Covering topics including the rise of partisan news, algorithmic personalization and social media, media addiction, media economics, and media's influence on identity, Media Literacy in Action helps students develop the lifelong skills to navigate an increasingly complex media environment.
The volume is structured around seven themes: • Media Literacy: Past and Present • Digital Media and Learning • Global Perspectives • Public Spaces • Civic Activism • Policy and Digital Citizenship • Future Connections ...
Leading authority on media literacy education shows secondary teachers how to incorporate media literacy into the curriculum, teach 21st-century skills, and select meaningful texts.
This book, part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, ...
This volume explores how educators can leverage student proficiency with new literacies for learning in formal and informal educational environments.
Knowing why you are creating a message helps you to craft it wisely and with the greatest impact, because message purpose influences tone, style, audience and interactivity. A study (Brandtzæg & Heim, 2009) of 1,200 social networking ...
For example, one day in Dee's classroom, the topic of Tiger Woods came up. As the highest paid professional athlete in the world, Woods earned $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010.4 Dee's students had a lot to share on ...
Introduction to Media Literacy builds students’ media literacy step-by-step to make them more knowledgeable about all facets of the media and more strategic users of media messages.
What messages are often omitted from media? How do we connect what we see in the worldwide media to the classroom? This book, divided into four parts, serves to answer many of these questions.
Inside, readers will find a wealth of intelligently crafted, ready-to-use lesson plans and activities designed to help promote critical thinking skills for K-12 students, making this a perfect teaching resource for school and public ...
We all need to think critically about how media work, how they represent the world, and how they are produced and used. In this manifesto, leading scholar David Buckingham makes a passionate case for media education.