Abstract
Despite the potential for media and technology to act as a democratizing force and the challenges to democracy posed by partisanship and the explosion of political media spending, media education and the preparation of active citizens in schools is virtually nonexistent. This essay presents the case for revitalizing media education for the age of digital media as a tenet of democratic education and outlines an agenda for teacher education, curriculum integration, student engagement, and research.
Response to this Article
Lance E. Mason, Media and Democracy
Peter Levine, Media Literacy for the 21st Century
Recommended Citation
Stoddard, J.
(2014).
The Need for Media Education in Democratic Education.
Democracy and Education,
22
(1), Article 4.
Available at:
https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol22/iss1/4