EDUCATION AND MEDIA - TOWARDS A CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY
| Title | ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΜΕ - ΠΡΟΣ ΕΝΑΝ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΟ ΕΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟ ΣΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ / EDUCATION AND MEDIA - TOWARDS A CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY |
| Code | ΕΠΜ156 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Primary Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Christos Avramidis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600026690 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs Merikīs Foítīsīs (2026-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600275486
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600275486
- eLearning:
Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to
- cultivate the ability to critically approach the media
- understand the roles of the media in society (information, entertainment, propaganda, advertising)
- learn to analyze how the media operate: what messages are transmitted (explicitly and implicitly), how specific ideologies and perceptions are promoted
- acquire the ability to detect false information and one-sided information
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1) Education and Mass Media: Introduction to Theoretical Frameworks
2) Media Literacy and Critical Media Literacy: Definitions and Differences
3) Critical Pedagogy as a Basis for Critical Media Literacy
4) Constructing Reality: How Media Shape Perceptions and Consciousness
5) Analyzing Messages: Critical Media Reading and Meaning Production
6) Power, Ideology and Media: Who Controls Information?
7) Social Media and Education: Opportunities, Challenges and Critical Analysis
8) Digital Media and Education: Challenges and Prospects for Democratic Dialogue
9) Fake News, Disinformation and the Role of Education
10) Audiovisual Literacy: Reading and Creating Media in School Contexts
11) Multiculturalism, Representations and Critical Media Analysis
12) Applied Examples of Freirean Education in the Space of Media and Digital Literacy
13) Collective Action and Creation: From Critical Reflection to Critical Media Production
Keywords
Media Literacy, Social Media, Critical Pedagogy
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 90 | ||||
| Tutorial | 20 | ||||
| Written assigments | 40 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Alvermann, D. E., & Hagood, M. C. (2000). Critical media literacy: Research, theory, and practice in "new times". The Journal of Educational Research, 93(3), 193–205.
Apple, M. (1993). Εκπαίδευση και εξουσία (Φ. Κοκαβέσης, Μετ.). Παρατηρητής.
Apple, M. (2008). Επίσημη γνώση (Μ. Μπατίλας, Μετ.). Επίκεντρο.
Aronowitz, S., & Giroux, H. A. (1986). Education under siege: The conservative, liberal and radical debate over schooling. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Avramidis, C., & Minotakis, A. (2023). The case of ERT and the prospect of radical media in the era of austerity. In Radical journalism (pp. 84–101). Routledge.
Buckingham, D. (2003). Media education: Literacy, learning and contemporary culture. Polity Press.
Cappello, G. (2017). Literacy, media literacy and social change: Where do we go from now? Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 9(1), 31–44.
Downing, J. D. H. (2000). Radical media: Rebellious communication and social movements. Sage.
Φρέιρε, Π. (2009). Η αγωγή του καταπιεζόμενου (Γ. Κρητικός, Μετάφρ.). Κέδρος. (Πρωτότυπο έργο δημοσιεύτηκε το 1970)
Fuchs, C. (2011). Foundations of critical media and information studies. Routledge.
Garcia, A., Seglem, R., & Share, J. (2013). Transforming teaching and learning through critical media literacy pedagogy. Learning Landscapes, 6(2), 109–124.
Γούναρη, Π., & Γρόλλιος, Γ. (Επιμ.). (2010). Κριτική παιδαγωγική: Μια συλλογή κειμένων. Gutenberg.
Hall, S. (1973). Encoding and decoding in the television discourse. Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.
Hobbs, R. (2004). A review of school-based initiatives in media literacy education. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(1), 42–59.
Hobbs, R. (2010). Digital and media literacy: Connecting culture and classroom. Corwin.
Hobbs, R., & Jensen, A. (2009). The past, present, and future of media literacy education. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 1(1), 1–11.
Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2005). Toward critical media literacy: Core concepts, debates, organizations, and policy. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 26(3), 369–386.
Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2007). Critical media literacy: Crucial policy choices for a twenty-first-century democracy. Policy Futures in Education, 5(1), 59–69.
Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2019). The critical media literacy guide: Engaging media and transforming education (Vol. 2). Brill.
Masterman, L. (1985). Teaching the media. Routledge.
McLaren, P. (1994). Life in schools: An introduction to critical pedagogy in the foundations of education. Longman.
Rasi, P., Vuojärvi, H., & Ruokamo, H. (2019). Media literacy education for all ages. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 11(2), 1–19.
Last Update
21-05-2025
