Develop the Read Media School at the Network Theory Applied Research Institute

We're building a media literacy program, and we'd like to build it with you.

The Network Theory Applied Research Institute is developing a curriculum that treats media literacy as a practical philosophy — not just spotting misinformation, but understanding how language, form, and software encode values, shape narratives, and distribute power.

The program spans video, audio, photography, code, social media, written media and games. It asks learners to make things in order to understand them, and to look at every medium — including the tools used to create it — as an argument someone is making about the world.

We're inviting educators, filmmakers, journalists, developers, researchers, and curious practitioners to help design it. There's no fixed curriculum yet. What exists is a framework, a set of analytical lenses, and a genuine question: what should people actually know?

As a curriculum developer you might contribute a lesson concept, a project brief, a reading list, a case study, or a provocation that challenges the direction we're heading. There's no minimum commitment. You can contribute once or stay involved as the program takes shape.

If this sounds like your kind of problem, reach out at readmedia@ntari.org or learn more about NTARI at ntari.org.