News literacy and democracy /
News Literacy and Democracy invites readers to go beyond surface-level fact checking and to examine the structures, institutions, practices, and routines that comprise news media systems. This introductory text underscores the importance of news literacy to democratic life and advances an argument t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | News Literacy and Democracy invites readers to go beyond surface-level fact checking and to examine the structures, institutions, practices, and routines that comprise news media systems. This introductory text underscores the importance of news literacy to democratic life and advances an argument that critical contexts regarding news media structures and institutions should be central to news literacy education. Under the larger umbrella of media literacy, a critical approach to news literacy seeks to examine the mediated construction of the social world and the processes and influences that allow some news messages to spread while others get left out. Drawing on research from a range of disciplines, including media studies, political economy, and social psychology, this book aims to inform and empower the citizens who rely on news media so they may more fully participate in democratic and civic life. The book is an essential read for undergraduate students of journalism and news literacy and will be of interest to scholars teaching and studying media literacy, political economy, media sociology, and political psychology. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429460227 0429460228 0429863063 9780429863059 0429863055 9780429863073 0429863071 9780429863066 |