From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and
real-life perspectives, this book empowers young adult readers to be
independent media users.
The Media and Me is a joint production of The Censored Press and
Triangle Square Books for Young Readers.
During the recent presidential election, "media literacy" became a
buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to
democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that 8
to 18 year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into
each day by "media multitasking." Young people are not only eager and
interested to learn about and discuss the realities of media ownership,
production, and distribution, they also deserve to understand
differential power structures in how media influences our culture.
The Media and Me provides readers with the tools and perspectives to
be empowered and autonomous media users. The book explores critical
inquiry skills to help young people form a multidimensional
comprehension of what they read and watch, opportunities to see others
like them making change, and insight into their own identity projects.
By covering topics like storytelling, building arguments and recognizing
fallacies, surveillance and digital gatekeeping, advertising and
consumerism, and global social problems through a critical media
literacy lens, this book will help students evolve from passive
consumers of media to engaged critics and creators.
