Journal article
Mapping media literacy impact in the US: a review of literature and call for equity
Annals of the International Communication Association, Vol.48(4), pp.336-357
10/2024
DOI: 10.1080/23808985.2024.2354357
Abstract
While media literacy has grown to encompass many topics to provide learners with the skills required to be active citizens and savvy media consumers, there is no clear conceptual framework to define 'impact.' This review of literature aims to understand how recent U.S.-based media literacy scholarship defines impact. We analyzed 300 articles published from 2010 to 2020 on the impact of media literacy initiatives in the U.S. We propose the 6 E's as a framework that captures six categories that media literacy researchers use to describe the impact of media literacy interventions: Evaluation Outcomes, Enquiry, Expression, Experiential Learning, Engaged Citizenship, and Equity. We argue for a need to center equity and community-level outcomes in definitions of media literacy impact.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mapping media literacy impact in the US: a review of literature and call for equity
- Creators
- Shannon Burth - Syracuse UniversityEmily Riewestahl - Syracuse UniversitySrividya Ramasubramanian - Syracuse UniversityBobbie Foster - University of Arkansas at FayettevillePatrick R. Johnson - Marquette UniversityPaul Mihailidis - Emerson CollegeMelissa Tully - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of the International Communication Association, Vol.48(4), pp.336-357
- DOI
- 10.1080/23808985.2024.2354357
- ISSN
- 2380-8985
- eISSN
- 2380-8977
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- National Association for Media Literacy Education
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/25/2024
- Date published
- 10/2024
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984634947402771
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