Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction

Michael Hoechsmann

ISBN 10: 1405186100 / ISBN 13: 9781405186100

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2012

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Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book provides a much-needed guide to what it means to be literate in today s media-saturated environment. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405186100
• ISBN 13: 9781405186100
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century.  The book provides a much-needed guide to what it means to be literate in today’s media-saturated environment.

• Updates traditional models of media literacy by examining how digital media is utilized in today’s convergent culture
• Explores the history and emergence of media education, the digitally mediated lives of today’s youth, digital literacy, and critical citizenship
• Complete with sidebar commentary written by leading media researchers and educators spotlighting new research in the field and an annotated bibliography of key texts and resources

About the Author

Michael Hoechsmann is Associate Professor and Chair of Education Programs at Lakehead University, Orillia. He is co-author of Reading Youth Writing: ‘New' Literacies, Cultural Studies and Education (2008), and the former Director of Education of Young People's Press, a youth-oriented non-profit news service.

Stuart Poyntz is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and the former Director of Education at Pacific Cinémathèque, Western Canada's leading film institute. He has published articles in the Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, Sociology Compass, the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, the Canadian Journal of Education, Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, and various edited collections.