MEDIA ROLES IN EDUCATION : AS EDUCATOR AND AS FACILITATOR

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MEDIA ROLES IN
EDUCATION : AS
EDUCATOR AND
AS FACILITATOR
Reporter: AntonetteS. Arranz

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Media as Educator
Children who watch
educational television
programming benefit from
increased cognitive capacity,
improved preparedness for
school, and enhanced social
skills.

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Media as Educator
Watch Sesame ‘Street Sing the
Alphabet Song’ then qualify
its media role as an educator.

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Media as Educator

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Media as Educator
Almost 99% shows that the
mass media of entertainment
influences the behaviour of
children (Report to the
Entertainment Industry
research).

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Media as Educator
Disney animated movies like
Tangled, The Little Mermaid,
and Beauty and the Beast may
cause both male and female
children to link beauty with
goodness.

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Media as Educator
Opinion poll: What goodness
is exhibited by the heroines of
Tangled, The Little Mermaid
and Beauty and the Beast?

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Media as Educator

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Media as Educator

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Media as Educator

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Media as Educator
Mass media can continue to
perform its role as an
education watchdog through
improved communication.

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Media as Educator
Television : the ‘First
Curriculum’

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Five Pillars of Media Wisdom
1. Understand the influence
of the media on your
children.

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Five Pillars of Media Wisdom
2. Ascertain your children’s
susceptibility at each stage of
cognitive development.

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Five Pillars of Media Wisdom
3. Teach your children how
the media communicates its
message.

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Five Pillars of Media Wisdom
4. Help your children know
the fundamentals of Christian
faith.

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Five Pillars of Media Wisdom
5. Help your children learn
how to ask the right
questions.

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Media as Facilitator
Using social media in face-to-
face learning trajectories

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Media as Facilitator
Add your classmates in class
as your friends in Facebook.
What benefits does Fb give
you?

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Media as Facilitator
Facilitating community
education and child abuse
prevention strategies

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Media as Facilitator
Social media as a facilitator of
privacy and trust

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Thank you!

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References :
LMC : Library Media Connection, Volume 32 #3, Nov/Dec 2013
http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/sesame-street
http://www.family.org.au/115-publications/afa-journal/afa-journal-vol-33-no-2-
2012/199-the-role-of-the-mass-media-in-the-education-of-children
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/98/74658.html
http://www.journal.kfionline.org/issue-2/media-and-young-minds-the-role-of-
education
http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com/2011/05/various-ways-to-use-social-
media-as.html
https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/role-mass-media-facilitating-community-
education
Vanity or Privacy? Social Media as a Facilitator of Privacy and Trust. A Position
Paper by Jessica Staddon
Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.
staddon@google.com