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Article: Media literacy in journalism education curriculum.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Abstract
As a curricular initiative, media literacy presumes to go beyond base theoretical and ethical journalism courses by providing student-outcome, reflexive engagement that enables students to become active participants in an increasingly media-saturated society. In reviewing the current state of media literacy in higher education and hesitancies to its conceptualized benefits to higher education, some light can be shed as to why journalism departments have yet to fully acknowledge how media literacy can enhance their curriculum.
Introduction: media literacy and higher education
As a term, media literacy has mostly been applied to only K-12 ...