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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |26 pages
Media Literacy
part |32 pages
Digital Media and Learning
part |35 pages
Global Perspectives
chapter |8 pages
Towards a European Network for Media Literacy
chapter |10 pages
Sowing the Seeds of Digital and Media Literacy in Lebanon and the Arab World
part |28 pages
Public Spaces
chapter |6 pages
Towards the Integration of Media and Information Literacy
part |36 pages
Civic Activism
part |41 pages
Policy and Digital Citizenship
chapter |9 pages
Emerging from K–12 Future Shock
chapter |7 pages
Grasping the Complexities of U.S. Educational Policy and the Classroom
part |24 pages
Future Connections