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"media literacy [is] the ability of a citizen to access, analyze, and produce information for specific outcomes." (ERIC NO. ED365294)
Percentage (+/- 3%) of households with each consumer electronic product in 1995: (at least one)
Televisions 98% Telephones(cordless) 59% Home CD players 48% Home radios 98% Personal computers 40% Computer printers 34% Telephones(corded) 96% Automobile alarms 25% Camcorders 23% VCR's 88% Cellular telephones 21% Computers with CD-ROM 19% Answering machines 60% Modems 16% Caller ID devices 10% Laserdisc players 2%(Sunday New York Times (4/21/96) p. 6e--based on survey by the Elecronic Industries Assoc. for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Assoc. In monthly surveys conducted randomly throughout 1995, a cumulative total of 25,000 adults were interviewed in all 50 states
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New-media companies are clearly becoming a dynamic core of the regional economy. According to the editorial in the Times, New York has the potential to become the nation's focus of this new industry. New-media companies write entertainment and business software and design services tha businesses provide over the Internet. Besides, interactive computer companies in the region expect to double or triple their employment over the next three years....(taken from New York Times editorial on Tues. (4/16/96)
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J. A. Brown. "Media of Social Communication, II (Attitude of the Church) and III (Church Use of)" in New Catholic Encyclopedia. (Jack Heraty & Assoc., Inc.; Palotine, ILL.), 1981, pp. 553-567. (Lib. of Congress # 80-84921)
c.f., "Media in Education" by R. McDonell (pp. 399-400) and "Media of Social Communication and Evangelization" by R. Shaw and J. Harrington (pp. 400-402) in Vol. XVII Supplement: Changes in the Church of the New Catholic Encyclopedia (Jack Heraty & Assoc.; Palatine, IL.), 1981. (ISBN 0-07-0102-35X)
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"1-At the dawn of a new era (Aetatis Novae), a vast expansion of human communications is profoundly influencing culture everywhere. Revolutionary technological changes are indicative of what is happening. Nowhere today are people untouched by the impact of media upon religious and moral attitudes, political and social systems, and education...28-Communications issues and mass communications are relevant to every level of pastoral ministry, including education. A pastoral social communications plan should attempt:
a) To offer educational opportunities in communications as essential components of education to all persons who are engaged in the work of the Church: seminarians, brothers and sisters, and lay leaders.
b) To encourage Catholic schools and universities to offer programs and courses in the communications needs of the Church and society.
c) To offer courses, workshops and seminars in technology, management and communications ethics and policy issues for Church communicators, seminarians, religious and lay leaders.
d) To plan and carry out programs in media education and media literacy for teachers and students...." (taken from Aetatis Novae--1992)
On Motion Pictures, Radio and Television by Pope Pius XII--September 8, 1957
Decree on the Media of Social Communication (Inter Mirifica) Vatican II -- December 4, 1963
Pastoral Instruction on the Means of Social Communications (Communio et Progressio) -- March, 1971
Communications: A Pastoral Instruction on the Media, Public Opinion and Human Progress: A Pastoral Instruction for the Application of the Decree of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council on the Means of Social Communication by U.S. Catholic Conference -- 1971
A Bounded Moral Duty by the Australian Bishops -- 1972
Children and Television by the Australian Bishops -- 1979
In the Sight of All: Communications--A Vision All Can Share by U.S. Catholic Conference -- 1986
Pornography and Violence in the Communications Media by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications -- May 7, 1989
Dawn of a New Era (Aetatis Novae) by Pontifical Council for Social Communications -- 2/92
Instruction on Some Aspects of the Use of the Instruments of Social Communications in Promoting the Doctrine of the Faith by Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith -- 1992
Pastoral Letter on the Media by Cardinal Mahoney to the L.A. Archdiocese -- September 30, 1992
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St. Patrick's Seminary 320 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA. 94025 (415)-321-5665
CLA--Membership Information c/o Julianne M. Good 5005 Jamieson Avenue St. Louis, MO. 63109-3027
to submit articles, contact:
Sr. Mary E. Gallagher, S.S.J. 291 Springfield Street Chicopee, MA. 01013-2839 (413)-594-2761 e-mail: gallagherm@elms.edu
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A World Wide Web site on the Internet sponsored by the Path to Peace Foundation, an organization founded and headed by Archbishop Renato Martino who leads the Vatican mission to the United Nations. James Mulholland, publisher of several computer magazines and member of the Path to Peace Foundation board, initiated the project. He claimed that the Internet site would leapfrog hostile governments and media outlets with Church teaching. The Web site can be accessed at "http://www.catholic.net" (taken from Catholic Library World -- March, 1996)
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Msgr. Francis X. Canfield 157 Lakeshore Road Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. 48236-3794
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The council was instituted on an experimental basis by Pope Pius XII in 1948. It was reorganized three times in the 1950s and made a permanent commission by Pope John XXIII in 1959. It was established as a council and its functions were restated by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
Presently, the council is headed by;
Most Rev. Archbishop John Foley Palazzo S. Carlo, 00120 Vatican City State Tel.: 69 88 31 97 (Europe)
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Unda-USA is the National Catholic Association for professional communicators. Unda refers to the Latin word for "wave" (i.e., electromagnetic wave). 1995 is the 65th anniversary of the founding with the help of Guglielmo Marconi of Vatican Radio, the international radio broadcast station. Vatican Radio began transmitting worldwide one year before the British Broadcasting Service took to the airwaves.
Unda-USA brings together men and women who are working to communicate the Gospel values through today's powerful media. Unda-USA is a national network of broadcasters, directors, public relations personnel, independent producers and syndicators, and other media professionals. This national network provides an opportunity to share the "hows" and "whys" of communications with other professionals who are striving to spread the Good News.
Unda-USA is part of Unda-International, the International Catholic Association for Radio and Television which was founded in 1928 by a group of European broadcasters looking to assist and encourage one another in what was at that time a brand new apostolate. Twenty years later a similar affiliation was being formed in the United States. The Catholic Broadcasting Association (CBA) began as a way of uniting American Catholic Communications in one strong organization that shared ideas, resources, expertise and a common vision. It was out of these roots that Unda-USA was formed in 1972.
At the annual General Assembly/Convention Unda-USA members come together with well known industry professionals and church leaders to discuss the impact and influence of media on Church and social concerns. The General Assembly celebrates the experience of Unda members as they strive to integrate the benefits of modern technology into the mission of the Church.
The National Gabriel Awards Ceremony, a highlight of the Unda-USA General Assembly celebrates excellence in communications. The prestigious Gabriel Award recognizes outstanding industry broadcasters and communications efforts that contribute to a deeper understanding of Gospel values. For more information, please contact;
Unda-USA National Office 901 Irving Avenue Dayton, OH. 45409-2316 (513)-229-2303
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Items produced by this group (workshop kits, books, videos, etc.) include:
To obtain an updated list of resources, please contact:
Center for Media Literacy 4727 Wilshire Blvd. #403 Los Angeles, CA. 90010 1-800-226-9494 http://www.earthlink.net/~cm
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The major work of the Jesuit Communication Project (JCP) is to encourage, promote, and develop Media
Education in schools across Canada. The JCP provides workshops on many media topics. Such presentations have been given across Canada, in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the U.S.A. at in-services, conferences and conventions. The JCP has over 2,500 books and periodicals on the media in its library. Files of materials on Media Education programs from around the world and numerous clippings on a variet of media topics are also available for researchers.
"...Another 'Signal to Noise' piece points at parents and teachers as the key soldiers in the fight for media literacy and better TV usage. One excellent way for parents and especially teachers to do that is to contact the Center for Media Literacy at (800)-226-9494 and cough up the $229 for the full "Scanning Television" instructional package.That video set conceived by media-literacy experts John Pungente and Gary Marcuse of Canada, provides 40 short pieces that can serve as springboards for discussions about TV -- how it sells, what images it provides and how to use it. There's not a dud in the bunch, and many of the pieces are delightfully artistic and thought-provoking.
....The manipulation of TV ads is just one of the media issues laid bare by "Scanning Television," but all are presented in a fashion that's more analytical than critical. And there's one cartoon short, the hilariously ultra-violent "Watching TV," that by itself is worth the purchase price for schools, and should have kids buzzing in the hallways afterward.
And thinking about TV more seriously, too, which is the whole point."
[taken from review by David Bianculli in New York Daily News reprinted in The Boston Globe (Friday 7/12/96 p. 62)]
For more information, please contact:
The Jesuit Communications Project 47 Ranleigh Avenue -- Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M4N 1X2 CANADA (416)-488-7280 e-mail: Fr. John Pungente, S.J. at pungente@epas.utoronto.ca
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Sr. Rose Pacatte, D.S.P. St. Paul Media Studies Center 50 St. Paul Avenue Boston, MA. 02130 (617)-522-8911 [e-mail: Rosemed35@aol.com]
Terminator II, Witness and Romero: Justice & Peace -- What is Hollywood Telling Us? The News: Vehicle of Christian Awareness POP CULTURE: A Christian Approach to Contemporary Music CATHOLIC EDUCATION & POP CULTURE: Looking Towards the 21st Century What is Media Awareness? How to Carry Out Parish Video Nights For Young People
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"In mid-1964, 114 Catholic colleges in the U.S. reported 365 full-time and 200 part-time faculty members teaching various communications arts subject areas to 1,828 majors, 1,119 minors, and 230 graduate students...The first course offered in any area of communications by a Catholic college was in speech in 1846 at St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA.); the first department of speech at a [U.S.] Catholic institution was cited as "pre-1900" by St. Bonaventure University, N.Y....The largest and most diversified communication arts program in a Catholic College in the U.S. in 1964--determined by the criteria of number of courses, diversity of departments, extent of degree programs, number of students majoring, and number of full- and part-time faculty members--was Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis....Among universities with enrollments of 1,000 or more by 1964, ...the largest academic programs in communication arts [were at] Marquette Univ., U. of Notre Dame, Loyola U. (New Orleans), U. of Detroit, Creighton U., Seattle U., Mundelein College (Chi.)" (taken from J.A. Brown. "Communication Arts, Catholic Schools of" in New Catholic Encyclopedia. (Jack Heraty & Assoc., Inc.; Palatine, ILL.), Vol. IV, 1981. (Lib. of Cong. #80-84921)
Specialized institutes for training Church leaders are offered at;
Dr. William M. Hammel Institute for Religious Communications Loyola University 6363 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA. 70118-3565 (504)-865-3430
Center for Religious Telecommunications University of Dayton Dayton, OH. 45469-1390 (513)-229-4214
University of Santa Clara Jesuit School of Communications Santa Clara, CA. 95053-0001 (408)-554-4764
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(June 18-22 and June 24-28, 1996)
This year's program includes;
MORE Media Literacy Resources
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