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History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2

In order to understand the history of media literacy, we have to go all the way back to straight-up literacy. In the first half of our look at the history of media literacy, Jay takes us all the way back to Ancient Greece and forward through the printing press, newspapers, and Yellow Journalism.

Resources & References:

  • The Impact of the Printing Press http://courses.educ.ubc.ca/etec540/Sept04/arthurp/researchtopic/index.htm
  • Grandparents of Media Literacy https://www.grandparentsofmedialiteracy.com/grandparent-gallery
  • Maine Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo? https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84ea964f-4861-b09d-e040-e00a18066a1d