The information we are exposed to each day is immense, due to a lower barrier to entry for media companies to deliver their messages, but also to the entry of non-professional media producers on social media. Anyone can have a Twitter or Instagram account, and anyone has the capability to grow their audience from nothing to millions of followers. How do these messages compare to the messages we get from our televisions? How have our smartphones changed the way we consume media? We clearly have an over-saturated marketplace for ideas, with too much information vying for our limited attention. Media Literacy is a critical skill students must learn to succeed in today's tech-driven, media-saturated society. As an experienced media literacy expert and professor, Nick Pernisco provides a well-researched guide for learning important critical thinking skills. This is a must-read for anyone interested in learning how to interpret the enormous amounts of information we are exposed to every day, both in traditional media and online. Includes index.
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