Media literacy, curriculum and the rights of the child.
Engaging with digital media is part of everyday living for the majority of children, yet opportunities to learn about, through and with media are denied many pupils in compulsory schooling. Whilst Media Studies in the UK is internationally reputed to be well established, changes made to the primary...
| Published in: | Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 322 - 335 |
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Apr2022
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