Our society has become characterized by aggressive media. Information is constantly at our fingertips – whether it be through the books, newspapers, and magazines we read, the television we watch, the radio stations to which we listen, or the computers that connect us to the world in a matter of seconds. We can try to limit our media exposure, but it is impossible to avoid all media messages. As a result, we psychologically protect ourselves by automatically processing the media to which we are exposed. Theory of Media Literacy: A Cognitive Approach comprehensively explains how we absorb the flood of information in our media-saturated society and examines how we often construct faulty meanings from those messages. In this book, author W. James Potter enlightens readers on the tasks of information processing. By building on a foundation of principles about how humans think, Theory of Media Literacy examines decisions about filtering messages, standard schema to match meaning, and higher level skills to construct meaning. A central theme of Potter′s theory is the locus that governs the degree to which a person is media literate. The locus is enriched by developing skills as well as good knowledge structures on five topics: media effects, media content, media industries, real world parameters, and the self. Key FeaturesPresents the first social scientific theory of the process of media literacy Explores a broad range of literature on media literacy written during the past two decades Focuses on how the human mind works, especially in this mass media-saturated society Theory of Media Literacy is an essential resource to a wide audience within the media discipline. The book provides empirical researchers with direction to test the theory and extend our understanding of how the media affect individuals and society. Practitioners will find it helpful in developing strategies to achieve goals and, at the same time, avoid high risks of negative effects. In addition, new scholars will find it to be an excellent introduction to various media literacy research.
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Media literacy is a topic of interest, especially to educators. This book brings together the scattered work on media literacy.
I. Background
Chapter 1: Why Do We Need a Theory of Media Literacy?
Chapter 2: Explicating the Construct of Media Literacy
II. Introducing the Theory
Chapter 3: Definitions and Distinctions
Chapter 4: The Media Literacy Model
Chapter 5: The Foundational Knowledge Structures
Chapter 6: The Personal Locus
Chapter 7: Competencies and Skills of Media Literacy
III. Information Processing
Chapter 8: The Filtering Task
Chapter 9: The Meaning-Matching Task
Chapter 10: The Meaning-Construction Task
Chapter 11: Traps in Meaning Construction
IV. Practices
Chapter12: Practices
Appendices
References
Preface
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ISBN
9780761929512
Publisert
2004-06-24
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
570 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320
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