The Media and Me by Ben Boyington, Allison T. Butler, Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff

" Unfortunately, very few people, let alone young people, understand the way media work. I graduated from Journalism school over a decade ago and have a graduate degree in communications as well, and so have had more awareness than the general population over the years. My mother gets frustrated, saying "then what is true?" when I question the political posts she shares on social media. This book shows us "the inner workings of the clock" rather than just reading the time on the clock (metaphor from the authors) and guides us into thinking much more critically about the media we consume....." ".... With underpinnings in psychology and literacy, this book serves as a helpful guide for youth to become savvier digital citizens who are better able to “analyze claims, see through manipulation, and recognize when political or economic interests drive the media” they use. Like breaking down the inner workings of a clock, the authors do an excellent job of taking young readers through the basics of media awareness, critical thinking, power dynamics, and representation as they relate to advertising, consumerism, journalism, free speech and social responsibility. The result is a robust introduction on current media issues for those making their way into the digital world. A highly recommended reference for high school-age educators and students...."

 책커버에 for young people이라고 표현하고 있듯이 중학생부터 대학생까지를 중심독자로 보고 쓴 언론에 관한 글이다. 그래서인지 문장들이나 표현들이 난해하지 않고 가능한 여러 가지 개념들이나 이론들을 쉽게 설명해주고 있어서 읽는데 큰 어려움이 없는 작품이다. 'Young'을 겨냥한 책이지만 'Old'가 읽어도 도움이 되는 내용을 담고 있기에 도전해 볼 만한 원서가 아닌가 싶다.

 

본문에서

- Declinism Bias, In-Group Bias, Forer effect(Barum effect), Optimism-Pessimism Bias, Curse-of-Knowledge Bias, Hindsight Bias, Confirmation Bias, Self-serving Bias ....

- Now more people choose news that confirms their views rather than challenges them, making it less likely they will encounter new information about what's happening in the world around them ....

- The press is entrusted to inform and serve members of society by fulfilling five democratic functions ; Marketplace of Ideas, Agenda Setter, Watchdog, Information Disseminator, Public Mobilization

- The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges argues that the economic interests of weapons manufactures have a profound impact on US news coverage of the Ukraine crisis ...

- Hedges told the Real News Network. "If you broadcast real images of war it would be impossible to wage war."

- Consumer culture is one in which money and behaviors revolve around the consumption of producrs and services ...

- Our sense of self is altered, or built differently than it would be without the omnipresence of advertising ....

- To advertisers, and even to some extent to the people who create TV shows, television is just a vehicle for putting ads in front of the viewer, or, more to the point, it's a vehicle for putting viewers in front of ads .....

- Technology can transform the future of how we perceive, engage in, and make sense of life ....

- A filter bubble is an environment, expecially online, in which people are exposed only to opinions and information that conform to their existing beliefs ....

- Rather than accept the old adage that "seeing is believing," critical media literacy recognizes that like any other media, visual media can be manipulated to mislead and misinform users ....

- Although there is no way to speak without any accent or dialect, it is important to become aware of how media content invokes linguistic identities, and the implications of these representations........linguistic stereotyping, linguistic profiling ....

- Who tells the story is just as important as the story itself.....

- Critical thinking encourages us to see that media representations are not reality; rather they are reflections or replications of social constructs that exist in real life.

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