[Commlist] New book: The Media Education Manifesto

New book:


*The Media Education Manifesto
By David Buckingham

*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 education. He outlines its key aims and principles, and 
explores how it can and should be updated to take account of the 
changing media environment.

Concise, authoritative and forcefully argued, /The Media Education 
Manifesto/ is essential reading for anyone involved in media and 
education, from scholars and practitioners to students and their parents.
*
David Buckingham* is Emeritus Professor of Media and Communication at 
Loughborough University and Visiting Professor at King’s College London.
*

*‘With his characteristic clarity and wisdom, David Buckingham skilfully 
guides media teachers, students and researchers towards a critical media 
education suitable for digital times.’
*David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds
*
‘Buckingham positions media education as an expanded conceptualization 
of literacy and explains how it is essential for the ever-changing 
digital worlds we now inhabit.’
*Renee Hobbs, University of Rhode Island
*

Published by Polity Press. Can be purchased from the publisher’s website 
at https://bit.ly/2WdSzq8, or from The Evil Empire. Buy it now. You have 
nothing to lose but your chains. And ten quid.


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