For more than five decades, research questions about media looked at media's "effects" on the lives of children and youth. NAMLE's (AMLA's) first ever Media Literacy Education Research Summit in June, 2007 brought together a new generation of researchers from around the world who are asking new questions about how children learn with media? Can a media literacy approach even improve core learning skills? Learn about the new tools researchers are creating, review current research projects from around the world and explore the outcome of NAMLE's 3-year research grant from the U.S. Department of Education that is opening up fertile new ground for educational research.

Highlights

Read the final report on the Research Summit
NAMLE's first ever Research Summit uncovers new tools and creative directions for media literacy educational research

Media Literacy Works!
Results of NAMLE's 3-year Demonstration project funded by the Dept. of Education validates efficacy of media literacy education on core learning skills of middle-schoolers

Grad Students organize to support MLE research
NAMLE's Grad Student caucus represents a new generation of media literacy education scholars. Read about their activities here.