Dr. Rebecca Hains
Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Networks: When viewers attack the women on your newscasts, let the women speak up.
A few weeks ago, meteorologist Rhonda Lee offered a passionate response via social media to a viewer’s complaint about her hair. The complaint read: “the black lady that does the news is a very nice lady.the only thing is she…
Read MoreRaising Media Literate Children: My Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio
Yesterday, I was a guest on “At Issue with Ben Merens” on Wisconsin Public Radio, an NPR member station. The topic: Raising media literate children. Here’s a brief description and a link to an MP3 recording of the show: It’s part-two…
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