Citizens for Media Literacy: Selected Articles

Below are selected articles from CML's newspaper, The New Citizen.

Educators, activists organize to promote media literacy in U.S. by George Gerbner
Ads, ads everywhere! Are there any limits? by Wally Bowen
Citizen Resources
Media literacy must face 'corporate sponsorship' interview with Len Masterman
North Carolina polluters use 'sponsorship' tactics by Wally Bowen
Newsletter covers public relations industry tactics by John Stauber
CML offers workshop for citizen activists
CML blows whistle on bogus sports story by Wally Bowen
The long campaign to pull the plug on public broadcasting by Wally Bowen
How corporations influence PBS, NPR reprint from Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide for a Consumer Society by Michael Jacobson and Laurie Ann Mazur
Living in a second-hand world by Bill McKibben
Information Highway debate recalls 1934 public media defeat by Wally Bowen
Citizen access to Info Highway is goal of WNC effort
Can U.S. media literacy movement open door to more points of view? by Wally Bowen
"Media and Citizenship" workshop offered by CML
Is "Forrest Gump" the 1990's "unavailable man"? by Wally Bowen
How parents can control their child's TV viewing
CML offers workshop for grades K-12
CML awarded $20,000 grant
Media transform citizens into spectators
Does TV viewing harm kids' brain development?
Youth Crime in N.C. linked to media violence
The disappearance of television?
Theft of the Imagination: Fast paced TV robs children of play-time by Wally Bowen
Putting TV in its place: kids books show the way
Research finds passivity risk for TV viewers
Does new cable TV law really help consumers?
Stores renting "death videos" to minors
JAMA Study: Link found between TV and homicide rates
"Now it can be told!" journalism
The Plug in Drug
Codrescu to headline First Amendment series
Citizenship in the age of TV
Election Watch
Cable TV bill under attack
Nader campaign coming to WNC
Ninja turtles got you down? Give your kids "Story Power!"
Free video helps kids cope with TV
When secrecy and propaganda abound, citizens must read between the lines
Citizen activism under attack: Lawsuits used to silence critics
Billboard owner relents; allows anti-smoking ad
Fed up with billboard pushers? Here's something you can do
"Whose First Amendment Is It, Anyway?"