145:
the year-long Grade 11 English class. Results showed that, compared to a matched control group, students receiving media literacy education improved the ability to critically analyze both advertising and news in print, video and audio formats. In another study, Hobbs found that students enrolled in a news media production program increased their intellectual curiosity, comfort in collaborating with peers and intent to be civically engaged. In another study of high school students, Hobbs found a relationship between media literacy competencies and civic engagement. Hobbs has also studied how media literacy education helps young immigrants develop
English language skills and how young children can benefit from media literacy pedagogy that engages children in learning about the peoples and cultures of the Middle East Hobbs has also investigated the development of younger students' media literacy competencies by identifying "active reasoning" skills that may be precursor competencies to media literacy
157:, a user-generated content website for teaching and learning about propaganda. Hobbs also developed Powerful Voices for Kids, a university-school partnership that demonstrates the application of media literacy in urban elementary education. For this project, she developed the Digital Learning Horoscope, an interactive quiz to help educators reflect on their motivations for including digital texts, tools and technologies into the curriculum. In 1996, she created "KNOW TV" for the Discovery Channel. In 1994, she produced a television documentary, "Tuning in to media: Literacy for the information age."
122:. Hobbs argues that media literacy education can occur in both formal and informal settings. Hobbs believes that the media industry has an important role to play in advancing media literacy. She collaborated with Discovery Communications, Inc to create Assignment: Media Literacy, a comprehensive media literacy curriculum for kindergarten through twelfth grade students. In 1998, she published "The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement" in the
136:
Code of Best
Practices in Fair Use in Media Literacy Education, which identifies normative practices regarding the use of copyrighted content for media literacy education. Hobbs has also sought and received exemptions from the U.S. Copyright Office regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in permitting the legal “ripping” of DVDs by K-12 educators.
764:"Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies. To the Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Reply Comments of Professor Renee Hobbs on Behalf of the Media Education Lab at the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island"
79:. In January 2012, she was appointed the Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island, a position she held until 2014, where she became the Co-Director of the URI Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy program. She served as Digital Literacy Fellow for the
105:
which includes 3,500 members as of
November 2016. In examining the history of media literacy education in the United States, Hobbs has explored the origins of propaganda education in the 1930s and examined the influence of educational leaders including Jerome Bruner and other leading scholars of the
144:
Renee Hobbs has conducted research to measure the impact of media literacy education on academic achievement. In 2003, she published the results of a quasi-experimental naturalistic field research comparing two New
Hampshire public high schools, one of which had integrated Media/Communication into
135:
Hobbs conducted research that identified how media literacy educators' misunderstanding and ignorance of copyright law as it applies to media literacy education has limited the scope of innovation in K-12 and higher education. With colleagues
Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, she developed the
92:
Hobbs has an interest in how teachers acquire digital and media literacy competencies and specializes in initiating field-based school programs in elementary and secondary schools that include a rigorous academic research component Hobbs helped to build the field of media literacy education by
83:
Office of
Information Technology Policy (OITP) in 2012 and has developed professional development programs in digital literacy for educators. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in media literacy, digital authorship, children and media, media education and contemporary propaganda to
106:
20th century. She has received grant funding for her research, community service and creative professional work from organizations including the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Haas Trusts, Verizon Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
126:
which identified some tensions within the community about the relative value of protecting children from media risks and harms, the role of media production as a creative learning strategy, and questions of whether media literacy education should be funded by media corporations.
119:
346:"The Journal of Media Literacy Education is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education"
50:. Her doctoral research examined how the relationship between images and narration in television news affects viewer comprehension and recall Hobbs spent 18 years teaching media studies at
515:
1131:
945:
Hobbs, R.; Ebrahimi, A.; Cabral, N.; Yoon, J.; Al-Humaidan, R. (2011). "Field-based teacher education in elementary media literacy as a means to promote global understanding".
602:
655:
23:
1121:
787:
424:
301:"1999 Felton Media Scholars Announced; Program Develops Skills to Critically Assess 'What You Watch, See and Read in the Media'. - Free Online Library"
300:
1136:
59:
1080:
Hobbs, R. (1996). Know TV: Changing what, why and how you watch. . Maryland State
Department of Education and Discovery Communications, Inc.
257:
47:
830:"Learning to engage: How positive attitudes about the news, media literacy and video production contribute to adolescent civic engagement"
22:
is an
American scholar and educator who works in the field of media literacy education. She is Professor of Communication Studies at the
154:
71:
102:
76:
1126:
980:
Hobbs, R.; RobbGrieco, M. (2012). "African-American children's active reasoning about media texts as a precursor to media literacy".
735:
62:
and
Discovery Communication to create Assignment: Media Literacy, a comprehensive K-12 media literacy curriculum created in 1998.
1141:
54:
in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she developed the Felton Scholars Program in collaboration with Elizabeth Thoman of the
98:
907:
868:
829:
630:
80:
65:
Appointed to a professorship at Temple University's School of Communication and Theater in 2003, Hobbs established the
908:"Seeing, believing and learning to be skeptical: Supporting language learning through advertising analysis activities"
94:
27:
123:
55:
398:
373:
1116:
1039:
43:
114:
Hobbs authored a white paper, Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action which was co-published by the
707:
1090:
579:"Edited by Renee Hobbs: Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative"
42:
Hobbs holds a BA in English Literature and Film/Video Studies and an MA in Communication from the
997:
962:
927:
888:
849:
680:
R Hobbs (2006-02-07). "The seven great debates in the media literacy movement - Hobbs - 1998".
560:
523:
471:
279:
ERIC - Visual-Verbal Synchrony and Television News: Decreasing the Knowledge Gap., 1986-May-25
989:
954:
919:
880:
841:
810:
689:
461:
84:
students in Education, English, Communication Studies and Library and Information Studies.
115:
324:
693:
51:
578:
1110:
1001:
966:
931:
549:"Teaching about Propaganda: An Examination of the Historical Roots of Media Literacy"
450:"The Use of Social Media and Popular Culture to Advance Cross-Cultural Understanding"
240:
Language arts textbook series for Grades 6 –12. Austin TX: Holt Rinehart, Winston. .
892:
853:
801:
Hobbs, R.; Frost, R. (2003). "Measuring the acquisition of media literacy skills".
548:
210:
Discovering Media Literacy: Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School
993:
958:
884:
845:
656:"Many teens have trouble spotting fake news, but it's not as bad as it sounds"
564:
527:
475:
258:"Renee Hobbs - University of Rhode Island - Professor and Founding Director"
203:
Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative
1015:
236:
Odell, L., Vacca, R., Hobbs, R., Irvin, J., & Warriner, J. (2000).
1060:
466:
449:
120:
Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
814:
923:
277:
66:
31:
763:
736:"Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education"
490:"About | National Association for Media Literacy Education"
869:"How media literacy supports civic engagement in a digital age"
217:
Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom
489:
224:
Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning
231:
Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English
175:
Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age.
828:
Hobbs, R.; Donnelly, K.; Friesem, J.; Moen, M. (2013).
1091:"Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age"
187:
Hobbs, R., Deslauriers, L., & Steager, P.(2018).
1016:"Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda"
708:"The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy"
603:"Digital and Media Literacy : A Plan of Action"
345:
196:Create to Learn: Introduction to Digital Literacy.
155:Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda
69:. In 2007, Hobbs became founding co-editor of the
182:The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy.
103:National Association for Media Literacy Education
77:National Association for Media Literacy Education
140:Measuring the impact of media literacy education
8:
58:in Los Angeles. Hobbs collaborated with the
24:Harrington School of Communication and Media
1132:Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
906:Hobbs, R.; He, H.; RobbGrieco, M. (2014).
631:"Why Media Literacy is Not Just for Kids"
465:
249:
149:Multimedia for media literacy education
205:Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
180:Hobbs, R. & Mihailidis, P.(2019).
131:Copyright for media literacy education
60:Maryland State Department of Education
654:Kauffman, Gretel (22 November 2016).
99:Alliance for a Media Literate America
7:
788:"Media literacy class ever evolving"
547:Renee, Hobbs; Sandra, McGee (2014).
516:"How to Inform a More Perfect Union"
425:"Media literacy class ever evolving"
208:Hobbs, R. & Moore, D.C. (2013).
48:Harvard Graduate School of Education
553:Journal of Media Literacy Education
233:. New York: Teachers College Press.
72:Journal of Media Literacy Education
1122:University of Rhode Island faculty
694:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1998.tb02734.x
448:Tuzel, Sait; Hobbs, Renee (2017).
191:New York: Oxford University Press.
14:
873:Atlantic Journal of Communication
397:Heitin, Liana (9 November 2016).
327:. Media Education Lab. 2013-02-24
170:New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
1020:Propaganda.mediaeducationlab.com
212:. Thousand Oaks CA: Corwin/Sage.
88:Major contributions and research
867:Martens, H.; Hobbs, R. (2015).
834:Educational Media International
95:Partnership for Media Education
514:Goldstein, Dana (2017-02-02).
1:
1137:University of Michigan alumni
982:Journal of Children and Media
226:. Beverly Hills: Corwin/Sage.
219:. Beverly Hills: Corwin/Sage.
16:American scholar and educator
994:10.1080/17482798.2012.740413
959:10.1080/01626620.2011.569313
885:10.1080/15456870.2014.961636
846:10.1080/09523987.2013.862364
372:Heitin, Liana (2016-11-09).
325:"Assignment: Media Literacy"
81:American Library Association
947:Action in Teacher Education
423:Nilsen, Ella (2016-12-04).
399:"What Is Digital Literacy?"
374:"What Is Digital Literacy?"
1158:
803:Reading Research Quarterly
629:Boss, Suzie (2011-01-19).
28:University of Rhode Island
1127:Temple University faculty
1063:. Discover Media Literacy
1042:. Discover Media Literacy
1040:"What's Your Motivation?"
660:Christian Science Monitor
189:The Library Screen Scene.
168:Media Literacy in Action.
97:, which evolved into the
56:Center for Media Literacy
682:Journal of Communication
124:Journal of Communication
75:, a publication of the
1142:Babson College faculty
177:New York: W.W. Norton.
153:Renee Hobbs developed
44:University of Michigan
1093:. Media Education Lab
743:Mediaeducationlab.com
610:Mediaeducationlab.com
238:Elements of Language.
110:Media literacy policy
101:and then renamed the
46:and an EdD from the
467:10.3916/c51-2017-06
229:Hobbs, R. (2007).
67:Media Education Lab
32:Media Education Lab
30:and founder of the
815:10.1598/rrq.38.3.2
762:Hobbs, R. (2014).
429:Concordmonitor.com
305:Thefreelibrary.com
222:Hobbs, R. (2010).
215:Hobbs, R. (2011).
201:Hobbs, R. (2016).
194:Hobbs, R. (2017).
173:Hobbs, R. (2020).
166:Hobbs, R. (2021).
1149:
1102:
1101:
1099:
1098:
1087:
1081:
1078:
1072:
1071:
1069:
1068:
1057:
1051:
1050:
1048:
1047:
1036:
1030:
1029:
1027:
1026:
1012:
1006:
1005:
977:
971:
970:
942:
936:
935:
924:10.1002/tesj.153
903:
897:
896:
864:
858:
857:
825:
819:
818:
798:
792:
791:
784:
778:
777:
775:
774:
759:
753:
752:
750:
749:
740:
732:
726:
725:
723:
722:
717:. September 2007
712:
704:
698:
697:
677:
671:
670:
668:
666:
651:
645:
644:
642:
641:
626:
620:
619:
617:
616:
607:
599:
593:
592:
590:
589:
575:
569:
568:
544:
538:
537:
535:
534:
511:
505:
504:
502:
501:
486:
480:
479:
469:
445:
439:
438:
436:
435:
420:
414:
413:
411:
409:
394:
388:
387:
385:
384:
369:
363:
362:
360:
359:
350:
342:
336:
335:
333:
332:
321:
315:
314:
312:
311:
297:
291:
290:
288:
287:
274:
268:
267:
265:
264:
254:
198:New York: Wiley.
184:New York: Wiley.
93:co-founding the
1157:
1156:
1152:
1151:
1150:
1148:
1147:
1146:
1107:
1106:
1105:
1096:
1094:
1089:
1088:
1084:
1079:
1075:
1066:
1064:
1059:
1058:
1054:
1045:
1043:
1038:
1037:
1033:
1024:
1022:
1014:
1013:
1009:
979:
978:
974:
944:
943:
939:
905:
904:
900:
866:
865:
861:
827:
826:
822:
800:
799:
795:
786:
785:
781:
772:
770:
761:
760:
756:
747:
745:
738:
734:
733:
729:
720:
718:
710:
706:
705:
701:
679:
678:
674:
664:
662:
653:
652:
648:
639:
637:
628:
627:
623:
614:
612:
605:
601:
600:
596:
587:
585:
577:
576:
572:
546:
545:
541:
532:
530:
513:
512:
508:
499:
497:
488:
487:
483:
447:
446:
442:
433:
431:
422:
421:
417:
407:
405:
396:
395:
391:
382:
380:
371:
370:
366:
357:
355:
348:
344:
343:
339:
330:
328:
323:
322:
318:
309:
307:
299:
298:
294:
285:
283:
276:
275:
271:
262:
260:
256:
255:
251:
247:
163:
151:
142:
133:
116:Aspen Institute
112:
90:
40:
38:Academic career
17:
12:
11:
5:
1155:
1153:
1145:
1144:
1139:
1134:
1129:
1124:
1119:
1109:
1108:
1104:
1103:
1082:
1073:
1052:
1031:
1007:
988:(4): 502–519.
972:
953:(2): 144–156.
937:
918:(3): 447–475.
898:
879:(2): 120–137.
859:
840:(4): 231–246.
820:
809:(3): 330–354.
793:
779:
754:
727:
699:
672:
646:
621:
594:
583:www.temple.edu
570:
539:
506:
481:
456:(in Spanish).
440:
415:
403:Education Week
389:
378:Education Week
364:
337:
316:
292:
269:
248:
246:
243:
242:
241:
234:
227:
220:
213:
206:
199:
192:
185:
178:
171:
162:
159:
150:
147:
141:
138:
132:
129:
111:
108:
89:
86:
52:Babson College
39:
36:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1154:
1143:
1140:
1138:
1135:
1133:
1130:
1128:
1125:
1123:
1120:
1118:
1117:Living people
1115:
1114:
1112:
1092:
1086:
1083:
1077:
1074:
1062:
1056:
1053:
1041:
1035:
1032:
1021:
1017:
1011:
1008:
1003:
999:
995:
991:
987:
983:
976:
973:
968:
964:
960:
956:
952:
948:
941:
938:
933:
929:
925:
921:
917:
913:
912:TESOL Journal
909:
902:
899:
894:
890:
886:
882:
878:
874:
870:
863:
860:
855:
851:
847:
843:
839:
835:
831:
824:
821:
816:
812:
808:
804:
797:
794:
790:. 2016-12-07.
789:
783:
780:
769:
768:Copyright.gov
765:
758:
755:
744:
737:
731:
728:
716:
709:
703:
700:
695:
691:
687:
683:
676:
673:
661:
657:
650:
647:
636:
632:
625:
622:
611:
604:
598:
595:
584:
580:
574:
571:
566:
562:
558:
554:
550:
543:
540:
529:
525:
521:
517:
510:
507:
495:
491:
485:
482:
477:
473:
468:
463:
460:(51): 63–72.
459:
455:
451:
444:
441:
430:
426:
419:
416:
404:
400:
393:
390:
379:
375:
368:
365:
354:
347:
341:
338:
326:
320:
317:
306:
302:
296:
293:
281:
280:
273:
270:
259:
253:
250:
244:
239:
235:
232:
228:
225:
221:
218:
214:
211:
207:
204:
200:
197:
193:
190:
186:
183:
179:
176:
172:
169:
165:
164:
160:
158:
156:
148:
146:
139:
137:
130:
128:
125:
121:
117:
109:
107:
104:
100:
96:
87:
85:
82:
78:
74:
73:
68:
63:
61:
57:
53:
49:
45:
37:
35:
33:
29:
25:
21:
1095:. Retrieved
1085:
1076:
1065:. Retrieved
1055:
1044:. Retrieved
1034:
1023:. Retrieved
1019:
1010:
985:
981:
975:
950:
946:
940:
915:
911:
901:
876:
872:
862:
837:
833:
823:
806:
802:
796:
782:
771:. Retrieved
767:
757:
746:. Retrieved
742:
730:
719:. Retrieved
715:Macfound.org
714:
702:
685:
681:
675:
663:. Retrieved
659:
649:
638:. Retrieved
634:
624:
613:. Retrieved
609:
597:
586:. Retrieved
582:
573:
556:
552:
542:
531:. Retrieved
519:
509:
498:. Retrieved
496:. 2016-08-26
493:
484:
457:
453:
443:
432:. Retrieved
428:
418:
406:. Retrieved
402:
392:
381:. Retrieved
377:
367:
356:. Retrieved
352:
340:
329:. Retrieved
319:
308:. Retrieved
304:
295:
284:. Retrieved
282:. 1986-05-25
278:
272:
261:. Retrieved
252:
237:
230:
223:
216:
209:
202:
195:
188:
181:
174:
167:
152:
143:
134:
113:
91:
70:
64:
41:
19:
18:
20:Renee Hobbs
1111:Categories
1097:2017-01-08
1067:2017-01-08
1046:2017-01-08
1025:2017-01-08
773:2017-01-08
748:2017-01-08
721:2017-01-08
665:23 January
640:2017-09-08
615:2017-01-08
588:2017-09-08
533:2017-09-08
500:2017-01-08
434:2017-01-08
408:23 January
383:2017-01-08
358:2017-01-08
331:2017-01-08
310:2017-01-08
286:2017-01-08
263:2018-07-29
245:References
1002:142591436
967:153363358
932:143292061
688:: 16–32.
565:2167-8715
528:1091-2339
494:Namle.net
476:1134-3478
454:Comunicar
893:52208620
854:62652539
635:Edutopia
353:Jmle.org
118:and the
1061:"Home"
1000:
965:
930:
891:
852:
563:
526:
474:
998:S2CID
963:S2CID
928:S2CID
889:S2CID
850:S2CID
739:(PDF)
711:(PDF)
606:(PDF)
559:(2).
520:Slate
349:(PDF)
161:Books
667:2017
561:ISSN
524:ISSN
472:ISSN
410:2017
990:doi
955:doi
920:doi
881:doi
842:doi
811:doi
690:doi
462:doi
1113::
1018:.
996:.
984:.
961:.
951:33
949:.
926:.
914:.
910:.
887:.
877:23
875:.
871:.
848:.
838:50
836:.
832:.
807:38
805:.
766:.
741:.
713:.
686:48
684:.
658:.
633:.
608:.
581:.
555:.
551:.
522:.
518:.
492:.
470:.
458:25
452:.
427:.
401:.
376:.
351:.
303:.
34:.
26:,
1100:.
1070:.
1049:.
1028:.
1004:.
992::
986:6
969:.
957::
934:.
922::
916:6
895:.
883::
856:.
844::
817:.
813::
776:.
751:.
724:.
696:.
692::
669:.
643:.
618:.
591:.
567:.
557:6
536:.
503:.
478:.
464::
437:.
412:.
386:.
361:.
334:.
313:.
289:.
266:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.