Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment

<p>This book, part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, education, social/environmental justice, and civic engagement. </p><p>The field of media literacy continues to undergo changes and challenges as audiences are reconceptualized and reconfigured, media industries are transformed and replaced, and the production of media texts is available to anyone with a smartphone. The book provides an overview of these. It offers readers specific examples and recommendations to help others as they develop their own teaching and research agendas. </p><p>Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students studying media literacy through the lens of broadcasting, communication studies, media and cultural studies, film, and digital media studies.</p> <p>Part One: OVERVIEW</p><ol> <p> </p> <li>Global Perspectives on Media Literacy</li> <p>Belinha S. De Abreu, Sacred Heart University/UNESCO---The Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL)</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>A <i>Snapshot</i>: The State of Media Literacy Education in the U.S.</li> <p>Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Executive Director, National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) </p> <p>Sherri Hope Culver, Associate Professor and Director of the <i>Center for Media and Information Literacy</i>, Temple University </p> <p>Theresa Redmond, Appalachian State University</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Media Literacy in the Age of Big Data </li> <p>Kathleen Tyner, University of Texas-Austin </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Four Fundamental Challenges in Designing Media Literacy Interventions </li> <p>W. James Potter, University of California-Santa Barbara </p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>Part Two: MEDIA LITERACY, NEWS AND PROPAGANDA</p> <p> </p> <li>Focusing on Facts: Media and News Literacy Education in the Age of Misinformation</li> <p>Jennifer Fleming and Christopher Karadjov, California State University, Long Beach</p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Propaganda Critic, Russian Disinformation, and Media Literacy: A Case Study</li> <p>Aaron Delwiche and Mary Margaret Herring, Trinity University </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>The Imperative of Latino-Oriented News & Media Literacy</li> <p>Federico Subervi-Vélez, Honorary Latin-American Professor, </p> <p>University of Wisconsin-Madison</p> <p>Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno, Loyola University</p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <li>Blame Attribution, Warrants and Critical Thinking: </li> <p>South Africa’s Overvaal Debacle as a Case Study</p> <p>Marthinus Conradie, University of the Free State</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Media Literacy and a Typology of Political Deceptions</li> <p>Robert N. Spicer, Millersville University </p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>Part Three: MEDIA LITERACY AND EDUCATION</p> <p> </p> <li>Professional Education and Media Literacy: Oil and Water?</li> <p>William G. Christ, Trinity University </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>News Media Literacy in the Digital Age: A Measure of Need and Usefulness of a University Curriculum in Egypt </li> <p>Rasha Allam and Salma El Ghetany, American University in Cairo </p> <p> </p> <li><b>The MOOC for Media Literacy: Examining Media Literacy Practices in a Massive Open Online Course</b></li> <p>Kristy Roschke, Arizona State University </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>A Model for Media Literacy Across a Lifespan: Wisdom from Pedagogical Pilots </li> <p>George L. Daniels, University of Alabama </p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>Part Four: MEDIA LITERACY AND SOCIAL ACTION</p> <p> </p> <li>Civic Standpoint and the pursuit of Media Literacies</li> <p>Paul Mihailidis, Moses Shumow, Emerson College and Christopher Harris, Nevada State College</p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <li>The Colombian Freedom of Information Act: Using Media Literacy to Understand and Implement the Law</li> <p>Paula Perez, Jairo Becerra, Universidad Católica de Colombia, and Julian Rodriguez, University of Texas-Arlington</p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <li>The Literacies of Participatory Cultures</li> <p>Jennifer J. Henderson, Trinity University</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Civic Engagement, Social Justice, and Media Literacy</li> <p>Srividya "Srivi" Ramasubramanian and Ramin Chaboki Darzabi, Texas A&M University</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Critical Media Literacy and Environmental Justice</li> </ol><p>Jeff Share, University of California-Los Angeles</p>