The Media Education Manifesto

by David Buckingham

Book Overview

In the age of social media, fake news and data-driven capitalism, the need for critical understanding is more urgent than ever. Half-baked ideas about 'media literacy' will lead us nowhere: we need a comprehensive and coherent educational approach. We all need to think critically about how media work, how they represent the world, and how they are produced and used. In this manifesto, leading scholar David Buckingham makes a passionate case for media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509535888
• ISBN13: 9781509535880
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.4"