Global Trends in Media Education: Policies and Practices (International Association for Media and Communication Research

by Tony Lavender (Editor)

Selecting contributions from four conferences sponsored by the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Lavender (information systems, U. of Minho, Portugal), Tufte (children, media, and consumption, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark), and Lemish (communication, Tel-Aviv U., Israel) present ten papers exploring recent trends in media education. Chapters discuss media education courses content, multi- and cross-curricular activities, the use of television in schools, the development of television literacy in kindergarteners, cultural studies approaches to media education, and other topics. The authors represent nine countries and five continents. Annotation 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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