Making Media Matter

Critical Literacy, Popular Culture, and Creative Production
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-52434-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

This book is an essential resource for media educators working to promote critical thinking, creativity, and civic engagement through their teaching. Connecting theory and research with creative projects and analyses of pop culture, it models an integrated and practical approach to media education.

In order to prepare learners to successfully navigate rapid shifts in digital technology and popular culture, media educators in both secondary and university settings need to develop fresh, innovative approaches. Integrating concepts and practices from the fields of media studies, media arts, and media literacy, this book prepares teachers to help their students make connections between their studies, uses of media, creative expression, and political participation. As educators implement the strategies in this book in their curricula and pedagogy, they will be empowered to help their students more thoughtfully engage with media culture and use their intelligence and imagination to address pressing challenges facing our world today.

Making Media Matter is an engaging and accessible read for educators and scholars in the areas of media literacy, media and cultural studies, media arts, and communication studies.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, Postgraduate, and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thevenin, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1. Integrating Media Studies, Media Arts and Media Literacy Education, 2. Teaching and Learning in a New Media Age, 3. Processing Pop Culture, 4. Critically Engaging, 5. Authoring Identity, 6. Creating Community, 7. Celebrating Diversity, 8. Playing with Place, 9. Valuing the Arts Conclusion: Developing an Integrated Model for Media Engagement

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Thevenin is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts. His studies focus on the relationships between youth, media, and civic engagement; particularly, how we can better prepare young people to become thoughtful citizens, consumers, and creators of media. He teaches classes on creativity, children’s culture, emerging media, and media literacy.