Everyday media literacy: an analog guide for your digital life

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Graphics and Illustrations -- Introduction: Why Media Literacy and Why You -- 1 Using: How Your Time with Media Can Be More Intentional -- What Is Media Literacy? -- Media Literacy Key Concepts -- Assessing Media Literacy -- Perspectives on Modern Media -- Types of Media -- Media Usage -- Why We Use Media -- Smartphone Addiction -- Chapter Review -- Activities -- 2 Thinking: How to Protect Your Daily Allotment of Attention -- Competition For Our Attention -- Media Multitasking -- How Technology Is Changing Our Brains -- Types of Attention -- Filter Bubbles -- How We Train Our Attention -- Attentive User Interfaces -- Chapter Review -- Activities -- 3 Verifying: How to Find a Fact, and Know When You've Found One -- Made-Up News -- Types of Misinformation and Disinformation -- Why We Should Care -- Online Information and Public Distrust in News -- Cognitive Biases and Information Chaos -- Addressing the Problem -- Chapter Review -- Activities -- 4 Analyzing: How Media Messages Deliver Meaning through Content and Creativity -- Constructing Reality -- Reading a Media Text -- Technical Choices -- Creative Choices -- Propaganda -- Chapter Review -- Activities -- 5 Creating: How to Create Messages with Purpose, Expression and Ethics -- How to Create Memorable Social Media Posts -- Media Literacy and Content Creation -- Applying Media Literacy to Your Content -- Context and Authorship -- Appropriation and Authorship -- Fair Use -- Attracting an Audience -- Chapter Review -- Activities -- 6 Spending: How the Big, Big Business of Media Affects You, and Where You Can Profit -- Mass Media Industries -- Pros and Cons of Mergers -- Government Regulation -- The Business of Audience -- Algorithm Audiences -- Diversity and the Media Industry.