Everyday Media Literacy : An Analog Guide for Your Digital Life
Department
Communication
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
In this graphic guide to media literacy, award-winning educator Sue Ellen Christian offers students an accessible, informed and lively look at how they can consume and create media intentionally and critically. The straight-talking textbook offers timely examples and relevant activities to equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to assess all media, including news and information. Through discussion prompts, writing exercises, key terms, online links and even origami, readers are provided with a framework from which to critically consume and create media in their everyday lives. Chapters examine news literacy, online activism, digital inequality, privacy, social media and identity, global media corporations and beyond, giving readers a nuanced understanding of the key concepts and concerns at the core of media literacy. Concise, creative and curated, this book highlights the cultural, political and economic dynamics of media in our contemporary society, and how consumers can mindfully navigate their daily media use. Everyday Media Literacy is perfect for students (and educators) of media literacy, journalism, education and media effects looking to build their understanding in an engaging way. Instructor slides and quizzes (with answers in bold) for this book are available through the Routledge Instructor Hub.
Call number in WMU's library
P94.M4 C57 2020 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
9780815386582
Publication Date
2020
Disciplines
Film and Media Studies
Citation for published book
Christian, Sue Ellen. Everyday Media Literacy : an Analog Guide for Your Digital Life. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Recommended Citation
Christian, Sue Ellen, "Everyday Media Literacy : An Analog Guide for Your Digital Life" (2020). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 828.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/828