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BIBLIOGRAPHIES, GUIDES AND REFERENCES Beyond The Screen Study Guides. These guides examine each featured film's genre, themes, filmmaking techniques and the movie's relevance in the world at large. Links to viewing the feature film are also provided. Contacts. (PDF) A listing of International Media Education Organizations list country by country - compiled, November, 2003. Information Packet: Violence and the Media. Includes video resources; bibliographices on Media Violence and Media Literacy; Children and Media; and Violence and Media. Media Education Reference Shelf (PDF). A list of resources prepared by Barry Duncan, Ian Esquivel and John Pungente SJ. MuchMedia Literacy Study Guides. These study guides were written by media education experts. Each guide relates to a corresponding broacast program, and is available free of charge and presented in a print-friendly format. A limited number of Bravo!'s Beyond the Screen Study Guides are also available here. Ontario Curriculum: Course Descriptions and Prerequisites. (PDF) Includes English/Media Studies curriculum. Recommended Readings - 2009 . (PDF) The JCP has created an extensive annotated bibliography related to Media Literacy. Scanning The Movies: List Of Films (PDF). List of films screened from Season One: 1997 through Season Ten: 2007. Although study guides were written for each show, the producer who owns the copyright to the guides will not allow them to be posted or reprinted without her specific permission. ARTICLES The Canadian Experience: Leading The Way (PDF) or (.doc). An historical overview of the development of media education in Canada, the theory informing Canadian practice, common classroom practices or approaches, resources, and conclusions and implications for future work. The Jesuit Communication Project at 25. (PDF) An overview of the 25 year history of the Jesuit Communication Project and the work of Father John Pungente as a leader in the Canadian media literacy movement. Live Long And Prosper: Media Literacy in the USA. Author: John Pungente SJ. Pungente travels the United States investigating the emerging field of media literacy. Media-Literacy Guru Needs an Angel. Author: John Haslett Cuff. Thanks largely to the tireless and illuminating work of John Pungente, the Jesuit Communication Project has greatly influenced the evolution of media literacy in Canada. Now budget cuts threaten this organization. Media Literacy Online Project Article Archive. The extensive collection of articles once a part of the University of Oregon MLOP are now archived on the Jesuit Communication Project web site. To Morph Or Not To Morph. Author: John J. Pungente, SJ. Canada explores the broadcasting of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - a show aimed at 9 to 12 years olds - which some consider as being too violent for Canadian television. Multimedia Missionary: TV Is Not The Devil's Tool. Author: John Haslett Cuff. 'THE real meaning of Christmas" and some genuinely Christian values are projected in prime-time television, according to John Pungente of the Jesuit Communication Project. Pop goes the Saviour (PDF). Author John Pungente. "... at the movies — and indeed on our TV screens — we begin that pilgrim journey into the unknown to discover that we are more than who or what we think we are. We observe and reflect upon the actions and choices of the characters that attract our attention, and on the worlds in which they find themselves. We also reflect upon the way those characters and worlds are presented to us. We fashion our lives and the contexts we live in. Such contemplation is more than media literacy; it is genuine spiritual literacy. It may be a minor miracle but such spiritual literacy grows out of the pop culture of this mass-mediated world in which we live." The Second Spring: Media Literacy in Canada's Schools. Canada is a vast nation - the largest in the world now that the Soviet Union has broken up - with a relatively small population of about twenty six million. In fact, there are more people in the state of California than in all of Canada. Canada's ten provinces and two northern territories each have their own education system. With responsibility for education resting in the hands of the provinces, there are differences in how each province deals with media literacy. This article explores those different approaches. Scanning The Movies. Scanning The Movies also happens to be one of Canadian television's best-kept secrets, even though it's hosted, co-written and co-produced by Toronto's John Pungente, a Jesuit priest and internationally renowned media literacy expert. TV's Best Kept Secret. Scanning The Movies also happens to be one of Canadian television's best-kept secrets, even though it's hosted, co-written and co-produced by Toronto's John Pungente, a Jesuit priest and internationally renowned media literacy expert. Windows on the Landscape - Taking Television Seriously. Perhaps it is time to stop the television bashing which is so very easy to do and see what we might have missed in joining the general rush to judgment. BOOKS
First Place Award - May 27, 2005 - annual Catholic Press Association Awards in the category of "Spirituality". John J. Pungente, SJ and Monty Williams, SJ. Finding God in the Dark: Taking the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to the Movies. – Novalis, 2004 (PDF)
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Finding God In The Dark. Authors John Pungente, SJ and Monty Williams, SJ, have found a way to bring the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to the twenty-first century. They have connected this age-old spiritual practice with the modern media of film. By selecting films that have the possibility of a contemplative perspective, they have achieved a successful synthesis of media and prayers. The book clearly sets forth the steps to be taken to prepare for the viewing of a particular film and leads the viewer through the process of bringing the plot and characters into spiritual focus. By appealing to the vast audience of film lovers, the book has accomplished the amazing feat of demonstrating how film and spirituality are intertwine. Those who want a fresh approach to the Exercises will find this book a significant asset to their search for spirituality in the modern world.