Paul Mihailidis

Civic Media Literacies

Re-Imagining Human Connection in an Age of Digital Abundance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely book, Paul Mihailidis explores the texture of daily engagement in civic life, and the resources¿human, technological and practical¿that citizens employ when engaging in civic actions for positive social impact.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781138695818
• ISBN-10: 1138695815
• Artikelnr.: 53957188

Autorenporträt

Paul Mihailidis is an associate professor of civic media and journalism in the School of Communication at Emerson College in Boston, MA, USA, where he teaches media literacy, civic media, and community activism. He is founding program director of the MA in Civic Media: Art and Practice, Principle Investigator of the Emerson Engagement Lab, and faculty chair and director of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. His research focuses on the nexus of media, education, and civic participation in daily life. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate Magazine, the Nieman Foundation, USA Today, CNN, and others. Mihailidis holds a visting professorship at Bournemouth University in England. He co-edits the Journal of Media Literacy Education and sits on the advisory board for iCivics. He earned his PhD from the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The texture of civic life 1. Civic currency Rethinking the terms
of engagement 2. Civic media: Voice, agency and disruption 3. Connective
media, connection action 4. Civic currency and media genres 5. Mapping
media literacies to civics 6. Human connectedness in digital culture 7.
Designing Civic Media Literacies