
Media Literacies
A Critical Introduction
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 20. January 2012
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-1-4051-8611-7 (ISBN)
Description
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
Reviews / Votes
"That being the case, the authors' primary recommendation is for media literacy to assume an increased role in school curricula worldwide. As Hoechsmann and Poyntz demonstrate, media practice is sufficiently academic and promotes critical citizenship, agency and empowerment - qualities that all teachers are sure to agree are highly laudable educational outcomes." (Pedagogies: An International Journal, 24 May 2012)More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Thickness: 1.7 cm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8611-7 (9781405186117)
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Michael Hoechsmann is Associate Professor and Chair of Education Programs at Lakehead University, Orillia. He is co-author of Reading Youth Writing: 'New' Literacies, Cultural Studies and Education (2008), and the former Director of Education of Young People's Press, a youth-oriented non-profit news service.
Stuart Poyntz is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and the former Director of Education at Pacific Cinémathèque, Western Canada's leading film institute. He has published articles in the Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, Sociology Compass, the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, the Canadian Journal of Education, Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, and various edited collections.
Author
Lakehead University, Orillia, Canada
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Content
Preface
1. What is Media Literacy?
2. Children's Media Lives
3. Media as Public Pedagogy
4. Media Literacy 101
5. Media Production and Youth Agency
6. Literacies: New and Digital
7. Media Literacy 2.0: Contemporary Media Practices and Expanded Literacies
8. Critical Citizenship and Media Literacy Futures
References
Index