media literacy

Introduces readers to the media literacy skills needed to understand plagiarism. Includes a hands-on activity related to media literacy.

Presents a full-color textbook that teaches students media literacy skills that help them filter information, identify sources of bias, critically assess all types of media, and navigate a media world. Features vignettes, chapter timelines and summaries, infographics, term definitions on each page, and online resources.

This comprehensive resource covers everything student journalists need to know in a rapidly changing media landscape. Approachable and non-intimidating, this book features important concepts and examples from current school publications from around the country. Foremost, it teaches skills such as the fundamentals of good writing and the basics of newspaper layout and design. Also addressed, however, are topics that journalists are only now facing such as the responsibilities of citizen journalists, managing a news website, and digital security for reporters in the electronic age. This textbook is on the cutting edge in teaching students how to navigate this evolving field.

"Introduces readers to media, who creates it, and why. Straightforward text and clear photographs gives readers the tools needed to evaluate and understand all types of media. Includes a hands-on activity related to media literacy"--.

"Introduces readers to the media literacy skills needed to evaluate and understand advertisements. Includes a hands-on activity related to media literacy"--.

Discusses the importance of responsible reporting of the news and how the Internet and social media provide access to and interaction with what is going on in the world.

Explains how to incorporate media education into the secondary classroom, and includes various tools and vignettes.

Explains how to develop the skills of media literacy, offering information on how to analyze and evaluate the messages of entertainment, advertising, politics and government, and the news media.