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In this media-saturated world, we must learn how to navigate through the overwhelming flood of information so that we can avoid the risks and maximize its potential to help us. Media Literacy shows you how. Drawing from thousands of media research studies, author W. James Potter explores the key com...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potter, W. James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, [2021].
Edition:Tenth edition.
Subjects:
Media literacy.
Table of Contents:
  • Why increase media literacy?
  • Media literacy approach
  • Broadening our perspective on media effects
  • Hoe does the media effects process work?
  • Development of the mass media industries
  • Economic perspective
  • Audience. Industry perspective
  • Audience. Individual perspective
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Competitive experiences
  • Social networking experiences
  • Acquisition experiences
  • Helping yourself and others to increase media literacy
  • Ownership of media
  • Sports
  • Media violence
  • Privacy.