Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe

<p><em>Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe </em>explores the current tensions in European countries as they attempt to tackle the transition to the digital age providing a comparative and cross-cultural analysis of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) across Europe.</p><p>This book takes a long-term perspective over the development of media education in Europe and includes an appraisal of media information computer and digital literacies as they coalesce and diverge in the public debate over twenty-first-century skills. The contributors assess the various definitions of media and information literacy as a composite notion whose evolution as a cross-cultural phenomenon reveals various trends and influences in Europe. Throughout this volume offers an in-depth coverage of MIL with all the different dimensions of policy-making from legal frameworks to training funding evaluation and good practices. The authors propose modeling current MIL governance trends in Europe and conclude with a call for alternative and collective frames of research that they hope will influence policy-makers and other stakeholders especially in terms of MIL governance.</p><p>This collection is ideal for students and researchers of MIL as well as policy makers educators and associations interested in MIL in the digital age.</p>