Includes bibliographical references and index.

"During the recent presidential election, "media literacy" became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that 8 to 18 year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into each day by "media multitasking." Young people are not only eager and interested to learn about and discuss the realities of media ownership, production, and distribution, they also deserve to understand differential power structures in how media influences our culture. 'The Media and Me' provides readers with the tools and perspectives to be empowered and autonomous media users. The book explores critical inquiry skills to help young people form a multidimensional comprehension of what they read and watch, opportunities to see others like them making change, and insight into their own identity projects. By covering topics like storytelling, building arguments and recognizing fallacies, surveillance and digital gatekeeping, advertising and consumerism, and global social problems through a critical media literacy lens, this book will help students evolve from passive consumers of media to engaged critics and creators."-- Provided by publisher.

"Media shape our sense of who we are, what we value, and our place in the world. Against the backdrop of pundits and politicians promoting fearful understandings of "fake news" and the negative impacts of social media, 'The Media and Me' empowers readers to become savvy media users who can analyze claims, see through manipulation, and recognize when political or economic interests drive the media we use. With clear language, contemporary examples, and do-it-your-self exercises, 'The Media and Me' helps young readers develop skills to question, critique, and talk back to the daily messages -- both subtle and overt -- that the media feed them. Drawing on their diversity and teaching experience, the ten authors included in the Media Revolution Collective introduce critical media literacy as a call to action urging readers to look beneath the surface and beyond their screens to create a brighter, more inclusive future."--taken from back cover.

Ages 13UP,Seven Stories Press.

Grades 10-12,Seven Stories Press.