Vital Stats

Ill Communication

Students aren’t expanding their media literacy, according to educators surveyed this year by Cable in the Classroom. Those polled expressed concern that at a time when students are being inundated with news and information from TV and online, they’re not getting the instruction on how to access, interpret, analyze, and create media themselves.
Educators believe their students are spending 4.6 hours per day using TV, radio, MP3 players, video games, computers, and the Internet.

80% of parents think a major  portion of the responsibility for children’s safety on the Web lies with schools.

78% of library media specialists say the same.

71% of teachers say they teach themselves media literacy for school purposes.

60% of educators say their schools’ emphasis on media literacy is “less than it should be.”