National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 5 to 11, aims to educate the public on the relationship between dieting, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders, as well as to increase awareness of the social factors (including media) that can contribute to the development of body image issues and eating disorders. Check out Media Awareness Network’s portal page on body image, which includes several resources that help young people become more aware of the impact of media on their own self-esteem and body image.
Topic Portal: Body Image
An inch wide and a mile deep
Surely you've heard of Inspector Spacetime, the cult British TV series that's run (with interruptions) since 1962. It has a tremendously active, engaged fanbase that's created blogs, videos and music devoted to it. Oh, and one more thing -- it never existed. It was made up as a thirty-second gag on the sitcom Community, as a parody-cum-homage of Doctor Who. If Community is so engaging that one of its throwaway gags inspires an entire fictional fandom, why aren't more people watching it? But perhaps the reverse question is more important. Given the commitment that fans have to the show, are ratings measuring the wrong thing?
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Media Education In Canada
Want to know the curricular outcomes for media literacy in your province or territory? Looking for lessons that support these outcomes? MNet has prepared comprehensive curriculum charts for Grades K-12 that highlight media education outcome requirements in each province and territory, and paired them with supporting MNet resources. Access them by region.
Overview | British Columbia | Alberta | Saskatchewan
Manitoba | Ontario | Quebec | New Brunswick
Nova Scotia | P.E.I. | Newfoundland and Labrador
Nunavut | Northwest Territories | Yukon
Online Course for Teachers
Understanding Media Literacy: Inside Plato's Cave is a new 3-credit online course written, tested and endorsed by Canadian media educators and is delivered in partnership with Athabasca University.
More information is available .
