There are myriad reasons for the problems facing women in STEM, but one overarching truth about our efforts to recruit and retain girls in tech is that we are expecting them to think and behave like boys, to be attracted to technology for the same reasons and in the same ways as boys are.
Media fluency is generally understood as encompassing two skill sets. The first, which we might call media comprehension, enables media consumers to decode, analyze, and break down mediated messages into their constituent parts. The other, known as media production, involves successfully encoding some kind of meaning into a mediated message. Both are needed for successful participation in today’s media-rich landscape.
Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy is trilled to announce we will be at Starbase Indy, a yearly Star Trek fan-run convention on Thanksgiving weekend. Panels G3 is hosting Kate’s Take Live! The 5-time award-winning podcast returns to Starbase for a live recording of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Host Kate Chaplin takes a movie that has […]
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