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The definitive international reference on a topic of major and enduring importance.

Dynamic, multidisciplinary, and global in scope, media literacy is one of today’s fastest growing fields of applied communications. Media literacy encompasses a truly vast range of issues, including participatory culture, digital learning, civic engagement, the impact of media on children, the sociocultural and political dimensions of literacy education, the role of media in shaping social identity, activism, digital teaching and learning, the role of media in shaping health behavior, the impact of news on society, and adolescent development, to name just a few. The first of its kind in ambition and scope, The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy provides global coverage of this dynamic and swiftly moving topic. As wide ranging and inclusive as the subject it treats, this encyclopedia offers a perspective on the past, present and future of media literacy around the world.

• Defines the vocabulary and key concepts that engendered the field and have shaped its trajectory over the past half-century

• Co-edited by the foremost names in Media Literacy and features contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners in the field

• Organized around the major subject areas of media literacy history and theoretical foundations; community, democracy, and policy; identity and health; the news; media effects, children, family, and youth; literacy, technology, and education; digital media and learning

The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy is an indispensable reference for students, teachers, scholars and practitioners of media literacy from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. It will also be of value to people in a wide array of professions and academic disciplines, including sociology, media studies, cultural studies, journalism, social media, educational and developmental psychology, and more.

這是一本重要且大家會持續關注的權威國際議題。

媒體素養是當今應用傳播學中增長最快的領域之一，它是一個具有動態、多學科和全球視野的領域。媒體素養涵蓋了一系列廣泛的問題，包括參與性文化、數位學習、公民參與、媒體對兒童的影響、識字教育的社會文化和政治維度、媒體在塑造社會身份、活動主義、數位教學和學習、媒體在塑造健康行為方面的作用、新聞對社會的影響和青少年發展等等。作為野心和視野的首次嘗試，國際媒體素養百科全書提供了全球範圍內對這個動態和快速發展的話題的覆蓋。正如它所涵蓋的主題一樣廣泛和包容，這部百科全書提供了關於全球媒體素養的過去、現在和未來的觀點。

定義了詞彙和關鍵概念，這些概念在過去的半個世紀中引領了該領域的發展方向。

由媒體素養領域的最高權威聯合編輯，並收錄了該領域領先的國際學者和實踐者的貢獻。

圍繞媒體素養的歷史和理論基礎、社區、民主和政策、身份和健康、新聞、媒體效應、兒童、家庭和青少年、識字、技術和教育、數位媒體和學習等主要主題進行組織。

《國際媒體素養百科全書》是一本不可或缺的參考資料，適合來自不同背景和生活經驗的媒體素養學生、教師、學者和從業人員使用。它也將對各種職業和學術領域的人有價值，包括社會學、媒體研究、文化研究、新聞學、社交媒體、教育和發展心理學等。