Abstract News, media, and information literacy scholars agree that collaborative approaches to education are far more beneficial to learners than the siloed and fragmented approaches that have often characterized the field. However, discussions about the benefits of collaborations, especially across disciplines, are few and far between. If news media literacy education is to … [Read more...] about Building a Bridge to Somewhere: A Critical Dialogue to Further Media and Information Literacy Practice
Author Profile: R. Alan Berry
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Doctoral CandidateUniversity of MaineR. Alan Berry is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maine who holds a master’s degree in media studies from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His research interests include mass media, media literacy, critical pedagogy and popular education, media ecology, and screen studies. His work has been published in the Journal of Media Literacy Education, The Media Education Research Journal, and Teaching Media Quarterly, and he is the co-author of a chapter on critical race news literacy education in Critical Race Media Literacy: Themes and Strategies for Media Education (Routledge, 2022) and author of a chapter on media literacy through community partnerships in Power Lines: Connecting with Teens in Urban Communities Through Media Literacy (ALA, 2022). ORCID: 0000-0002-8853-8248