Theory of media literacy : a cognitive approach

Author/Creator:

Potter, W. James

Publication/Creation:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2004]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

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

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Media literacy

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Why do we need a theory of media literacy? -- Explicating the construct of media literacy -- Definitions and distinctions -- The media literacy model -- Foundational knowledge structures -- The personal locus -- Competencies and skills of media literacy -- The filtering task -- The meaning-matching task -- The meaning-construction task -- Traps in meaning construction -- Practices.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

990002987220302486

ISBN:

0761929517 (cloth)
0761929525 (pbk.)
9780761929512 (cloth)
9780761929529 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

53896574

Barcode:

010000888523