Greening the Mediapolis with Media Literacy

Antonio López
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Antonio López: Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, USA

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 2014, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: In media education there is a deficit in awareness about the connection between media and living systems. Though issues like economics, body image, sexism, racism and gender stereotyping remain significant concerns for media educators and scholars alike, historically the environment has been a peripheral theme in communications studies and associated disciplines. So while new gadgets and software platforms are touted as necessary aspects of cultural citizenship in media literacy discourses, this view of education, empowerment and participation is usually thought of in limited, anthropocentric ways that exclude living systems and sustainability as integral aspects of communication technologies. This essay proposes that media education should enable us to closely analyze the institutions, technological forms, cultural practices and worldview that are shaped by media technology, including how they impact ecological sustainability.

Date: 2014
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