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Dag Øivind Østereng – British Journal of Religious Education, 2025
This article, situated in the field of didactics of religion, explores the comprehension of religious education (RE) by the editors of Elevkanalen, a subsidiary of TV2, Norway's most significant commercial public broadcaster. They are a unique media enterprise that provides educational resources for primary and lower secondary schools and is…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Religious Education, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
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Bodis, Agnes – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
International education constitutes a key industry in Australia and international students represent a third of university students at Australian universities. This paper examines the media representation of international students in terms of their English language proficiency. The study applies Critical Discourse Analysis to the multimodal data…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Robinson, Kerry H.; Díaz, Criss Jones; Townley, Cris – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2019
This paper examines the ways in which current affairs related to diversity and difference, nationally and globally, are represented to Australian children in children's digital news media and through family discussions. The discussion is based on qualitative research that explores parents' views and practices in addressing news media and diversity…
Descriptors: News Media, Current Events, Discourse Analysis, Parent Child Relationship
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Bodis, Agnes – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
International students studying at Australian universities are largely represented in the media as problematic speakers of English, in part due to the dominance of the monolingual mindset as an approach to language. This paper focuses instead on international students' multilingualism and examines the multimodal media representation of them as…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wallace, Mike – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
The mass media contribution to education politics is explored through the application of a pluralistic theoretical framework to evidence connected with the making of an episode of a U.K. current affairs television program. The episode addressed a politically contentious educational issue but proved controversial in itself. Several sources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Programming (Broadcast), Mass Media Effects
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Social Education, 1996
Presents a teacher's guide for use in conjunction with the Washington, DC, public television station (WETA) four-part television series, "Vote for Me." The series provides a behind-the-scenes look at political factions, and local elections. The Teachers Guide includes program descriptions, previewing, postviewing, and discussion…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Current Events, Curriculum Enrichment