Mapping Media Education Policies in the World

Mapping Media Education Policies in the World United Nations Alliance of Civilizations UNESCO European Commission Grupo Comunicar 2009 Mapping Media Education Policies in the World Visions, Programmes and Challenges Grupo Comunicar ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 4 Mapping Media Education Policies in the World: Visions, Programmes and Challenges Editors: Divina Frau-Meigs and Jordi Torrent Publisher: José Ignacio Aguaded-Gómez Assistant Publishers: M. Amor Pérez-Rodríguez y M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora Cover Design: Enrique Martínez-Salanova The authors are responsible for the choice, the presentation of the facts contained in this publication, and the opinion expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of the United Nations, the Alliance of Civilizations, UNESCO or the European Commission and do not commit the organizations. The designations employed and presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the organizations mentioned above concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the frontiers or boundaries. The texts published in this book, unless otherwise indicated, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 license. They may be copied, distributed and broadcast provided that the author and the book that publishes them, «Mapping Media Education Policies in the World: Visions, Programmes and Challenges», are cited. Commercial use and derivative works are not permitted. The full license can be consulted on http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Published by: The United Nations-Alliance of Civilizations in co-operation with Grupo Comunicar UN-Alliance of Civilizations 866 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 (USA) www.unaoc.org Grupo Comunicar Apdo Correos 527 21080 Huelva (Spain) www.grupocomunicar.com This text is a collection of papers published in «Comunicar», Latin American Scientific Journal of Media Education, issue 32 (ISSN: 1134-3478), edited March 2009 (www.revistacomunicar.com). ISBN: 978-84-932380-9-4 Printed in the USA MAPPING MEDIA EDUCATION POLICIES IN THE WORLD ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 5 Table of Contents FOREWORDS Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) .................................................................... 7 • Marc Scheuer UNESCO .................................................................................................... 9 • Abdul Waheed Khan European Commission................................................................................. 11 • Aviva Silver INTRODUCTION Media Education Policy: Towards a Global Rationale ................................ 15 • Divina Frau-Meigs and Jordi Torrent 1. DEFINING MEDIA EDUCATION AND ITS STAKES IN A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE 1.1. Information Skills: Conceptual Convergence between Information and Communication Sciences ........................................... 25 • Jesús Cortés and Jesús Lau (Mexico) 1.2. Curricular Contribution for Media Education: A Process in Construction ..................................................................................... 39 • Renato Opertti (Switzerland) 1.3. Media Education Issues for Professionals and Citizens: Bridging the Divides in Countries of the South ................................................ 53 • Jamal Eddine Naji (Morocco) 1.4. Media Education as a Development Project: Connecting Emancipatory Interests and Governance in India................................. 65 • Biswajit Das (India) 1.5. Nurturing Freedom of Expression through Teaching Global Media Literacy ...................................................................................... 83 • Susan Moeller (USA) AOC, UNESCO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COMUNICAR ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ... - tailieumienphi.vn