News Literacy: Global Perspectives for the Newsroom and the Classroom
Peter Lang Publishers, New York

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  Advanced Praise for News Literacy

A technological revolution is transforming today’s media at breathtaking speed…. This new volume makes an important contribution to our ability to navigate a path through this rapidly changing landscape.” —Stephen Jukes, Dean of the Media School, Bournemouth University; Former Global Head of News at Reuters

“News Literacy…is indispensable reading for those of us who believe that strong, responsible journalism is the key to strong, responsible democracy.” —Dana Priest, Two-Time Pulitzer Prize– Winning Reporter, Washington Post

“…This book offers practical projects and activities that will engage learners, deepen their skills, and help them to become citizens of the world.” —Renee Hobbs, Founding Director, Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; Founder, Media Education Lab

“This book is well timed and much needed….Students of statecraft would do well to study this well, for the course of new nations is being drafted by the technologies and new actors described in this book.” —Dean Miller, Director, The Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University

forthcoming book
- the media literacy learning commons (abc-clio, 2012)

recent papers
- Theorizing Journalism, Technology & Citizenship in the Hypermedia Age (TJD)
- (re)mix, (re)purpose, (re)learn: using participatory tools for media literacy learning outcomes in the classroom - ATE

current projects
- The Emerging Citizen (Book, in Review)
- tuned-in: how social media is empowering youth (paper, in review)
- Towards a media literate model for civic engagement

media literacy and new civic voices

contact
paul mihailidis, phd
assistant professor, dept. of marketing communication
emerson college, boston, ma 02116
director, salzburg academy on media and global change
salzburg global seminar, austria
pmihailidis@gmail.com
@pmihailidis