Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2009

Abstract

In this essay I fuse narrative, social critique and critical understandings of schooling. Across the writing I argue for an increased critical awareness of print and other forms of news media. For the purposes of this paper I propose two major arguments that support critical awareness, they are: knowing what it means to be an informed citizen and practicing a critical democratic citizenship. As a springboard for discussing the major themes I review how print and other news media are used as propaganda and how a seemingly literate populace more easily accepts what are understood as social norms.

Comments

This document was originally published by Common Ground in The International Journal of Learning. Readers must contact Common Ground for permission to reproduce this article. http://www.learning-journal.com/