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Teaching Current Events and Media Literacy: Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, and Active Citizenship
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LeCompte, Karon; Blevins, Brooke; Ray, Brandi – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate messages in a wide variety of forms. This understanding of literacy responds to the demands of civic and cultural involvement in an increasingly global and technologically advanced world. "Like literacy, in general, media literacy includes both receptive and…
Descriptors: Current Events, Media Literacy, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills