Media literacy - A national priority for a changing world

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-29

  Thoman, Elizabeth ^a,b   Jolls, Tessa ^a  

^a Center for Media Literacy   (United States)

^b Alliance for a Media Literate Amer ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Media; Media education; Media literacy; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544233477     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204267246     Document Type: Review

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