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Media Literacy In Public Education: A Mixed-Method Exploration, Jessica Wyers
Media Literacy In Public Education: A Mixed-Method Exploration, Jessica Wyers
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
You have to know where you are to know where you’re going. This is the approach I attempt to take to understand next steps in media literacy education and policy. Little research has been done to understand the current state of media literacy education, what is actually happening in the classrooms and education system, to better judge more intentional interventions in the future.
This dissertation explores the current issues in media literacy education in our public schools. I combine the strengths of a qualitative investigation of published public school media literacy curricula with survey data measuring the perceptions of students’ …