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Providing context, reflection points, and ready-to-use lesson plans, this powerful book illuminates the intersections of social justice and media literacy for educators, school and public librarians, teachers of history and civics, information literacy instructors, and community leaders. The corrosive effects of today’s relentless tide of media are pernicious. We are conditioned in many ways by our media environments to accept and not question, making it crucial that young people master the skills necessary to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. De Abreu and her fellow contributors propose that a key solution to our society’s crisis of misinformation, misrepresentation, and misunderstanding lies in melding social justice aims with media literacy concepts and skills.

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"""The importance of teaching media literacy cannot be denied. Compound media literacy with social justice and instruction becomes essential. De Abreu has proven herself a knowledgeable contributor and leader in the conversation ... A shining highlight of the text is the sheer number of resources in the appendices, which include both social justice and media literacy organizations, books, films, television, and music, along with information about two projects: Critical Media Project and Critical Literacy Project RoundTables. All of these sources could be a jumping off point for instruction for librarians and educators alike at all levels of teaching."" -- Public Services Quarterly"

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Belinha S. De Abreu, PhD. is a global media literacy educator and served as an international expert to the Forum on Media & Information Literacy for UNESCO's Communication & Information Section. Her research interests include media and information literacy education, educational technology, global perspectives, critical thinking, privacy & big data, young adults, and teacher training. Dr. De Abreu is the founder of the International Media Literacy Research Symposium which has been held in the USA and Portugal and the World Media Literacy Forum. She serves as the President of the International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML) formerly known as National Telemedia Council (NTC). IC4ML also produces The Journal of Media Literacy. Her other publications include Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy. She is also the recipient of the 2021 National Association for Media Literacy Education Research Award.

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