Media literacy and its use as a method to encourage civic engagement

Comunicar

Volumn 20, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 73-80

  Culver, Sherri H ^a   Jacobson, Thomas ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Democracy; Information literacy; Media literacy; Participation; Social change; Youth media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874813221     PISSN: 11343478     EISSN: 19883293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3916/C39-2012-02-07     Document Type: Article

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