News Literacy and Democracy
Ashley, Seth
News Literacy and Democracy - Taylor & Francis 2020 - 1 electronic resource (218 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9780429460227 9780429863073 9780429460227 9781138625051 9781138625068
10.4324/9780429460227 doi
Press & journalism
Media studies
Literacy
critical reading fake news informed consumption media literacy news and democracy news literacy news media systems political communication political economy of news
News Literacy and Democracy - Taylor & Francis 2020 - 1 electronic resource (218 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9780429460227 9780429863073 9780429460227 9781138625051 9781138625068
10.4324/9780429460227 doi
Press & journalism
Media studies
Literacy
critical reading fake news informed consumption media literacy news and democracy news literacy news media systems political communication political economy of news