The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People - Ben Boyington

With decades of experience in critical media literacy, the authors include AVRAM ANDERSON , electronic resources management specialist in the University Library at California State University, Northridge; NICHOLAS BAHAM III , professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay; BEN BOYINGTON , high school English teacher and media educator; ALLISON BUTLER , director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; NOLAN HIGDON, professor of history and media studies, and author of The Anatomy of Fake News ; KATE HORGAN , an undergraduate studying Communication and Psychology in the Commonwealth Honors College at University of Massachusetts Amherst; MICKEY HUFF , director of Project Censored, a media watchdog that promotes independent journalism, critical media literacy, and freedom of expression; REINA ROBINSON , founder of the Center for Urban Excellence, a non-profit that fosters resilience in system-involved youth; ANDY LEE ROTH , a sociologist who coordinates Project Censored's national network of students researching important but underreported news stories; and MARIA CECILIA SOTO , an undergraduate studying Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cover art and illustrations by PETER GLANTING , a Portland-based artist and designer.