Student Well-Being and Critical Media Literacy
How Student Voices Shape Our Digital Futures
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"Sharkey’s work fills a gap in the work of critical media literacy: A close look at the role social media plays in promoting (or damaging) health and wellness. This book is much needed for better navigation through our fractured media environment."
—Allison Butler, Senior Lecturer & Associate Chair, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Through a comprehensive study on critical digital literacy in the University of California system, this research investigates how social media impacts students' mental and emotional health, what tools instructors of critical media literacy are using that work for students, and how instructors can better develop pedagogical strategies that prioritize well-being and critical media literacy together. By employing a mixed-methods approach, including a large survey across several campuses and detailed case studies, the findings revealed a variety of curricula, pedagogies, and perspectives on teaching and learning digital literacy. This book will discuss how a well-defined classroom could lead to positive views on social media along with the tools to take critical media literacy (CML) outside the classroom space, suggestions for systematic change in the UC system, and activities design with a student-centered learning approach that instructors can use to form curricula that center well-being and CML together with students.
Sydney Sharkey is a current lecturer at San Diego State University, USA, in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies department. Her research focuses on education and digital rhetoric with an emphasis on well-being. She spends her time developing classroom skills centered around critical pedagogy and creating curricula that deal with digital rhetoric in conversation with well-being. As she continues to grow as an educator, Sharkey has become increasingly more passionate about the education system and ways in which to engage students to help them succeed not only academically, but in life as well.
Through a comprehensive study on critical digital literacy in the University of California system, this research investigates how social media impacts students' mental and emotional health, what tools instructors of critical media literacy are using that work for students, and how instructors can better develop pedagogical strategies that prioritize well-being and critical media literacy together. By employing a mixed-methods approach, including a large survey across several campuses and detailed case studies, the findings revealed a variety of curricula, pedagogies, and perspectives on teaching and learning digital literacy. This book will discuss how a well-defined classroom could lead to positive views on social media along with the tools to take critical media literacy (CML) outside the classroom space, suggestions for systematic change in the UC system, and activities design with a student-centered learning approach that instructors can use to form curricula that center well-being and CML together with students.
Investigates how social media impacts students' mental and emotional health Provides tools and pedagogical strategies that prioritize well-being and critical media literacy together Outlines future directions for cultivating student-centered learning environments
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Sydney Sharkey
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Critical Media Literacy Well-being Mental Health Student Mental and Emotional Health Social Media Curriculum