| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Education in a competitive and globalizing world |
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Media and communications--technologies, policies and challenges |
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Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
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Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Media education : changing roles in changing times / CK Cheung and Aditi Dubey -- Media literacy in Canada : towards the resolution of the tensions in media education / Stephen Kline and Kym Stewart -- What is media literacy : a study of teachers' perceptions of media literacy education in Taiwan / Tzu-bin Lin and Meechai Orsuwan -- The challenges of media education in coercive societies : a case study of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) / Ibrahim Saleh -- The plight of media education and research in Arab higher education / Jad Melki -- Empowering active citizenship : assessing the outcomes of a media literacy course in a US university / Paul Mihailidis -- A study of media education in kindergartens in Hong Kong / CK Cheung -- From instruction to reflection : film in education in Sweden / Anne-Li Lindgren, Anna Sparrman, and Katarina Eriksson Barajas -- Texting : a way to learn maternal languages : a Portuguese case study / Ignacio Aguaded, Sandra Côrtes-Moreira, and Manuel Fandos -- Development of the film making program for junior high school students / Teiichia Nishioka, Kanae Suzuki, and Kazunori Onuki |
| Summary |
Today, people know what is happening around them through radio, television, newspapers and the like. With the advance of the telecommunication technology, people are now also familiar with the use of personal computers, the Internet and so on. The mass media is now regarded as essential for keeping people up to date with the world around them. In view of this, the innovation of a new curriculum, media education or the study of the mass media, has been recommended. This book examines the prevailing perspectives regarding media education in different countries around the world and what kinds of research is being conducted in the field of media education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheung, Chi-Kim, editor
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| LC no. |
2020676428 |
| ISBN |
9781622571017 |
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1622571010 |
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