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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693501803321

Autore

Silverblatt Art

Titolo

Media literacy : keys to interpreting media messages / / Art Silverblatt [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

979-82-16-11615-8

1-4408-3092-4

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Media literacy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction to Media Literacy; PART 2: KEYS TO INTERPRETING MEDIA MESSAGES; 2. Process; 3. Historical Context; 4. Cultural Context; 5. Structure; 6. Framework; 7. Production Elements; Worksheet: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages; PART 3: MEDIA FORMATS; 8. Journalism; 9. Advertising; 10. American Political Communications; 11. Digital Media Communications; PART 4: ISSUES AND OUTCOMES; 12. Issues in Media Communications; 13. Outcomes; Suggested Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O

PQ; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Covering print, photography, film, radio, television, and new media, this textbook instructs readers on how to take a critical approach to media and interpret the information overload that is disseminated via mass communication.