public Spaces&  Civic Activism
*Education: Training, Policy, and Digital Citizenship


Registration Costs: (Includes Breakfast, Lunch, and more...)

$75.00 for academics/researchers/educators&   $35.00 for students.

REGISTER NOW!

https://webpay.fairfield.edu/C20733_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=53&SINGLESTORE=true



Contact: Belinha De Abreu,(bdeabreu /at/ fairfield.edu)<mailto:(bdeabreu /at/ fairfield.edu)>  or Paul Mihailidis,(pmihailidis /at/ gmail.com)<mailto:(pmihailidis /at/ gmail.com)>

203-668-7392

Belinha De Abreu, PhD.
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Educational Technology&
Media Literacy Educator
Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions
Canisius Hall #102
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824
(bdeabreu /at/ fairfield.edu)
203-668-7392/@belmedia


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