Ad*Access
A
searchable archive of advertisements that lets you search for ads over
several decades for a similar product (e.g., sample cigarette ads from
every decade since the 1920s).
Adbusters
A website devoted to the critical analysis of advertising, including
creative parodies of popular advertisements, resources to teach the
critical deconstruction of ads, and cultural critiques of the media
industry.
Ad Dissection 101
A
webquest designed to help students analyze the influence that advertising
has on their lives, their choices as consumers, and their view of the
world.
AdFlip
"The
world's largest archive of classic print ads" from 1940 to the present.
Can be searched by category, date publication, etc.
Center for Media Literacy
A
website devoted to teaching media literacy, including articles, links,
resources, and a lesson plan archive.
Columbia Journalism Review
A
website that features a media finder, with links to hundreds of
newspapers, magazines, and television stations, as well as a list of the
major media corporations and the media outlets they own in different
cities.
Media Awareness Network
A website that will help teachers build their background knowledge of
Media Literacy, including articles on the topic, "teacher backgrounder"
resources for deconstructing web pages, and an archive of lesson and unit
plans that is searchable by grade level.
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
A
searchable website that includes resources on:
advertising, alcohol advertising, articles,
celebrities in ads, counter advertising, gender/representation, math in
the media, media criticism, ML teaching resources, news/journalism,
political advertising, politics in the media, product placement,
propaganda, sports & advertising, tobacco advertising, TV/radio on media,
TV & video production, visual literacy, war reporting ... and many more.
Media Literacy Review
A
clearinghouse of information related to teaching Media Literacy, including
listserves, online journals, teaching resources, unit & lesson plans,
Media Literacy organizations, media education links, research materials,
and educational TV resources.
New
Mexico Media Literacy Project
A website with lesson and unit plans, resources to help
students deconstruct media, and sample critiques of advertisements.
This website also hosts a number of printable resources, including
Guidelines for
Deconstructing a Media Example,
Steps for Making a Commercial,
A
Glossary of Media Persuasion Techniques,
Ideas for Creating
Counter Ads,
Information on Contacting Media Companies,
and
Information on Contacting Tobacco Companies.
NPR.org
The NPR website provides access to a searchable audio archive of news
reports, commentaries, and documentaries that can be burned onto a CD.
WebEnglishTeacher.com
A list
of annotated links to Internet resoruces for teaching Media Literacy.
