各国媒体教育政策的比较研究

A Comparative Study on Media Education Policy of Leading Countries

The purpose of this study is to analyze the significance of media education and to compare media education policy of Korea with leading countries like British, Canada and the U.S.A. The thesis of media education has been emphasized with the development of media technologies for growing the abilities to understand and use the media exactly in everyday life of child and youth. In many countries including Korea, media education programs about newspaper, broadcasting, advertising, films etc. have been attempted in school, society and at home. Especially media education in British, Canada and the U.S.A. is very successful from various points of view and gives us many advices. Above all things media education within school is the most important. Therefore this study suggested alternative ideas for media education policy in Korea as follows emphasizing of understanding a concept media literacy for child and youth, organizing of its curriculum and learning methods, cultivating their special teachers, developing various materials and training facilities about media, and building up the evaluation system gradually in school environment.