Monitoring Standards in Media Studies: Problems and Strategies.

Y

16

Critical Thinking; Demography; Foreign Countries; Instructional Effectiveness; Mass Media Effects; Mass Media Role; Media Literacy; Program Effectiveness; Secondary Education; Skill Development; Student Characteristics; Television; Television Curriculum; Thinking Skills

0004-9441

An Australian study investigated the extent to which media literacy education for secondary school students met its objectives for teaching critical thinking about mass media, both print and television. Results give insight into this cohort's ability to make sense of media messages and about differences in different demographic groups. (MSE)

1994

EJ472882