Research in media education / Chi-Kim Cheung, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheung, Chi-Kim.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Study and teaching--Evaluation.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

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 new 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.

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 Cortes-Moreira, and Manuel Fandos

Development of the film making program for junior high school students / Teiichia Nishioka, Kanae Suzuki, and Kazunori Onuki.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62257-101-0