Media literacy students shed light on the SOPA Blackout
Though corporate media have seen fit to ignore one of the biggest tech stories of the year, ninth graders at the Media Arts Collaborative Charter School (MACCS) in Albuquerque know what’s up! Jack Folkner, Martin Jencka and Jay Jewell-Roth are recent graduates of Media Literacy Project’s six-week course at the high school. Contracted by MACCS to provide media literacy and media production trainings, Media Literacy Project incorporated our media policy curricula into the classroom. We shared information on a variety of policy issues including the Comcast/NBC merger, AT&T Merger, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently making its way through Congress.
For their final class project, the students had to create a video. Jack, Martin and Jay chose the topic of SOPA. The result is an exceptionally well-produced video animation designed to educate people on the effects of the bill.
Media Literacy Project provides our communities the information, education, and power to tell their own stories. By developing and distributing this video, the students have cashed in on the promise of a free and open Internet. In the face of legislation that seeks to make corporations the sole creators of Internet content and make the average American a silent consumer, these students have spoken out! Media Literacy Project and Free Press would like to congratulate Jack, Martin and Jay on a job well done.
Watch Jack, Martin and Jay’s production.
