Media Literacy: The New Basic
Video Conference

Two-hour PBS video-conference, live, national satellite distribution, Teacher Resource Service.

Public Broadcasting Service, October, 1996. Replay by stations through September, 1997.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Dr.Sharon Robinson hosted a national video-conference, Media Literacy: The New Basic, which originated from New Jersey Network in Newark. Journalist John Merrow moderated the video-conference and narrated the follow-up documentary for prime-time broadcast on PBS. Issues addressed included:

• What is Media Literacy?
• Teaching Critical Viewing and Critical Thinking.
• Citizenship Education for the Information Age.
• On-Ramp to the Information Superhighway.
• The Movement -- Spreading the Word.

Video-preview, Roll-in #1 for the video-conference,
Media Literacy: The New Basic
Click to watch preview (approx. 8 min.)
in RealVideo format