Developing media literacy in cyberspace : pedagogy and critical learning for the twenty-first- century classroom / Julie D. Frechette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frechette, Julie D., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers and literacy.

Media literacy.

Mass media in education.

Internet in education.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By joining bodies of research in media theory, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy, Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace offers a vision of learning that values social empowerment over technical skills. An inquiry into the existence and range of models equipped to cultivate critical teaching and learning in the Internet-supported classroom, this new study argues that media literacy offers the best long-term training for today's youth to become experienced practitioners of 21st-century technology. Author Julie Frechette helps educators develop and provide concrete learning strategies that enable students to judge the validity and worth of what they see on the Internet as they strive to become critically autonomous in a technology-laden world. Part of this effort lies in developing a keen awareness of the institutional, political, and economic structure of the Internet as a means of communication that is increasingly marketing products and targeting advertisements toward youth. Values on the Internet are discussed constantly both by the major media and by the private sector, with little regard for the pervasive interests and authority of profitable industries staking out their territory in this new global village. Unlike other studies that provide a broad sociohistorical context for the development of theoretical uses of new technologies in the classroom, Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace lays the groundwork for establishing critical thinking skills that will serve students' interests as they navigate this vast and complicated cyberterritory.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Reconceptualizing Learning for the Cyber-Classroom 1

2 The Political Economy of Cyber-Media 13

3 Moving Beyond Literacy Theory 23

4 Easy Solutions for Complex Problems: Internet

Restrictions and Resources 43

5 The Limits and Benefits of Technology Initiatives in Massachusetts Schools 57

6 Empowerment over Censorship: Using Media Literacy in Cyberspace 75

Conclusion 117

Appendix A 1998-1999 Massachusetts Lighthouse

Technology Grants: Project Summaries 123

Appendix B Bloom's Cognitive Domain of the Taxonomy of

Educational Objectives 133.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-142) and index.

ISBN:

9798400639609

9786610423507

9781280423505

1280423501

9780313012358

0313012350

OCLC:

614683748