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Jean Baudrillard and the Limits of Critical Media Literacy
Author(s) -
Kline Kip
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
educational theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1741-5446
pISSN - 0013-2004
DOI - 10.1111/edth.12203
Subject(s) - media literacy , critical theory , sociology , critical literacy , intersection (aeronautics) , literacy , new media , epistemology , media studies , pedagogy , political science , law , engineering , philosophy , aerospace engineering
Marxian education scholars have successfully established critical media literacy as a specific response to concerns about contemporary media's problems and possibilities with regard to youth. This development has made a significant contribution to the intersection of media, critical theory, and pedagogy. Yet, the theoretical foundations of critical media literacy limit its capacity to confront the trajectory of contemporary media and communication technologies. Here, Kip Kline offers Jean Baudrillard's media theory as a possible corrective to the undertheorization of media at the level of form that contributes to the inefficacy of critical media literacy.