Media Literacy Edition 5
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- Synopsis
- This is a textbook on media: where it reaches and why, who generates it, where its growth has taken us and its further pathways into our lives. The point is that it's a media-saturated world and that acquiring media literacy is possible, and also critical to both fending off the negative or even destructive consequences of media and finding the potential benefits of it. Organization of the text is around these major areas, with very detailed investigation within these: introductory definitions and discussion of the media literacy approach; audience; industry; content; effects; confronting the issues; personal strategy for increasing media literacy and helping others to do the same. Potter (media studies, University of California, Santa Barbara) has added new material on social media sites.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 466 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781412979450
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 01/20/12
- Copyrighted By:
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Textbooks, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.