ABSTRACT

This book, part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, education, social/environmental justice, and civic engagement.

The field of media literacy continues to undergo changes and challenges as audiences are reconceptualized and reconfigured, media industries are transformed and replaced, and the production of media texts is available to anyone with a smartphone. The book provides an overview of these. It offers readers specific examples and recommendations to help others as they develop their own teaching and research agendas.

Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students studying media literacy through the lens of broadcasting, communication studies, media and cultural studies, film, and digital media studies.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part One|68 pages

Overview

chapter 2|13 pages

A Snapshot

The State of Media Literacy Education in the United States

part Two|76 pages

Media Literacy, News, and Propaganda

chapter 5|17 pages

Focusing on Facts

Media and News Literacy Education in the Age of Misinformation

chapter 8|15 pages

Blame Attribution, Warrants and Critical Thinking

South Africa’s Overvaal Debacle as a Case Study

part Three|75 pages

Media Literacy and Education

chapter 10|22 pages

Media Literacy and Professional Education

Oil and Water?

chapter 11|19 pages

News Media Literacy in the Digital Age

A Measure of Need and Usefulness of a University Curriculum in Egypt

chapter 12|17 pages

The MOOC for Media Literacy

Examining Media Literacy Practices in a Massive Open Online Course

chapter 13|15 pages

A Model for Media Literacy Across a Lifespan

Wisdom from Pedagogical Pilots

part Four|69 pages

Media Literacy and Social Action