Everyday Media Literacy: An Analog Guide for Your Digital Life
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2024), xiii, 294 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-032-15661-3 (pbk); 978-1-003-24702-9 (ebook)
Other editions: 1st ed. 2019
"The textbook applies media literacy principles and critical thinking to the key issues facing young adults today, from analyzing and creating media messages to verifying information and understanding online privacy. rough discussion prompts, writing exercises, key terms, and links, readers are provided with a framework from which to critically consume and create media in their everyday lives. is new edition includes updates covering privacy aspects of AI, VR and the metaverse, and a new chapter on digital audiences, gaming, and the creative and often unpaid labor of social media and in uencers. Chapters examine news literacy, online activism, digital inequality, social media and identity, and global media corporations, giving readers a nuanced understanding of the key concepts at the core of media literacy. Concise, creative, and curated, this book highlights the cultural, political, and economic dynamics of media in contemporary society, and how consumers can mindfully navigate their daily media use." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Why Media Literacy and Why You, 1
1 Using: How Your Time with Media Can Be More Intentional, 5
2 Thinking: How to Protect Your Daily Allotment of Attention, 31
3 Verifying: How to Find a Fact, and Know When You’ve Found One, 50
4 Analyzing: How Media Messages Deliver Meaning through Content and Creativity, 73
5 Creating: How to Create Messages with Purpose, Expression and Ethics, 99
6 Spending: How the Big, Big Business of Media Affects You, and Where You Can Profit, 127
7 Connecting: How Media Communicate Culture, and How Cultures Respond, 147
8 Informing: How News Media Seek Truth, and Shape Reality, 165
9 Protecting: How Technology Invades Your Privacy, and How to Protect It, 186
10 Choosing: How to Curate Your Media Use to Positively Shape Your Sense of Self, 209
11 Participating: How Technology Supports and Challenges Civic Engagement and Democracy, 235
12 Participating: How Technology Supports and Challenges Civic Engagement and Democracy, 257
1 Using: How Your Time with Media Can Be More Intentional, 5
2 Thinking: How to Protect Your Daily Allotment of Attention, 31
3 Verifying: How to Find a Fact, and Know When You’ve Found One, 50
4 Analyzing: How Media Messages Deliver Meaning through Content and Creativity, 73
5 Creating: How to Create Messages with Purpose, Expression and Ethics, 99
6 Spending: How the Big, Big Business of Media Affects You, and Where You Can Profit, 127
7 Connecting: How Media Communicate Culture, and How Cultures Respond, 147
8 Informing: How News Media Seek Truth, and Shape Reality, 165
9 Protecting: How Technology Invades Your Privacy, and How to Protect It, 186
10 Choosing: How to Curate Your Media Use to Positively Shape Your Sense of Self, 209
11 Participating: How Technology Supports and Challenges Civic Engagement and Democracy, 235
12 Participating: How Technology Supports and Challenges Civic Engagement and Democracy, 257
