Media Literacy: A civic imperative ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paul Mihailidis, PhDThe Engagement Lab @ Emerson
CollegeSalzburg Academy on Media and
Global Change
Media literacy, at times, can seem complicated.It involves:
interesting field mapping…
[broad] definitions….
“the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce both print and
electronic media” (Aspen Report 1993)
“Media literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, CREATE, and ACT
using all forms of communication.” (NAMLE)
The role of communication and media in the process of development should not be underestimated, nor the function of media as instruments for the citizen’s active participation in society. Political and educational systems need to recognize their obligations to promote in their citizens a critical understanding of the phenomena of communication.
(UNESCO, 1982).
And [lots of] core concepts…
Center for Media Literacy
NAMLE
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture
VoiceAgenc
yPower
LEZEM: a platform that seeks to actively engage the youth of Lebanon in the country’s civil life through art and engagement.
the ways people use new media in the first years of an emerging communication regime can influence the way those media end up being used and misused for decades to come. – Rheingold, Net Smart
“If we want to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms of connection, we have to take responsibility for shaping the tools we use to encounter the world” (Ethan Zuckerman, ReWire, 2013, 40).
Critical Engagement with Media
Critical Engagement with Society
Media Literacy is formative for the development and sustainability of
Civic Media
"the technologies, designs, and practices that produce and reproduce the sense of being in the world with others toward common good. (Gordon and Mihailidis, 2016, p. 2).”
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