FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12,
2006
Press
Contact:
Loretta
Ramos
The
Museum of Television & Radio
(212)
621-6785
The Third
Annual
MEDIA
LITERACY: Overseas Conversations Series
June 5 to 10,
2006
Organized by
the European Observatory of Children’s Television, Duende
Pictures,
and The
Museum of Television & Radio
New
York, NY—The third annual MEDIA
LITERACY: Overseas Conversations Series, organized by European Observatory of Children’s Television (OETI), Duende Pictures, and The Museum of Television & Radio, will
take place from June 5 to 10, 2006.
Promoting intercultural communication
about the role of media and media literacy in the lives of children and youth,
the conference will offer programs for both the industry and general public,
all free of charge. Support for the
conference is provided by ICIC-Generalitat of
The conference will provide an open
forum for issues to be discussed, with topics ranging from cross-cultural collaboration to the implementation
of media literacy as an educational resource both in and outside of the
classroom to the analysis of the ways children and teenagers use mass media and
what effect it has on their development.
In addition, the organizers will offer screenings of youth-produced
media from around the world.
The schedule for MEDIA LITERACY: Overseas Conversations Series follows.
•All events are held at The Museum of Television & Radio (25 West
52 Street,
•All programs are free, on a first-come, first-served basis
(reservations accepted via e-mail: duende@duendepictures.com).
•Group reservations for screenings can be made by calling (212) 621-6663
or (212) 621-6664.
Monday, June 5
Opening event
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
*Location: National
Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South
Panel & Presentation: New Literacies in a Digital World
This event will
examine how the new digital communication technologies are changing the concept
of “literacy” in educational systems around the world.
Presenters:
Jordi Torrent (Founder, Duende
Pictures)
Valenti
Gomez (Founder,
OETI)
Panelists:
Kathleen Tyner (University
Roberto Aparici (University UNED,
Tuesday, June 6
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Stuart Ewen
Mr. Ewen is a distinguished professor in the Department of Film
& Media Studies at
Wednesday, June 7
•10:30 a.m. to noon
Screenings for elementary
and middle school children
2005 OETI’s
UNICEF prize-winning videos from the
•4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Screenings for
teenagers
Videos from MultiRio
(
•6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Panel: Videogames are Education Too
Videogames are an
intimate part of our culture and social environment. This panel will examine
whether educators should disregard them as pure entertainment, or if strategies
should be developed to integrate videogames into the educational system.
Moderator:
Eva Pujadas (Professor and Associate Director of the
Department of Journalism and Communications of the University Pompeu Fabra,
Panelists:
Douglas Rushkoff (Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author,
Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out, Media Virus)
Henry Jenkins (Director of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies
Program)
James Paul Gee (
Thursday, June 8
•10:30 a.m. to noon
Screenings for elementary
and middle school children
Videos produced by students of
•4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Screenings for
teenagers
American youth-produced videos from organizations such as:
Just Think, MNN-Youth Channel, Ghetto Film,
•6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Panel: Early Childhood and Television
Recent pediatric studies
indicate that children age two and younger should not be engaged in television
viewing. This panel will look at what these studies have found, and how they affect
early childhood television programming.
Moderator:
Faith Rogow (Cofounder,
Panelists:
Rosemarie Truglio (V.P. of Education and Research, Sesame Workshop)
Marie Evans Schmidt (Center on Media and Child Health,
Friday, June 9
•10:30 a.m. to noon
Screenings for elementary
and middle school children
Youth productions from
•4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Screenings for
teenagers
Productions from George Lucas Educational Foundation and OneWorld TV Project.
•6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Panel: Old Media in New Platforms: Radio
This panel will
cover various questions including, what are American teenagers listening to on
the radio, how are they listening, and how is radio
developing into a new medium in the age of podcasting?
Moderator:
Eevin Hartsough (The Museum Television & Radio)
Panelists:
Monique Fortune (
Johanna Franzel (Coordinator, Generation PRX, Public Radio
Exchange)
Kaari Pitkin
(Producer, Radio Rookies, NPR)
Saturday 10
Closing event
4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
*Location:
Screening of the documentary Body and Mind: Prometheus and Durga’s Future
Experts in semiotics, psychology, the arts, Gestalt therapy, music, and
theater share their experiences and comment on understanding the importance of
the senses, subconscious emotions, and reason as communication elements in the
expressive, experiential “whole” that makes up the human being.
Presented by Francesc Llobet (director) and Valenti
Gomez (European Observatory of Children’s Television)
Tickets: These
events are free. Seats available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Reservations
accepted via e-mail: duende@duendepictures.com)
Group reservations
for screenings only can
be made by calling (212) 621-6663 or (212) 621-6664.
Additional information can be found at www.chelseaartmuseum.org/events/2006/medialiteracy
Organized by European Observatory of
Children’s Television, Duende Pictures,
and The Museum of Television & Radio, in
collaboration with The National Arts Club and The Chelsea Arts Museum.
With the support of ICIC-Generalitat
of
Fundación Rafael del Pino,
Program coordinator: Randy Simon; Project
directors: Jordi Torrent and Valenti
Gomez i Oliver.
The Museum of Television & Radio, with locations in
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