Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe - 9781138644366

Name: Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe - 9781138644366
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in EuropeCross-Country Comparisons\nAuthor(s): Divina Frau-Meigs, Irma Velez, Julieta Flores Michel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138644366, 978-1138644366\nSynopsis\nPublic Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe explores the current tensions in European countries as they attempt to tackle the transition to the digital age, providing a comparative and cross-cultural analysis of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) across Europe.\n\nThis book takes a long-term perspective over the development of media education in Europe, and includes an appraisal of media, information, computer and digital literacies as they coalesce and diverge in the public debate over twenty-first-century skills. The contributors assess the various definitions of media and information literacy as a composite notion whose evolution as a cross-cultural phenomenon reveals various .