Infographics
Creative digital infographics about various media literacy topics
Have you seen the 2011 classic movie “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” starring Eugene Domingo? Learn about this film and other movies you can use to teach media literacy.
Top 10 Movies for Teaching Media Literacy
Movies can be a particularly useful tool for developing critical media literacy in educational settings. They can help students analyze how underlying meanings about race, gender, class, and religion, among others, are portrayed in a film. For starters, we list ten must-watch movies set in the Philippines or made by Filipino filmmakers that teach a thing or two about media production, the media industry, and other media literacy concepts.
#BeyondTheFrames
In this resource, we explain three frames used by the mainstream media to report about the Philippine urban poor sector. We will deconstruct these media frames and see how the mainstream media portrays this sector in light of the recent #Occupy housing movements.
#BeOnTheLookout
Here are five things we need to be on the lookout for when watching, reading, listening, and using the media.
The Winner Formula
Adopting Ester Thorson’s original media literacy resource “Ad-Watcher’s Toolkit”, we deconstructed the 8 Essential Features of Filipino Political Ads in this special infographic set.
What is it with politicians trying to portray themselves as either poor or a hero, or both? What images and concepts do they associate themselves with? Do they have anything to say to their opponents? What’s lacking in these ads?
Now Showing
We listed down the 10 highest-grossing Philippine films as of 2014 alongside 10 of the country’s greatest films of all time according to the blog Pinoy Rebyu in its 2013 poll of 81 filmmakers, film critics and scholars. Full view here: https://visual.ly/now-showing.
Quirino Grandstand Coverage
In Aug. 23, 2010, a tragic hostage-taking incident happened in Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Retired police officer Rolando Mendoza took captive 25 Hong Kong tourists in a bus for 11 long hours.
Considered as one of the freest, most mature, and professional press in the world, Philippine media was put to test in the coverage of the incident. But they failed miserably.
