Transnational media literacy: Analytic reflections on a program with Latina teens

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-285

  Vargas, Lucila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Cultural capital; Latinas; Media education; Media literacy; Teens

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646168462     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986305285823     Document Type: Article

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