Dictionary of Media Literacy

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The ^IDictionary of Media Literacy^R is a reference work that contains key concepts, terms, organizations, issues, and individuals of note related to the field of media literacy. Media literacy is an international movement, with many countries developing media literacy programs. This work significantly contributes to the study and understanding of this new and evolving field. In that we all live in a world in which we are inundated by information conveyed through the channels of mass commmunication, this dictionary will be a resource for scholars, students, and individuals seeking to understand information delivered in this context.

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This compendium of organizations, notable people, and concepts in the emerging field of media literacy is international in scope and serves as a guide to this burgeoning discipline.... Recommended for college and university collections in communications, law, journalism, media, and international communications.-Choice
"This compendium of organizations, notable people, and concepts in the emerging field of media literacy is international in scope and serves as a guide to this burgeoning discipline.... Recommended for college and university collections in communications, law, journalism, media, and international communications."-Choice

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ART SILVERBLATT is Professor and chairperson of the Department of Communications and Journalism at Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages (Praeger, 1995). ELLEN M. ENRIGHT ELICEIRI is Head Reference Librarian and Head of Public Services for Eden-Webster Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri.