Where Are We Going and How Can We Get There? General findings from the UNESCO Youth Media Education Survey 2001.

Author: Domaille, Kate / Buckingham, David
Published: London, 2001
Source: http://www.ccsonline.org.uk [12.08.2003]

Abstract

This article summarises the findings of the UNESCO Youth Media Education Survey of 2001 and discusses the methods used in the research project as well as its results and conclusions. In June 2001, the authors of this paper sent a questionnaire to 72 experts on media education: academics, policy-makers and educational advisers, in 52 countries in all parts of the world. On the basis of the analysis of this investigation, the authors offer an overview of the current state of development of media education around the world. They begin by formulating some general statements about media education, then go on to discuss more specific issues addressed in their questionnaire survey, and end by summarising the respondents’ recommendations for future action in the field.

Buckingham, David

David Buckingham, born in 1954, is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he directs the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media (http://www.ccsonline.org.uk/mediacentre). He has directed several major research projects on young people's relationships with the media and on media education, funded by organisations such as the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the European Commission, the Arts Council of England, the Broadcasting Standards Commission, and the Spencer, Gulbenkian and Nuffield Foundations. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Children Talking Television (1993), Moving Images (1996), The Making of Citizens (2000). After the Death of Childhood (2000) and Media Education (2003). He has published more than 120 book chapters and articles in academic and professional journals. His latest publication is Media Education: Learning, Literacy and Contemporary Culture (2003).