ABSTRACT
Media education for digital citizenship is predicated upon the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media content and communication in a variety of forms. While many media literacy approaches overemphasize the end-goal of accessing digital media content through the acquisition of various technology, software, apps and analytics, this book argues that the goals for comprehensive and critical digital literacy require grasping the means through which communication is created, deployed, used, and shared, regardless of which tools or platforms are used for meaning making and social interaction. Drawing upon the intersecting matrices of digital literacy and media literacy, the volume provides a framework for developing critical digital literacies by exploring the necessary skills and competencies for engaging students as citizens of the digital world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|40 pages
Self
chapter 2|18 pages
Shifting Identities Through Social Media
chapter 3|13 pages
Who's Tracking Me?
part II|58 pages
Social
chapter 4|20 pages
The New Technology Revolution
chapter 6|9 pages
Rectifying Social Inequalities Through Actionable Pathways
chapter 7|14 pages
Social Justice and LGBTQ Communities in the Digital Age
part III|54 pages
Local
chapter 10|14 pages
Encouraging Critical Thinking about Cyberbullying
part IV|62 pages
National
chapter 13|12 pages
Teaching Digital Literacy and Social Justice at the 1Hood Media Academy
chapter 15|15 pages
Humoring Youth into Political Engagement through The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
part V|54 pages
Global