Rebecca Hains is a children’s media culture expert. An associate professor of advertising and media studies at Salem State University, in Salem, Mass., her research focuses on girls and media.
She is the author of Growing Up With Girl Power: Girlhood On Screen and in Everyday Life (Peter Lang Press) and several essays in anthologies and peer-reviewed journals, including Popular Communications and The International Journal of Girlhood Studies. She is currently working on a new anthology called Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities (co-edited with Miriam Forman-Brunell).
Her new book, Confronting Cinderella: Guiding Our Girls Through the Princess-Obsessed Years, will be released by Source Books next year.
Rebecca has spoken about her work at more than 30 national and international conferences and events, including the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media in Los Angeles and the Prix Jeunesse International, a festival in Germany that promotes excellence in children’s television worldwide.
Rebecca holds a Ph.D. in mass media and communication from Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as a B.A. from Emmanuel College and an M.S. from Boston University. She lives with her husband and two sons in Peabody, Mass., and blogs about children’s media and popular culture at rebeccahains.wordpress.com and at The Christian Science Monitor.
Twitter: @rchains
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rebeccahainsphd
Here is my favorite mL definition from Ontario MOE (1997):
“Media literacy is concerned with helping students develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. More specifically, it is education that aims to increase the students’ understanding and enjoyment of how the media work, how they produce meaning, how they are organized, and how they construct reality. Media literacy also aims to provide students with the ability to create media products. “
Your writing and topics are fascinating! Finally – how refreshing to read something that has made me think and question so much of what has become commonplace in our society.
Oh, what a compliment. Thank you very much!
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