The What and Why of Media Literacy
By Luke Jacob, director of writing, communication and media literacy
At a time in which young people don’t just encounter the world through screens, they build their worlds on screens, formal education must involve the ability to analyze and evaluate media in a variety of forms. Our students must understand what it means to create media in healthy, thoughtful, responsible and ethical ways. Formal media literacy education is now one of the fastest-growing fields of study in colleges and universities and Pre-K–12 schools and districts.
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