Screen LibraryThe media education manifesto /
In the age of social media, fake news and data-driven capitalism, the need for critical understanding is more urgent than ever. Half-baked ideas about 'media literacy' will lead us nowhere: we need a comprehensive and coherent educational approach. We all need to think critically about how...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The manifesto series
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| Summary: |
In the age of social media, fake news and data-driven capitalism, the need for critical understanding is more urgent than ever. Half-baked ideas about 'media literacy' will lead us nowhere: we need a comprehensive and coherent educational approach. We all need to think critically about how media work, how they represent the world, and how they are produced and used.--Page [4] of cover. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 128 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781509535880 1509535888 9781509535873 150953587X |
| Index Number: | P96 |
| CLC: | G206.3 |
| Call Number: | G206.3/B923 |
| Contents: | A changing media environment -- Beyond benefit and risk -- The limits of media literacy -- The bigger picture -- Going critical -- Pedagogy : pitfalls and principles -- Conceptualising social media -- Media education in practice -- Making it happen. |