ABSTRACT

Education in and about the media is expanding across Europe and, like the industries it studies, is changing rapidly. The future of media education is a matter of live concern in all European countries, as educators and practitioners throughout the continent come together to learn from each other and to plan for the changes to come.
Media Education Across Europe identifies the exciting developments now taking place within and across the boundaries of European nation-states. Essays from eight countries - the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands - explore the development of courses and approaches to the subject in each country. The contributors also consider the prospects for European collaboration in media education; the possibilities opening up for graduate employment and the future conflict - and co-operation - between media teachers and media employers.

part |18 pages

Part I

chapter |13 pages

The European Agenda

Rhetoric and Reality

part |157 pages

Part II

chapter |19 pages

Italy

The Coming of Age of Media Studies

chapter |18 pages

Communication Studies in Spain

An Individual Perspective

chapter |21 pages

Theory, Practice and Market Forces in Britain

A Case of Relative Autonomy

chapter |15 pages

When the Faculty Meets on April Fool's Day

Arts and Sciences of Communication at the University of Liège

chapter |14 pages

Communication Knowledge, Communication Beliefs

Their Educational and Social Implications

part |28 pages

Part III

chapter |15 pages

Theory and Practice in Media Education

Knowing Why, Knowing How

chapter |11 pages

Communication and Media Education

A New Discipline in Europe?