Media Literacy: New Agendas in Communication

by Tyner; Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780415872218
• ISBN10: 0415872219
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume explores how educators can leverage student proficiency with new literacies for learning in formal and informal educational environments. It also investigates critical literacy practices that can best respond to the proliferation of new media in society. What sorts of media education are needed to deal with the rapid influx of intellectual and communication resources and how are media professionals, educational theorists, and literacy scholars helping youth understand the possibilities inherent in such an era? Offering contributions from scholars on the forefront of media literacy scholarhip, this volume provides valuable insights into the issues of literacy and the new forms of digital communication now being utilized in schools. It is required reading for media literacy scholars and students in communication, education, and media.

Author Biography

Kathleen Tyner is an assistant professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at The University of Texas at Austin. She is author, editor, producer, and co-editor of numerous books, articles, documentaries, and curricular materials related to literacy and new media, including Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the age of Information, A Closer Look: Youth Media, and the award-winning Scanning Television II. Professor Tyner conducts research and evaluation projects internationally about the uses of digital media for analysis and production in formal and informal learning environments.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: New agendas for Media Literacy	p. 1
Literacy in Action: Media Literacy in Community-Based Setting	p. 9
Young People, New Media, and Participatory design: A Study of Cybermohalla from India	p. 11
Digital Pathways to Learning Through Collaborative Media Prodution	p. 28
Views from the K-12 Classroom: Media Literacy in Formal Education	p. 51
Voices from the Trenches: Elementary School Teachers Speak about Implementing Media Literacy	p. 53
Thinking Inside the Classroom: Notes from the Field	p. 76
the Next Generation: Media Literacy in Higher Education	p. 99
Composing and Reflecting: Integrating Digital Video in Teacher Education	p. 101
"Truthiness" and Trust: News Media Literacy strategies in the Digital Age	p. 124
A Safety Net? Using New Technologies to Engage Education Students in Controversial Topics	p. 127
Beyond the Classroom: Media Literacy in Virtual environments	p. 173
Media Literacy 2.0: Unique Characteristics of Video Games	p. 175
New Media Literacies By Design: The game School	p. 192
Augmented Reality Gaming and Game Design as a New Literacy Practice	p. 209
Index	p. 233
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.