Geographic media literacy: an introduction

被引:11
作者
Lukinbeal, Chris [1 ]
Craine, Jim [2 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Geog Sci, POB 870104, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[2] Calif State Univ Northridge, Dept Geog, Northridge, CA 91330 USA
关键词
Information literacy; Information technology literacy; Simulacra; Crisis of representation; Geographic education;
D O I
10.1007/s10708-008-9216-y
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
In a media saturated world of globalization, information flow and knowledge economies, an interesting paradox exists: geographic literacy appears to be on the decline while geographic information is on the rise. In this introduction to a collection of essays on geographies of the media, we explore this paradox and use Baudrillard's (1994) work on Simulacra and Simulation to argue that increased mediated information does not produce more meaning, but rather leads to a catastrophe of meaning and the medium. Drawing from McLuhan's axiom, "the medium is the message,'' we posit that with more mediated information there is less meaningful information and as such we need to address geographic media literacy as a primary mode through which to address geographic literacy.
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页码:175 / 182
页数:8
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