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At the forefront in its field, this Handbook examines the theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical and methodological development of media literacy education and research around the world. Building on traditional media literacy frameworks in critical analysis, evaluation, and assessment, it incorporates new literacies emerging around connective technologies, mobile platforms, and social networks. A global perspective rather than a Western-centric point of view is explicitly highlighted, with contributors from all continents, to show the empirical research being done at the intersection of media, education, and engagement in daily life. Structured around five themes-Educational Interventions; Safeguarding/Data and Online Privacy; Engagement in Civic Life; Media, Creativity and Production; Digital Media Literacy-the volume as a whole emphasizes the competencies needed to engage in meaningful participation in digital culture.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Arc of Research and Central Issues in Media Literacy Education
Belinha S. De Abreu, Paul Mihailidis, Alice Y.L. Lee, Jad Melki, Julian McDougall
Part I: Educational Interventions
Lead Editor: Alice Y.L. Lee
Chapter 2: Revisiting the Popular Arts: Media Education, Cultural Values and Cultural Production
Andrew Burn
Chapter 3: Media Literacy in Latin America: The Argentine Experience
Roxana Morduchowicz
Chapter 4: The Challenge of Media Literacy Education in Thailand
Nonthasruang Kleebpung
Chapter 5: Approaches to Teacher Professional Development in Digital and Media Literacy Education
Renee Hobbs
Chapter 6: Media Literacy Approaches for Improving Youth and Family Health
Erica Weintraub Austin, Davi Israel Kallman, and Michelle Kistler
Part II: Safeguarding/Data and On-line Privacy
Lead Editor: Belinha S. De Abreu
Chapter 7: Ensuring Young People's Digital Privacy as a Fundamental Right
Kathryn C. Montgomery, Jeff Chester, and Tijana Milosevic
Chapter 8: Surveillance in the Digital Age: Methods, Opportunities and Threats
Göran Pulkkis
Chapter 9: 'Cosmology Episode' of Cybercrime Against Children in MENA: The Case of Egypt
Ibrahim Saleh
Chapter 10: Use of Online Social Networks (OSNs) by Youngsters, Teachers, and Parents: Perceptions of Risk and Opportunities
Vitor Tomé
Chapter 11: Digital Citizenship Education: Moving Beyond Personal Responsibility
Kristen Mattson and Marialice B.F.X. Curran
Part III: Engagement in Civic Life
Lead Editor: Paul Mihailidis
Chapter 12: Remediating Democracy: Participatory Youth Media Scenes, Cultural Friction, and Media Reform
Stuart R. Poyntz
Chapter 13: Remix Politics: Political Remix as an Analytic Framework for Critical Media Literacy
Benjamin Thevenin
Chapter 14: Are We Citizen Scientists, Citizen Sensors or Something Else Entirely? Popular Sensing and Citizenship for the Internet of Things
Catherine D'Ignazio and Ethan Zuckerman
Chapter 15: Civic Deliberation and Engagement in a Weak Democracy: The Potential of the Digital Space in Mexico
Manuel Alejandro Guerrero
Chapter 16: Searching for a Signal: Digital Literacy, Civic Engagement, and the Building of a Community Wi-Fi Network in Miami's Urban Core
Moses Shumow
Part IV: Media, Creativity and Production
Lead Editor: Julian McDougall
Chapter 17: Towards 'Creative Media Literacy'
Steve Connolly and Mark Readman
Chapter 18: Integrating Key Cultural Ideas into Digital Media Literacy Production: Two Classroom-Based Case Studies
Natalie Underberg-Goode
Chapter 19: Back to the Drawing Board: Making Comics, Making Media Literacy
Antonio López
Chapter 20: Media Enterprise Education: Professional Practices and Everyday Creativity
Daniel Ashton
Chapter 21: The Pedagogical Challenge in Media Practice: Craft Education and the 'Entrepreneurial' Paradigm
Jo Royle and Thinus Mattee
Part V: Digital Media Literacy
Lead Editor: Jad Melki
Chapter 22: How Communities Manage the Media Landscape in an Era of Information Obesity
Andrew Whitworth
Chapter 23: From "Being Tethered" to "Going Unplugged": Media Addiction and the Role of Unplugging as a Transformative Tool of Digital Literacy
Roman Gerodimos
Chapter 24: Meta-Digital-Communication: Digital Media Literacy and the Family
Yasmine Dabbous and Khaled Nasser
Chapter 25: Digital Media Literacy in Conflicts: The Increasing Role of Social Media in South Sudan
Anke Fiedler and Stephen Kovats
Chapter 26: The Digital Public Sphere: Social Media as Social and Political Participation
Saba Bebawi
About the author
Belinha S. De Abreu is Lecturer, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, School of Communication and Media Arts, and Vice-President of the National Telemedia Council, USA.
Paul Mihailidis is Associate Professor, School of Communication and Co-Director of The Engagement Lab, Emerson College, USA, and Director of the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change.
Alice Y.L. Lee is Professor and Head, Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
Jad Melki is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and Chairperson of the Department of Communication Arts at the Lebanese American University and the Director of the Institute of Media Research and Training, Lebanon.
Julian McDougall is Professor in Media and Education and Director: Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, The Media School, Bournemouth University, UK.
