Acritical Review to the Media which Constructed in Media Literary Course in Secondary Education

Abstract

Abstract Nowadays, in which mass media has been widespread and effective nearly in all parts of our life, the importance of media literacy has increased both in the world and Turkey. Not only is media enhancing its area of activity by means of the opportunities of communication technologies, but also has started to distribute various and excessive information. The course of media literacy, which is supposed to have some functions, such as reaching “the truth” from this excessive information, analyzing the reached information and evaluating primarily has entered the curriculum of the faculty of communication in Turkey and has started to be given as an elective course in the curriculum of secondary education from 2007-2008 Academic Year. This study will deal with edited media, which is taught in media literacy in secondary education, in a critical perspective that is often referred in communication studies. And in this study, edited media, in Media Literacy Teacher Resource Book, has been chosen as a research item.