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Media&Values

As Media&Values evolved over its 15-year history, it grew from a potpourri of interesting tidbits to a publication with extensive editorial crafting as an educational resource.

By issue #20, each edition had become thematic with inside articles expanding on the cover theme. Soon an editorial Starting Point provided context and by issue #33, a group of Reflection/Action columnists were introduced to offer perspective on the theme from different points of view (women, minorities, children, religion, etc.). Short Re:Action sidebars suggested ways for classes and groups to put "analysis into praxis," that is, words into action. With issue #45, a 2-sided, tear-out "Reflection Resource" was added to use as a discussion-starter with teens or adults. Each issue thus served as both a comprehensive "reader" on a specific media topic as well as a background resource for teachers and group facilitators.

For the thousands who subscribed to the later issues, Media&Values was not just a magazine, it was a foundation for learning to question — and to teach others to question — the media culture emerging around us. As you explore the issues in this archive, keep this editorial frame in mind.

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Media and Violence / Part Two:
Searching for Solutions
Issue #63
Fall 1993

Exploring the Theme
•   What’s Wrong with the Ratings?
•   Taking a Stand: A Postcard Campaign for Nonviolent Media
•   Like Money in the Bank: Understanding Media's Investment in Violence
•   What Other Countries Do About Ratings
•   New Heroes for a New Age
•   Imagine: A Media of Meaning
•   No More Blood at Eleven: Alternatives to Crime Reporting
Reflection / Action
•   Challenging the Myths of Media Violence
•   20 Ways to Create a Caring Culture - Part I
•   20 Ways to Create a Caring Culture - Part II
•   Something New is Waiting to be Born
•   The Three Stages of Political Advertising


Media and Violence / Part One:
Making the Connection
Issue #62
Spring 1993

Exploring the Theme
•   Beyond Blame: Media Literacy as Violence Prevention
•   Babylon Revisited: How Violent Myths Resurface Today
•   Making Connections: Media's Role in our Culture of Violence
•   Addicted to Violence: Has the American Dream Become a Nighmare?
•   Decade by Decade: Media Violence Marches On
Reflection / Action
•   The Violence Formula: Analyzing TV, Video and Movies
•   Measuring ‘Jolts Per Minute’
•   Defining Media Violence: It's Not so Easy!


Global Communication:
For the Powerful or the People?
Issue #61
Winter 1993

Exploring the Theme
•   All Power to the Conglomerate
•   Disaster Pornography from Somalia
•   Guidelines for Process Reporting
•   Communicating for Justice
•   Out of Africa: Western Media Stereotypes Shape Images
•   Native Canadians and the End of Storytelling
•   Society’s Storyteller: How TV Creates the Myths by which we Live
•   Media are the World; Media Literacy is the Guidebook
Reflection / Action
•   Listening to the Beat of World Music


Tuning in to Television:
News, Views and How to Live with It
Issue #59-60
Summer/Fall 1992

Exploring the Theme
•   STARTING POINT: Wrestling with Television
•   Sex and Consequences: Reflections of a TV Writer
•   Home, Home on the Remote: Why Do Men Control "the Clicker"?
•   Comics and Culture: The Cartoonist as TV Critic
•   It's a Whole New Ball Game
•   Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More, But the White Rabbit Does
•   Muktuk and Mass Media
•   Society’s Storyteller: How TV Creates the Myths by which we Live
•   EDITORIAL: Living With Television: Where Do We Go From Here?
Reflection / Action
•   News: Balance Bias with Critical Questions
•   Snapshots from a TV Album: Tuning in to Viewing Habits


Rethinking Democracy:
Citizenship in a Media Age
Issue #58
Spring 1992

Exploring the Theme
•   STARTING POINT: In the Light of the Fires
•   Brave New World: Rediscovering Democratic Media
•   Making Politics Work
•   The Paradox of Political Ads
•   From Milton to Media: Information Flow in a Free Society
•   Reaching for the Common Good: Moyers interviews Bellah
Reflection / Action
•   Making Your Voice Heard: Tips for Getting on Talk Radio.
•   Teaching Media Democracy: Three Days to Insight


Impact of Images:
Life and Culture in the Media Age
Issue #57
Winter 1992

Exploring the Theme
•   STARTING POINT: Our image culture and why media literacy matters.
•   Rise of the Image Culture
•   The Power of Images: Creating the Myths of Our Time
•   Television and Consumption
•   Pictures in the Parlor
•   How TV Works
•   'America’s Wish Book' Sells Dreams
•   Making a Case for Media Literacy in the Classroom
•   Storytellers Shape Spiritual Values
•   Meeting Media in Every Corner of Our Lives
•   TELEVISION: The Search for Meaning
•   Mass Media Values


The Media:
In War and Peace
Issue #56
Fall 1991

Exploring the Theme
•   Marketing the Military: Should Soldiering Be Sold Like Soap?
•   Gulf War Coverage: Untying the Yellow Ribbon
•   Reporting Conventions Mask Sexual Politics
•   The Military-News Complex
•   Why Peace Isn’t Covered
•   Gulf War: The More We Watched, the Less We Knew
•   Media Literacy: Strengthening Democracy
Reflection / Action
•   More Diversity Found in Coverage
•   Media Images Pitch War for Profit
•   Doublespeak: How Jargon Turns Gore into Glory
•   Lessons to Learn
•   Living Room Wars: Vietnam vs. ‘Desert Storm’
•   Getting a Handle on Military Advertising
•   How to Evaluate War Movies


Fatal Attration:
The Selling of Addiction
Issue #54-55
Spring/Summer1991

Exploring the Theme
•   STARTING POINT: Just Say Yes to Media Literacy
•   Our Culture of Addiction
•   Deadly Persuasion: 7 Myths Alcohol Advertisers Want You to Believe
•   The Selling of Addiction to Women
•   Women's Magazines Won't Bite the Hands That Feed Them
•   Cancer is an Equal Opportunity Disease
•   Alcohol and Television: And Now for Some Mixed Messages
Exploring the Theme
•   Alcohol in Prime Time: 10 Guidelines for Writers


Children and Television:
Growing Up in a Media World
Issue #52-53
Fall 1990 / Winter 1991

Exploring the Theme
•   STARTING POINT: It all begins at home.
•   Five Important Ideas To Teach Your Kids About TV
•   Altered States: How Television Changes Childhood
•   Teach Kids to Make TV!
•   From Savers to Spenders: How Children Became a Consumer Market
•   Guidelines for Quality Children's Television
•   Wired Bedrooms: Kids' Media Choices Made Behind Closed Doors
•   When Kids are Watching: Confessions of a SitCom Producer
Reflection / Action
•   Bridging the Gap: Sharing Your Family's Life Stories
•   Trauma on the News: Should Children Watch?



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