Student Well-Being and Critical Media Literacy

How Student Voices Shape Our Digital Futures
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-39269-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 117 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Through a comprehensive study on critical digital literacy in the University of California system, this research investigates how social media impacts students' mental and emotional health, what tools instructors of critical media literacy are using that work for students, and how instructors can better develop pedagogical strategies that prioritize well-being and critical media literacy together. By employing a mixed-methods approach, including a large survey across several campuses and detailed case studies, the findings revealed a variety of curricula, pedagogies, and perspectives on teaching and learning digital literacy. This book will discuss how a well-defined classroom could lead to positive views on social media along with the tools to take critical media literacy (CML) outside the classroom space, suggestions for systematic change in the UC system, and activities design with a student-centered learning approach that instructors can use to form curricula that center well-being and CML together with students.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharkey, Sydney

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Digital Minds and Critical Media Literacy Courses.- Chapter 2. Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking Through Media Literacy and Well-Being.- Chapter 3. Analyzing a Model Classes and Introducing Conceptual Tools for Systematic Change.- Chapter 4. Cultivating Well-Being and Building Curricula.- Chapter 5. Charting the Future of Critical Media Literacy.

Über Autor(innen)

Sydney Sharkey is a current lecturer at San Diego State University, USA, in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies department. Her research focuses on education and digital rhetoric with an emphasis on well-being. She spends her time developing classroom skills centered around critical pedagogy and creating curricula that deal with digital rhetoric in conversation with well-being. As she continues to grow as an educator, Sharkey has become increasingly more passionate about the education system and ways in which to engage students to help them succeed not only academically, but in life as well.