TY - BOOK AU - Potter,W.James TI - Media literacy SN - 0761909257 (hbk.) AV - P96.M4 P68 1998 U1 - 302.23 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Sage Publications KW - Media literacy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; INTRODUCTION : What is media literacy? -- The importance of media literacy -- SKILLS : How does the human mind work? -- Developmental perspective -- KNOWLEDGE : What is news? -- Commercial advertising -- What is entertainment? -- Development of the mass media industries -- Economic perspective -- Who owns and controls the mass media? -- What is an audience? -- Broadening our perspective on media effects -- How do the effect processes work? -- Media influence on institutions -- The importance of real-world knowledge -- PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER : The media literacy perspective -- Strategies for increasing literacy ER -