A Local Lens on Global Media Literacy: Teaching Media and the Arab World

Autor/in	Schmoll, Katharina
Titel	A Local Lens on Global Media Literacy: Teaching Media and the Arab World
Quelle	In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 13 (2021) 3, S.62-74 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2167-8715
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Media Literacy; Arabs; Cultural Differences; Skill Development; Influences; Activism; Females; War; Conflict; Foreign Countries; Cultural Awareness; Power Structure; Islamic Culture; Television; Internet; Social Media; Films; Higher Education; Middle East + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Arab; Araber; Kultureller Unterschied; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Weibliches Geschlecht; Krieg; Konflikt; Ausland; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Islam; Kultur; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Soziale Medien; Film; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Vorderasien
Abstract	The globalization and transnationalization of media use have facilitated access to voices from the Arab world. Students and teachers in Western higher education can make use of these voices within and outside the classroom to enhance students' knowledge of the region and challenge Eurocentric imaginations of the 'Other'. Yet to ensure students engage with these Arab sources in a meaningful way, media literacy is key. Drawing on and challenging a framework of global critical media literacy, this article argues that media literacy is grounded in time and space, meaning an effective teaching of global media literacy skills supposes an awareness of local media and power systems as well as communication cultures, and willingness to scrutinize one's own Eurocentric positionalities. In this endeavor, this article proposes to teach global media literacy the local way, here, pertaining to the Arab world through three distinct media case studies: influencers; women's activism; war and conflict. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association for Media Literacy Education. 10 Laurel Hill Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Tel: 888-775-2652; e-mail: editor@jmle.org; Web site: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01