Podcast - Understand Media's own original podcast is available here for free download. Learn about the core concepts and key questions of media literacy with these easy to understand audio podcasts.

Expert Interviews

Interview - Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP. The director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies discusses advertising and consumerism.

Interview - Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP. The director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies discusses politics and media literacy.

Interview - Elizabeth Thoman. The founder of the Center for Media Literacy discusses how media literacy helps the average person.

Interview - Mathew Needleman. Los Angeles teacher, literacy coach, and founder of VideoInTheClassroom.com discusses parents' role in teaching media literacy.

Interview - Jeff Share. Media literacy expert discusses what schools can do to better teach media literacy.

Interview - Tessa Jolls. Center for Media Literacy president discusses how the media is an information source.


Media Literacy Concepts

Using podcasts as a tool in the classroom. Discusses techniques for using podcasts as a tool in the classroom.

The interactivity of blogs. Discusses how blogs are interactive Web 2.0 tools that allow people to become news reporters.

Creating media can help us become media literate. Discusses how we become more media literate as we learn the techniques used to create media, and then apply those techniques to create our own media.

Media literacy is like reading literacy. Discusses the similarities between traditional reading literacy and media literacy.

What is media literacy? An introduction to the concept of media literacy and the need for media education.

Questions for Understanding Media

Who sent me this message?

What are this message's embedded values?

Where was this message placed for my consumption?

Why was this message sent?