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https://hdl.handle.net/2077/22006
2024-03-28T13:57:46ZDOES MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Reflections from a Nordic Horizon
https://hdl.handle.net/2077/70135
DOES MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Reflections from a Nordic Horizon
Carlsson, Ulla
HONORARY DOCTORATE LECTURE, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION,
MEDIA AND THEATRE, TAMPERE UNIVERSITY, 4 JUNE 2014
2014-06-04T00:00:00ZMedia Literacy Education - A discussion about Media education in the Western countries, Europe and Sweden
https://hdl.handle.net/2077/22007
Media Literacy Education - A discussion about Media education in the Western countries, Europe and Sweden
Oxstrand, Barbro
Media Education is perhaps even more important today as more and more students have practical
access to a variety of media both at home and in school. There is a need to develop new skills and
competencies that allow users and consumers “information literate”. Media literacy has tended to
focus on cultural expressions and has a critical dimension that information skills are lacking. Recently,
however, information literacy has become increasingly linked to issues of democracy and active
citizenship. In late 2000-century the concepts often migrate internationally and education for all media
now subsumed under the name Media (Literacy) Education. The media and information literacy are
increasingly linked to issues of democracy and participatory citizenship. Media and information
literacy has come to the fore, and are fundamental parts of the work to achieve a media and
information society capable of promoting a professional, sustainable society.
The paper is written as a brief integrative literature review. The core aim is to find a common line in
what goal with this education could be. The text describes what research, policy documents and
various media organizations consider to be the core goals of Media Literacy education, and these goals
are reported both in the running text and in different tables. The paper concludes with practical advices
on the critical media education, and with suggestions for further research.
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