1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826019403321

Autore

Potter W. James

Titolo

Theory of media literacy : a cognitive approach / / W. James Potter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-322-42010-6

1-4833-2888-0

1-4522-4540-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 306 p.) : ill

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 (p. 265-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Background; Chapter 1 - Why Do We Need a Theory of Media Literacy; Chapter 2 - Explicating the Construct of Media Literacy; Part II - Introducing the Theory; Chapter 3 - Definitions and Distinctions; Chapter 4 - The Media Literacy Model; Chapter 5 - The Foundational Knowledge Structures; Chapter 6 - The Personal Locus; Chapter 7 - Competencies and Skills of Media Literacy; Part III - Information Processing; Chapter 8 - The Filtering Task; Chapter 9 - The Meaning-Matching Task; Chapter 10 - The Meaning-Construction Task

Chapter 11 - Traps in Meaning ConstructionPart IV - Practices; Chapter 12 - Practices; Appendix A: Definitions of Literacy; Appendix B: Purpose of Media Literacy; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Media literacy is a topic of increasing interest, especially to educators. W. James Potter offers the first comprehensive assessment of this subject.