Description
MOULDING THE MINDS
MEDIA LITERACY IN A MEDIA AGE
‘MOULDING THE MINDS’ is the result of hundreds of seminars and workshops the author has conducted in India and abroad in his quest for a radical transformation in the way people use and consume media today. The main theme of the book is media literacy.
Based on his in-depth study and research on communication and media theories the author argues that the modern media in fact moulds the minds of people.
In a systematic way the author elucidates that media literacy education is the only way to defend against the glamour and glitter of modern media of communication. Instead of teaching ‘against’ media the author proposes that teaching and learning to ‘read’ any media text objectively is a more positive and creative response to the powerful and persuasive influence of modern media culture in our life today.
The book is a must read for students, media teachers and parents.
George Sebastian SJ
^Hl Indian Jesuit from the province of Kerala, Director of Thanmaya Media Education and Research Centre at Kottayam, Kerala. He has an MA in Sociology from Kerala University, and an MA in Journalism and a PhD in Media Studies from Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA. He is a Visiting Faculty at Marquette University and a Guest Faculty in a number of colleges and Universities in India.He has conducted hundreds of media and film seminars, workshops, value education and spiritual renewal programs and retreats for various groups of people in India and abroad. He has produced and directed a number of short films for education and animation purposes. He is also involved in writing and publishing on media, culture and values. He has been the director and editor of’Snehasena’, a children’s magazine and ‘Yatra Publications’for several years.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.