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Publication Date: 1992
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Media Literacy: An Educational Basic for the Information Age.
Cortes, Carlos E.
Education and Urban Society, v24 n4 p489-97 Aug 1992
School-based media provide information, help organize information and ideas, help create values and attitudes, help shape expectations, and provide models for action. Schools should continuously involve students in analyzing media message systems and help students develop critical thinking (including media literacy). (RLC)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems, Inner City, Literacy Education, Mass Media Role, Media Literacy, Technological Advancement, Urban Problems, Urban Schools, Urban Youth
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Language: English
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