Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace: Pedagogy and Critical Learning for the Twenty-First-Century Classroom
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...
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Combines recent communication and educational scholarship on telecommunications technology with theoretical visions and pragmatic possibilities for the Internet-supported classroom. Booknews In this age of electronic information overload, argues Frechette (communications, Worchester State College), the Internet-supported classroom must incorporate media literacy in order to help students become critical citizens. Rather than having online information blocked or filtered from them, she says, students need an empowerment approach that will enable them to analyze, evaluate, and judge the formation they receive. She points out that such training will prepare them to resist the onslaught of advertising and marketing was well as to write coherent papers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Reconceptualizing Learning for the Cyber-Classroom12The Political Economy of Cyber-Media133Moving Beyond Literacy Theory234Easy Solutions for Complex Problems: Internet Restrictions and Resources435The Limits and Benefits of Technology Intiatives in Massachusetts Schools576Empowerment over Censorship: Using Media Literacy in Cyberspace75Conclusion117App. A1998-1999 Massachusetts Lighthouse Technology Grants: Project Summaries123App. BBloom's Cognitive Domain of the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives133References135Index143
\ BooknewsIn this age of electronic information overload, argues Frechette (communications, Worchester State College), the Internet-supported classroom must incorporate media literacy in order to help students become critical citizens. Rather than having online information blocked or filtered from them, she says, students need an empowerment approach that will enable them to analyze, evaluate, and judge the formation they receive. She points out that such training will prepare them to resist the onslaught of advertising and marketing was well as to write coherent papers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
