ABSTRACT

Media Literacy Education in Action brings together the field’s leading scholars and advocates to present a snapshot of the theoretical and conceptual development of media literacy education—what has influenced it, current trends, and ideas about its future. Featuring a mix of perspectives, it explores the divergent ways in which media literacy is connected to educational communities and academic areas in both local and global contexts. 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

Compelling, well-organized, and authoritative, this one-stop resource for understanding more about media literacy education across disciplines, cultures, and divides offers the fresh outlook that is needed at this point in time. Globally, as more and more states and countries call for media literacy education more explicitly in their curriculum guidelines, educators are being required to teach media literacy in both elementary and secondary education contexts.

part |26 pages

Media Literacy

part |32 pages

Digital Media and Learning

chapter |8 pages

Lessons Learned from Amanda Baggs

Implications for New Media Literacies Education

chapter |7 pages

The World is a Village

Conceptualizing Uses of New Media in “Flat Classrooms”

part |35 pages

Global Perspectives

chapter |8 pages

Towards a European Network for Media Literacy

A Nordic Perspective on Challenges in a Global Society

chapter |10 pages

Sowing the Seeds of Digital and Media Literacy in Lebanon and the Arab World

The Importance of a Locally Grown and Sustainable Curriculum

chapter |7 pages

Hong Kong Media Education in the Web 2.0 Era

Engaging with the Net Generation

part |36 pages

Civic Activism

part |41 pages

Policy and Digital Citizenship

chapter |11 pages

Media Literacy Education

A Requirement for Today's Digital Citizens

chapter |9 pages

Emerging from K–12 Future Shock

How to Blend Digital and Media Literacy into the Common Core Standards

chapter |7 pages

Grasping the Complexities of U.S. Educational Policy and the Classroom

How to Move Media Literacy Education Forward

part |24 pages

Future Connections

chapter |6 pages

Rhetoric in a New Key

Media Literacy Education for the Twenty-first-century University