Making Media Matter Critical Literacy, Popular Culture, and Creative Production

"Benjamin Thevenin is a leading voice in media education, creative practice and critical production. His book takes readers on an engaging journey, rich with examples, reflections and cases that expand the potential of media education to build agency and collective action to daily life. Educators, practitioners, community stakeholders and policy makers should read this book, and re-imagine how they understand community, creativity, and equity in our immersive digital culture."

Paul Mihailidis, Professor of Civic Media and Journalism, Emerson College, USA

"No mere textbook, Making Media Matter lays the foundations for a more empowered approach to media literacy, urging readers to question, reimagine, and remix popular culture. Thevenin's original readings of diverse texts and practices, his nuanced explications of core theories and his imaginative exercises are coupled with a commitment to building a more inclusive culture."

Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education, University of Southern California, USA

"This is a book that will keep your media courses humming and help you connect the dots between media studies, media arts, and media literacy education. Inspired by a wide range of texts, including films, social media, music videos, video games, journalism, literature and poetry, the book offers relevant, engaging and thought-provoking learning activities suitable for a variety of learning contexts. Professor Thevenin amply demonstrates how undergraduate learning experiences can be designed to position media literacy education as the new humanities."

Renee Hobbs, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island, USA