Media literacy and television criticism: Enabling an informed and engaged citizenry

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-228

  Vande Berg, Leah R ^a   Wenner, Lawrence A ^b   Gronbeck, Bruce E ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Media criticism; Media literacy; Public sphere; Television criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644330997     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204267266     Document Type: Review

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