Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the

Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the Twenty-first Century (Counterpoints)
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Traditional media literacy models are mostly left-brained, inherited from the legacy of alphabetic literacy, the Gutenberg press revolution, and industrial mass media production. New digital media radically alter the environment: their nonlinear, multisensory, field-like properties are more right-brain oriented. Consequently, rather than focus exclusively on deconstructing the products of design objects (such as an advertisement Â«textÂ»), digital learning should respond to the design of the system itself, including cultural and cognitive bias.
Mediacology proposes a design-for-pattern approach called Â«media permacultureÂ», which restructures media literacy to be in sync with new media practices connected with sustainability and the perceptual functions of the right brain hemisphere. In the same way that permaculture approaches gardening by establishing the natural parameters of its ecological niche, media permaculture explores the individualâ€™s Â«mediacological nicheÂ» in the context of knowledge communities. By applying bioregional thinking to the symbolic order, media permaculture redresses the standard one-size-fits-all literacy model by taking into account diverse cognitive strategies and emerging convergence media practices. Antonio LÃ³pez applies a practical knowledge of alternative media, cross-cultural communication, and ecology to build a meaningful theory of media education.
Country USA
Brand Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Manufacturer Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780820497075
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Manufacturer	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780820497075
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the Twenty-first Century (Counterpoints)