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Peer reviewedBrookfield, Stephen D. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1990
Despite the image of the pernicious effects of mass media, media consumers are not passive receptors of media-generated beliefs and ideas. Educators can help adults become media literate by helping them decode, filter, and interpret the messages they read, see, and hear through content and context analysis. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing
