THE TRIANGLE: MEDIA LITERACY’S FAVOURITE SHAPE!
Media Literacy Triangle
Te Media Literacy Triangle is a graphic framework that was presented to the AML by Eddie Dick of the Scottish Media Council. It is based on the key concepts of media literacy but can be used by teachers and students directly in classrooms to facilitate and organize discussions and analyses.
The Anti-Racist and Anti-Bias Media Triangle
Tis useful framework/tool reconfigures the key concepts of media literacy to mobilize critical thinking about anti-bias anti-racism (ABAR) issues. All ABAR themes are media-related because bias – and racism through bias – are com- municated through media forms and environments.
Fake News Triangle
What is new about fake news? As with all news in the 21st century, it is more frequent and easier to encounter, but harder to verify. Where once profes- sional editors filtered news for accuracy and honesty, we more oſten find that we have to perform that job ourselves.
Social Media Triangle
digital or handwritten. As Michelle Solomon, director at the Association for Media Literacy, explains, words themselves are media texts. I have oſten asked students to engage in
multimodal production that also makes cross- curricular connections. I once had students curate photos taken on a walk and then cre- ate a digital journal explaining what they liked about their community, allowing them to tell stories important to them. Students might also interview local community business own- ers and create a tapestry of stories told from diverse perspectives. Geography can be inte- grated through map making, where students create maps of their community or look back at archived maps (links to history). Educators might also ask students to explore community spaces where art installations (e.g., murals, sculptures) might be found. Because the community walk seamlessly
allows multiple entry points for critical en- gagement with learning and documentation about it, and for teaching through and about
media, it is a rich, layered and accessible ex- perience that can be embedded in virtually any program. Troughout my career, media literacy has
always been there because media literacy is everywhere. My hope is that the community walk can offer educators and students multi- ple entry points for integrating media literacy inquiry across the curriculum. Media literacy is critical thinking that enables all people to evaluate consumed and created media mes- sages. Doing the work of media literacy invites students to understand how media affects their lives and their society, but also how to express themselves as media users and mak- ers. Te invitation to come along on a walk is just the beginning of a limitless opportunity to co-create innovative learning experiences. Tanks to Neil Andersen for showing me
the possibilities of a walk and Carol Arcus for her support through the writing process. n
Chelsea Attwell is a member of the Elementary Teach- ers of Toronto.
Te Social Media Triangle was designed for the OTF/OADE Social Media and Teacher Learning Conference in Febru- ary 2012. It is an amalgam of the Media Literacy Triangle and critical literacy questions. Te questions are designed to facilitate critical thinking about social media and help students use it effectively.
Early Years Definition of Media Literacy
Tis foundation of understanding media can be used with children as young as three years.
1. Media are made by people, for people 2. We can see them 3. We can hear them 4. We can feel them 5. We can wear them 6. We can experience them 7. All media have a message Source: Association for Media Literacy (
aml.ca)
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