Introduction: Why Media Literacy and Why You 1. Using: How Your Time with Media Can Be More Intentional 2. Thinking: How to Protect Your Daily Allotment of Attention 3. Verifying: How to Find a Fact, and Know When You’ve Found One 4. Analyzing: How Media Messages Deliver Meaning through Content and Creativity 5. Creating: How to Create Messages with Purpose, Expression and Ethics 6. Spending: How the Big, Big Business of Media Affects You, and Where You Can Profit 7. Connecting: How Media Communicate Culture, and How Cultures Respond 8. Informing: How News Media Seek Truth, and Shape Reality 9. Protecting: How Technology Invades Your Privacy, and How to Protect It 10. Choosing: How to Curate Your Media Use to Positively Shape Your Sense of Self 11. Participating: How Technology Supports and Challenges Civic Engagement and Democracy.
Sue Ellen Christian is a professor of communication at Western Michigan University. She was the 2016 Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year and has received the highest honor for teaching from her institution. She is an award-winning former Chicago Tribune staff writer and the author of Overcoming Bias: A Journalist’s Guide to Culture and Context (Routledge).
"Everyday Media Literacy comes at a critical moment in the life of
the American mind; we've never had more facts at our disposal, and
we've never been more acutely aware of how wrong they can be. This
wonderful book, as contemplative as it is clear in its instruction,
offers insight into the overwhelming tide of choices and encourages
us to make our decisions mindfully. It is required reading for
students of the storytelling crafts. But it's also for anyone
seeking clarity and understanding of the world around them."
–Christi Parsons, senior editor, The Atlantic"Prof. Christian takes
on the critical issue of media literacy with an approach that is
clear, accessible and well-researched, and that considers the
subject from a global perspective. Everyday Media Literacy will
enable readers to navigate the contemporary chaos of misinformation
to distinguish fact from falsehood and become more engaged,
informed citizens." –Louise Kiernan, editor-in-chief, ProPublica
Illinois and faculty, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern
University
"Everyday Media Literacy comes at a critical moment in the life of
the American mind; we've never had more facts at our disposal, and
we've never been more acutely aware of how wrong they can be. This
wonderful book, as contemplative as it is clear in its instruction,
offers insight into the overwhelming tide of choices and encourages
us to make our decisions mindfully. It is required reading for
students of the storytelling crafts. But it's also for anyone
seeking clarity and understanding of the world around
them."–Christi Parsons, senior editor, The Atlantic"Researching
like the scholar she is and writing like the journalist she was,
Sue Ellen Christian has produced a perfect handbook for citizens in
an information (and disinformation) age: Readable, informative and
important."–Kathy Kiely, Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at
the Missouri School of Journalism"Prof. Christian takes on the
critical issue of media literacy with an approach that is clear,
accessible and well-researched, and that considers the subject from
a global perspective. Everyday Media Literacy will enable readers
to navigate the contemporary chaos of misinformation to distinguish
fact from falsehood and become more engaged, informed
citizens."–Louise Kiernan, editor-in-chief, ProPublica Illinois and
faculty, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern
University"This book is accessible, engaging and important. Read it
to regain control of the news as it affects you and to protect our
democracy. A lot of people are trying to twist the news. This book
straightens things out again."–Joe Grimm, editor-in-residence,
Michigan State University School of Journalism
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