Media Literacy and the Teaching of Civics and Social Studies at the Dawn of the 21st Century

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-77

  Kubey, Robert ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civics; democracy; media literacy; social studies; television

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944447603     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204267252     Document Type: Article

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