| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) |
| Contents |
1. : What is Media Literacy -- Media Literacy 2.000 -- Natives and Aliens -- Media Education has a History to Draw On -- Media Education in the Twenty-First Century -- 2. : Children's Media Lives -- Researching Young People in Mediated Environments -- Getting Older Faster, Staying Younger Longer -- Life Inside a Media Wonderland -- Inequities and Parents' Worries about Media Use -- Media Concentration and the Big Four -- Creating Cradle-to-Grave Consumers -- Conclusion -- 3. : Media as Public Pedagogy -- Media as Threat -- Media as a Form of Public Pedagogy |
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New Learning HorizonsDebating Dangerous Screens -- The Merits of Television for Education -- Children's Learning Television -- Public Service Announcements, Entertainment Education, and Culture Jamming -- Bricolage -- 4. : Media Literacy 101 -- A Demand for New Heuristics -- Cultural Life -- Production -- Text -- Audience -- Cultural Life -- 5. : Media Production and Youth Agency -- What Creative Work Adds to Media Education: Production as Praxis -- What does Production Mean -- How is Production a Form of Agency -- 6. : Literacies: New and Digital -- What does it Mean to be 'Literate' Today |
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Expanded LiteraciesNew Literacies and New Ways of Thinking and Doing -- Digital Literacies and 'Top-Down' Approaches -- The Role of Learning Environments in Relation to Digital Literacies -- 7. : Media Literacy 2.0: Contemporary Media Practices and Expanded Literacies -- Media Literacy 2.0: The Seven Cs of Contemporary Youth Media Practices -- Conclusion -- 8. : Critical Citizenship and Media Literacy Futures -- Thinking, Judging, and Critical Citizenship -- Last Words |
| Summary |
"Whether we like it or not, communication technologies -- ever smaller, more convergent, and comprehensive -- are tightly woven into the cultural fabric of our everyday lives. How did we get here? And what exactly does it mean to be 'literate' in this new media era? Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book explores the history and emergence of media education, contemporary youth and its digitally mediated lives, digital literacy, and critical citizenship. Sidebar commentary written by leading media researchers and educators spotlights specific issues and media phenomena. Media Literacies provides students and educators alike with an invaluable theoretical and practical approach to understanding media literacy in the remarkable digital age we find ourselves in"-- Provided by publisher |
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"Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book provides a much-needed guide to what it means to be literate in today's media-saturated environment. Updates traditional models of media literacy by examining how digital media is utilized in today's convergent culture Explores the history and emergence of media education, the digitally mediated lives of today's youth, digital literacy, and critical citizenship Complete with sidebar commentary written by leading media researchers and educators spotlighting new research in the field and an annotated bibliography of key texts and resources "-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Media literacy.
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Digital media.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Digital media.
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Media literacy.
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Massamedia.
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Jeugd.
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Vaardigheden.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Poyntz, Stuart R.
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| ISBN |
9781444344158 |
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1444344153 |
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9781444344127 |
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1444344129 |
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