Media Literacy: Textbooks

K-12  Textbooks/Multimedia with elements of media literacy
At the present time (2022) there is no MEDIA LITERACY TEXTBOOK designed to be used in US schools.
What is listed below could be described as companion texts.
(See also texts from Canada, Australia/New Zealand UK listed below)

               
Inquire (2012)                                           Prentice Hall MediaStudio              Media Smart (DVD)
                    
MediaZone                      Media Literacy & Communication Skills     Media Focus                        Visual Messages
Elements of Language:      (Grades 2, 5, 8) Elements of Language    Understanding the Media        Integrating Imagery Into
Holt Rinehart and Winston  (Holt, Rinehart, Winston)                      Creating Media                     Instruction

Higher Education

Canada

	Literacy in Action See the DVD that supports the grade 7-8 texts
	Canadian Reading B, Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 2 Canadian Reading C Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 3 Canadian Reading D Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 4 Canadian Reading E Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 5 Canadian Reading F Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 6
Tree House Press Media Texts Click on individual books for details
	Nelson Literacy 8 (Global Citizens) Media Literacy Integrated into Every Unit In Nelson Literacy students are introduced to the characteristics of a different media form and learn strategies for analyzing and evaluating overt and implicit messages, identifying audience and purpose, and using media conventions and techniques.
	Literature & Media 9, Literature & Media 10, Literature & Media 11
	Mass Media And Popular Culture

Australia/New Zealand (full list of texts here)

Film, Television & New Media

	Heinemann Media, 3rd ed Heinemann Media, 2nd ed
	Nelson Media VCE Units 1-4, 3rd Edition
	Media New Ways and Meanings
	Senior Media Workbook
	Targeting Media: Television & Film Targeting Media: Newspapers & Magazines Blake Education
	Cambridge Checkpoints VCE Media Studies Units 3&4
	https://web.archive.org/web/20120414144019/ http://mrsrobertsmedia.com/?page_id=24not a textbook, but a study design document, very valuable
	This book offers guidance and ideas on how to make creative arts and media teaching relevant, stimulating and above all creative. The book responds to the economic and cultural changes in society in the 21st century and the needs of learners growing up in a sophisticated digital and competitive world. “Creative Arts and Media 14+” provides fresh teaching approaches in order to motivate and develop learners’ knowledge and skills. May and Warr outline key concepts and ideas in the creative arts and media world, as well as how these ideas are recorded and transmitted. They distinguish between different pedagogic approaches and techniques and explore their application within creative arts and media learning. The book draws on different types of resources, including those outside the classroom that can enhance your delivery of theoretical concepts. The authors acknowledge the changing nature of qualifications and suggest suitable strategies for the delivery and assessment of creative arts and media programmes. “Creative Arts and Media 14+” supports trainee and experienced teachers involved in creative arts and media programmes for pupils 14+ whether they are learning in schools, adult and community education or colleges. Open University Press, March 2011
	Visual Texts, written by Paul Grover, explores the complex, demanding and highly rewarding area of visual texts. Making meaning from motion pictures, television, multimedia, graphics and design requires specific skills. Visual Texts uses case studies, examples and guided activities to help students engage with the world of visual texts in a structured and coordinated way.
	Language Through Film
	Chapter 5: Storytelling (1.7Mb) Technologies of Representation and New Media: text selection Sample teaching program (132 Kb) Technologies of Representation and New Media: Case study Storytelling: Case study Australian media organisations: Case study
	Chapter 4: Production (1.8Mb) Narrative: text selection Sample teaching program (71 Kb) Narrative: Case study Media influence: Case study Social values: Case Study – Aliens Production: Case Study – Media skills
	Reading for Media Literacy
	Reading The Visuals In The Middle Years
	Teaching Viewing and Visual Texts (Primary)
	Persuasive Language in Media Texts Iris Breuer & Melanie Napthine, Insight Publications, 2014
	Studying Media Texts
	Year 12 Media Studies Study Guide Terry Jones and Debra Thomson | ISBN: 978-1-877366-41-3 | $36.95 Covers all NCEA Level 2 Media Studies Achievement Standards with notes, examples, diagrams, illustrations and photos. A good selection of questions, some NCEA are provided with answers supplied. Use throughout the year to help with homework, to support and understand classroom work and to help with assessments. Please note this is not updated for the new curriculum implemented in 2012.
	Year 13 Media Studies Study Guide Ian Thomas and Jo Wordsworth | ISBN: 978-1-877401-44-2 | $39.95 Year 13 Media Studies Study Guide covers all NCEA Level 3 Media Studies Achievement Standards. The full year’s work is presented with notes, examples, diagrams, illustrations and photos. A good selection of questions, some NCEA are provided with answers supplied. Use throughout the year to help with homework, to support and understand classroom work and to help with assessments.
	Level 3 Media Studies Study Guide Tim Olson and Ian Thomas | ISBN: 978-1-927194-81-2 | $39.95   This new edition covers the Level 3 Media Studies Achievement Standards 3.1 to 3.8 being implemented in 2013. It has brief, clearly explained notes, examples, photos, illustrations and numerous activities for student practice. Brief answers are in the back of the book. Use throughout the year to support classroom work, to help with internal assessments and to revise for end-of-year exams.

UK   (see many BFI text selections here; more from Routledge)

Ireland