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News media literacy challenges and opportunities for Australian school students and teachers in the age of platforms
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Nettlefold, J and Williams, K, News media literacy challenges and opportunities for Australian school students and teachers in the age of platforms, Journal of Media Literacy Education, 13, (1) pp. 28-40. ISSN 2167-8715 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright: © 2021 Author(s). This is an open access, peer-reviewed article published by Bepress and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.) License, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
DOI: doi:10.23860/JMLE-2021-13-1-3
Abstract
News media literacy competencies and motivation in teachers are critical to media education initiatives. This article draws on a survey of 97 primary and secondary school teachers conducted as part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and University of Tasmania’s national Media Literacy Project in 2018. The data reveals challenges in the implementation of media literacy in classrooms, highlighting a generational divide linked to Australians’ rising consumption of news from digital sources and social media platforms. While teachers overwhelmingly say critical thinking about media is very important for students, nearly a quarter of these teachers are not engaging with news stories in the classroom. The data suggests responses require new resources, a review of teacher training, curriculum support, wider community collaboration and further research in the field.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | media literacy, news literacy, media literacy curriculum, media education |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture |
| UTAS Author: | Nettlefold, J (Dr Jocelyn Nettlefold) |
| UTAS Author: | Williams, K (Dr Kathleen Williams) |
| ID Code: | 144431 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Media |
| Deposited On: | 2021-05-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-11-18 |
| Downloads: | 10 View Download Statistics |
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