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Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen from the Association for Media Literacy gather each Monday evening to look at 21st Century culture and current events through a media literacy lens. From politics to popular culture, we guarantee that you won't leave an episode thinking quite the same way you did when you arrived.

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus


    • Nov 23, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

    Early Childhood Media Literacy Education (part 2) ft. Dr. Faith Rogow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 38:27


    Early Years Media Literacy Education may at first seem challenging but is entirely doable.Two expert early years educators discuss how, based on a very useful guide.

    Media Literacy and the Revised Ontario Language Curriculum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 39:28


    On this special episode of Mediacy, the Association for Media Literacy celebrates Media Literacy week 2023! On this episode of Mediacy we will chat with expert educators and media literacy enthusiasts who are going to share helpful insights and strategies for talking about media literacy in the Revised Ontario Language Curriculum. Thanks for listening! Participants:Diana MaliszewskiNeil AndersenChelsea AttwellMíchílín Ní Threasaigh

    Media Literacy in the Early Years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 46:12


    In this episode of Mediacy, we are talking about media literacy in the early years with Dr. Faith Rogow. Dr. Rogow is an independent scholar who has been a media literacy educator, innovator, and strategist since the 1980s. On today's show, we are talking with Dr. Rogow about her groundbreaking book Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates. Listen in for an engaging, insightful, and fun conversation!

    GenerativeAI in Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 49:12


    Heidi Siwak and Margie Keats bring their classroom experiences with GenerativeAI Apps to Mediacy. What are the challenges? How might teachers meet those challenges? How might GenerativeAI support learning?

    A Special Media Literacy Week Edition of Mediacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 44:01


    A panel of directors in the Association for Media Literacy will gather to chat about media topics of particular interest, what media approaches are somewhat misguided (hint: it's not all about "fake news"), and current events through a media literacy lens.On the panel: Neil AndersenDiana MaliszewskiMichelle SolomonMargie KeatsVisit the Association for Media Literacy at https://aml.ca

    What should media literacy education be now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 46:42


    UK Professor Julian McDougall talks with Neil and Carol about building media literacy education at the intersection of social justice, cultural studies, and digital competency.

    The Business of Digital Marketing- What are its Challenges and Advantages?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 34:12


    Neil and Carol talk to Toronto entrepreneur Sue Sutcliffe about the online marketing biz, including the newest digital conference site, World Event Centre.

    How might watching Let's-Play videos help children learn from their peers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 40:35


    Michael Dezuanni, QUT Professor and author of Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms: Learning with Minecraft Let's Play Videos, talks to Neil and Carol about children's non-hierarchical learning through youtube and Minecraft. They learn that it's more than just a game.

    Making is an essential part of media literacy education, but how is it connected to critical thinking?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 42:07


    Join Neil and Carol as they explore the benefits and challenges of “making” with David Gauntlett, the author of Making is Connecting.

    Selling Art in the Digital Age- How social media affords freedom, agency, and opportunity to artists who are willing to work for it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 52:52


    Neil and Carol learn from Nina Silver the ins and outs of the online art business, and why art is still art no matter the sales system.

    Exploring Critical Media Literacy- What is it, and why is it more important now than ever?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 36:07


    UCLA's Jeff Share and Doug Kellner help Neil and Carol understand why Critical Media Literacy is the gold standard in media literacy learning.

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    The Rise of the Podcast- Why are we so fixated on listening to other people talk?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 40:26


    Neil and Carol's trusty producer Stephen Hurley shares his philosophy about the differences between broadcast radio and podcasting, and why we love to listen.

    Cereal Boxes or Artificial Intelligence: What inquiry best serves media literacy students now?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 40:18


    Notes from The Media Education Project: Carol and Neil embark on a journey to discover the best iteration of media curriculum now, as guest Belinha De Abreu explains her research and concerns about AI.

    Notes from The Age of Disinformation, Part Two - How disinformation, audiences, and social media interact to spread conspiracy theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 43:16


    Neil and Carol once again enlist the help of Paul Levinson to understand how the most bizarre conspiracies flourish online and in the minds of Believers.

    Notes from The Age of Disinformation, Part One: How people make meaning from deviant news narratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 32:19


    Neil and Carol chat with Paul Levinson about the difference between disinformation and misinformation, and how and why “truth” requires our permission.

    What Will Become of Your Digital Assets When You Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 45:04


    Neil and Carol learn a lot about digital estate planning from two brilliant law students, Alisha and Sabrina, including the uncomfortable truth that it might be better to borrow an audio book from the library than “buy” it online.

    Understanding Our Ground Part Two- What is a Classroom Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 59:57


    Dynamic educators Aimee and Michilin continue to tell it like it is, offering new gems of wisdom for pandemic pedagogy conversations.

    Understanding Our Ground Part One- What is a Classroom Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 34:11


    Two Secondary teachers from the trenches tell Neil and Carol about the struggle to create and cultivate online pedagogy in a pandemic.

    Mental Wellness One Year On in the Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 34:09


    Wellness expert Glenys Vivian returns to help Neil and Carol understand how to support those around us, and ways we all might go forward together - post COVID.

    Google & Facebook vs. Australia & Canada- What Price Democracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 46:29


    Our guest Jesse Hirsh blasts traditional journalism as we try to untangle the issues: Why might the newspaper industry be the biggest culprit of all, and how can we disrupt the system through media literacy?

    Youth, the Pandemic, and Life Online

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 36:55


    The people in charge of education talk a lot about children, but not so much with them. Neil and Carol chat with Sophie, an Ontario Secondary school student, to help them understand the role of technology in the social and learning experiences of youth in the time of COVID.

    Digital Parenting & Teaching- How has the virus pushed us to think differently about learning, work, and parenting?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 31:55


    Neil and Carol chat with Ethan and Glenys, experts in learning, parenting, and mental health, in an effort to understand why we're feeling like hamsters on a wheel. Surprisingly, we discover that 2020 taught us lessons that the “before times” never could.

    The Reality of Parenting for a Digital Future- Grounding Sonia Livingstone's Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 35:42


    Neil and Carol ask a thoughtful parent about the struggle to raise future digital citizens. How do we manage the balance between screentime and other experiences such as exploring and appreciating nature?

    Metanarrative, Mittens, and Media- How did the Presidential inauguration reflect the hopes and dreams of America now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 32:26


    Neil, Paul, and Carol examine how this ceremony embodied the American metanarrative, and agree to disagree on what makes a perfect musical media experience these days.

    Parenting for a Digital Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 42:23


    Children & Screens?! What's a parent to do? Wouldn't it be great to have reliable, informed advice? Listen in as Neil and Carol chat with Sonia Livingstone, world expert on how families negotiate digital environments & how they can make effective choices.

    The Domestic Terrorism Edition of Mediacy - Taking Figure-Ground into New Territory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 33:55


    Neil, Carol, and guest Paul Levinson deconstruct the bizarre intersections of social media, popular culture, and politics on Capitol Hill during the week of January 4.

    Paying Attention—not Tuning Out—is Key to Media Literacy PT II ft. Julie Nilsson Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 34:41


    Neil and Carol welcome back Julie Smith to discuss effective privacy strategies for parents and students, acknowledging that true critical media literacy is never negative, but instead develops confidence, enjoyment, and agency.

    Why Paying Attention, not Tuning Out, is key to Media Literacy ft. Julie Nilsson Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 31:01


    Neil, Carol, and special guest Julie Nilsson Smith ask, 'How is our privacy at risk?' 'How might WE be part of the problem?' 'What should we know?' And 'what might our media literacy do about it?'

    The Rise of Joe Biden- Revival of Camelot - or Man of La Mancha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 31:57


    Might Joe Biden be a new character in the JFK/Camelot meta-narrative? Or is the national story Man of la Mancha? Join Paul Levinson, Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson in this episode of Mediacy as they explore the new twists in the American national saga.

    The Search for CItizen "Canine"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 36:15


    In his inimitable droll style, Bill Smart (with Neil and Carol) explores dog films - the good, the ugly, and the excellent - and asks whether a dog feature film can ever reach the heights of film artistry.

    Trump (and Biden) Hot and Cold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 32:50


    Neil and Carol - with the help of Paul Levinson - attempt to understand the Trump/Biden personas and the Pro-Trump rallies of the last week through the lens of McLuhan's “hot” and “cool” media.

    Georgia on my Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 34:21


    Neil, Carol, and Paul Levinson explore how metanarratives have shaped politics in America, and speculate on whether Joe Biden can stem the Tide of Trumpism.

    'Twas the Night Before a U.S. Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 41:26


    On this night before the US Election, Neil and Carol welcome Paul Levinson back to dissect the American metanarrative. Will 'Reality TV' triumph? Or Biden's ‘hero against all odds'?

    Navigating New Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 36:10


    “Neil and Carol continue their conversation with three smart educators - Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee - about negotiating virtual and face-to-face learning spaces through media literacy education.”

    Coping through Media Literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 30:36


    Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee chat with Neil and Carol about the stress of the ‘new normal', and how media literacy might help us cope.

    Laurie Townshend on Kamala Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 36:39


    Carol and Neil welcome special guest Laurie Townshend to help understand how different audiences negotiated the debating skills of Black, South Asian female vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.

    Media and the US Election Debates

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 37:50


    Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson take a look at the recent US Presidential Debate and, in particular, how the media has handled the event. A look ahead to the Vice-Presidential debates.

    The Art of the Mask ft. Irene Faiz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 39:26


    Following on the previous episode - Unmasking the Mask - Neil and Carol welcome special guest teacher Irene Faiz from Toronto District School Board to share creative classroom ideas for building media literacy and art skills through masks. She offers wonderful examples of how to mobilize key media concepts through analysis, personal response, and engaging production projects such as mask logos, birthday/wedding masks, and masks for a social cause.

    Unmasking the Mask

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 32:15


    Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 32:10


    Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris are passionate in their work around critical digital pedagogies. Together, they wrote "An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy. Tonight on Mediacy, Jesse and Sean join Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson for a discussion on synchronous and asynchronous learning in our post-COVID learning contexts. Some very powerful messages for anyone tasked with thinking about the future of schools moving forward. Let's get to what is at the heart of good pedagogy in a digital age.Learn more about Jesse Stommel at https://www.jessestommel.com/Learn more about Sean Michael Morris at https://www.seanmichaelmorris.com/

    Under My Skin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 30:58


    Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen are joined by McLuhan scholar (Fordham University), Paul Levinson, to explore the media under our skin. How do video, street painting, dashcams, bodycams, flash grenades narrate our experience?

    A Narrative Pivot: from #blacklivesmatter to #defundPolice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 36:18


    Carol and Neil are joined by Fordham University media scholar Paul Levinson to discuss how mourners and news are Constructing an Epic, how the George Floyd narrative has evolved into police reform, and how the protests have become international.

    Further Adventures in Interweaving Narratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 34:00


    Neil Andersen, Carol Arcus and Paul Levinson take a deeper look at interwoven narratives during this powerful time in social and political life. In this epsiode, the team explores memes, iconography, the giddy Bible, taking a knee, the NFL pivot, and more.

    Oh What A Tangled Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 32:56


    In this episode, Paul Levinson, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen explore ways in which the George Floyd murder protests and the Covid-19 pandemic twist and turn around one another. This conversation will continue in the next episode.

    The Narratives of COVID-19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 32:42


    Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome back Marshall McLuhan scholar Paul Levinson to the show to talk about the narratives that are being woven during this time of pandemic. A fascinating and very rich conversation

    Weaving the Story of A Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 31:25


    Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen take a look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of the storyteller. What stories are being told? What narratives are being woven? Who is the audience? Who are the characters? The plot?Visit the Association for Media Literacy website for more information: https://aml.ca/

    The Pandemic, McLuhan and The Media

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 33:51


    How is the pandemic centering us in the media environment? Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen continue their exploration of how the media is covering and portraying the current COVID-19 crisis from a McLuhan perspective.

    The Pandemic and the Media PT 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 30:48


    Tonight Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome back author, singer-songwriter and professor of communications and media studies, Paul Levinson. Paul rejoins the team to continue an in-depth examination of the current COVID-19 pandemic through a media literacy lens.

    The Pandemic and the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 30:48


    Tonight Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome author, singer-songwriter and professor of communications and media studies, Paul Levinson. Paul joins the team to continue an in-depth examination of the current COVID-19 pandemic through a media literacy lens.

    COVID-19 PT 5 — Continue to Talk to our Children ft. Glenys Vivian

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 30:25


    Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are, once again, joined by guest expert, Glenys Vivian. Another great conversation about how to stay attuned to the needs of our children this time of global uncertainty. Ideas for talking to and engaging with our children.

    COVID-19 PT 4 — Continue to Remember the Children ft. Glenys Vivian

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 32:54


    In this time of global concern, if not crisis, we are reminded that our children need our care and attention. Tonight on Mediacy, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are, once again, by Glenys Vivian, an education and school-based wellness lead with the York Region District School Board.

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