| Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America Contributor(s): Z. Goering, Christian (Editor), L. Thomas, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004365354 ISBN-13: 9789004365353 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $46.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education - Social Science | Media Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 2017060422 |
| Series: Critical Media Literacies |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.55 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner 2019 Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies Research This edited collection is not a response to the 2016 United States Presidential Election so much as it is a response to the issues highlighted through that single event and since when incredibly smart, sophisticated, and intelligent members of our society were confused by misinformation campaigns. While media literacy and critical media literacy are ideas with long histories in formal education, including K-12 students and higher education, the need for increased attention to these issues has never reached a flash point like the present. The essays collected here are confrontations of post-truth, fake news, mainstream media, and traditional approaches to formal schooling. But there are no simple answers or quick fixes. Critical media literacy, we argue here, may well be the only thing between a free people and their freedom. |