Media Literacies A Critical Introduction [Paperback]

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

Preface ix

1 What is Media Literacy? 1

Media Literacy 2.000 4

Natives and Aliens 7

Media Education has a History to Draw On 9

Media Education in the Twenty-First Century 12

2 Children's Media Lives 17

Researching Young People in Mediated Environments 19

Getting Older Faster, Staying Younger Longer 20

Life Inside a Media Wonderland 23

Inequities and Parents’ Worries about Media Use 25

Media Concentration and the Big Four 28

Creating Cradle-to-Grave Consumers 30

Conclusion 33

3 Media as Public Pedagogy 35

Media as Threat 37

Media as a Form of Public Pedagogy 39

New Learning Horizons 41

Debating Dangerous Screens 43

The Merits of Television for Education 46

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