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POLICY AND PRACTICE:
UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION
by
Jennifer Ann Rosales
________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(CRITICAL STUDIES)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Jennifer Ann Rosales
Object Description
| Title | Policy and practice: United States and European Union media and technology education |
| Author | Rosales, Jennifer Ann |
| Author email | jennrosales@gmail.com;jennrosales@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Cinema-Television (Critical Studies) |
| School | School of Cinematic Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-06-11 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-12 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-13 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-13 |
| Date published | 2012-07-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Marez, Curtis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Imre, Aniko Imre, Anikó Mayer, Doe |
| Abstract | “Policy and Practice: United States and European Union Media and Technology Education” examines the steps policymakers take to employ media literacy legislation and how such policies are often at odds with the strategies and methods practitioners and scholars promote. I compare the U.S. and E.U. education policies and practices, specifically for media and technology, over the last 50 years. Analyzing the historical context, I provide a lens with which to better understand the U.S. government’s current focus on globally competitive technological literacy, as opposed to the European Union’s more comprehensive media literacy policy. I argue that media and technology literacy as an outcome is discussed as a neoliberal policy strategy in which the individual must learn to self-regulate his or her media intake due to government deregulation and also learn a digital skillset to compete in the global workforce. However, the process of effectively teaching media and technology literacy does not comply with education policy strategies that focus on individualism and standardization. Instead such practices reinforce collaboration, experimentation, and critical thinking. ❧ This dissertation addresses the political-economic and institutional support that often gets taken for granted when studying media literacy. A top down perspective of how media education is being addressed at the international and national policy levels and the various networks of private sector support corresponds with a bottom up perspective that emphasizes how a single teacher or small nonprofit organization can have an impact on not only how media education gets taught but also the political-economic system that supports such an education. I demonstrate how effective media and technology education is taught and defined through an observational study and interviews in order to ultimately provide recommendations for United States and European Union policy and practice. |
| Keyword | media literacy; media policy; education policy; neoliberalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Rosales, Jennifer Ann |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-RosalesJen-947.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | POLICY AND PRACTICE: UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION by Jennifer Ann Rosales ________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CRITICAL STUDIES) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Jennifer Ann Rosales |
