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literacy: understanding media and how they work
- Type
- Article
- Author
- Renee Hobbs
- Year
- 2010
- Publisher
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International Journal
of Media and Cultural Politics 6(2): 235-241, p. 236. - DOI/Link
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- Abstract
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It has been said that defining media literacy is like the tale of
the blind men and the elephant, where each sense a small part
of the giant beast and argue about its characteristics and form.213
The variety of global education systems and the rapid changes
in mass media, popular culture and digital media contribute to
differences in understanding and opinions among experts, which
is to be expected; indeed, is likely that the precise definition of
media lit - Keywords
- Understanding Media and Information Literacy
- Format
- English