Everyday media literacy : an analog guide for your digital life / Sue Ellen Christian.
"In this graphic guide to media literacy, award-winning educator Sue Ellen Christian offersstudents an accessible, informed and lively look at how they can consume and create media intentionally and critically. The straight-talking textbook offers timely examples and relevant activities to equi...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2020.
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Summary: | "In this graphic guide to media literacy, award-winning educator Sue Ellen Christian offersstudents an accessible, informed and lively look at how they can consume and create media intentionally and critically. The straight-talking textbook offers timely examples and relevant activities to equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to assess all media, including news and information. Through discussion prompts, writing exercises, key terms, online linksand even origami, readers are provided with a framework from which to critically consume and create media in their everyday lives. Chapters examine news literacy, online activism, digital inequality, privacy, social media and identity, global media corporations and beyond, giving readers a nuanced understanding of the key concepts and concerns at the core of media literacy. Concise, creative and curated, this book highlights the cultural, political and economic dynamics of media in our contemporary society, and how consumers can mindfully navigate their daily media use. Everyday Media Literacy is perfect for students (and educators)of media literacy, journalism, education and media effects looking to build their understandingin an engaging way"--Publisher's description. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781351175494 1351175491 9781351175500 1351175505 9781351175470 1351175475 9781351175487 1351175483 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from resource home page (Taylor & Francis, viewed December 11, 2019) |
Biographical or Historical Data: | Sue Ellen Christian is a professor of communication at Western Michigan University. She was the 2016 Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year and has received the highest honor for teaching from her institution. She is an award-winning former Chicago Tribune staff writer and the author of Overcoming Bias: A Journalist's Guide to Culture and Context (Routledge) |