“That It Was Made by People Our Age Is Better”: Exploring the Role of Media Literacy in Transcultural Communication

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-40

  Zaslow, Emilie ^a   Butler, Allison ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active audience; Constructivism; International communication; Media education; Media literacy; Multiple literacies; Transcultural communication; Videocultures; Youth and popular culture; Youth communication; Youth video production

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949171380     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01956050209605557     Document Type: Article

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