Media Literacy of the Oppressed

Jad Melki, Ph.D., is Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and the Director of the Institute of Media Research and Training at the Lebanese American University. He is also a visiting faculty at the Salzburg Academy, an affiliated researcher with ICMPA at the University of Maryland, and a visiting professor at Bournemouth University. In 2015, Melki won the UNESCO-UNAoC International Media and Information Literacy Award for advancing media literacy education in the Arab region through founding the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut. His research is at the intersection of media literacy, journalism, war, feminism, and health communication. He won the 2020 Shoman Arab Researchers Award for his impactful research on media in the Arab World. Previously, Melki was Founding Director of Media Studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and was affiliated with the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, and the Jordan Media Institute. As a former journalist, Melki was part of a team that won a Webby Award and a National Press Club Award for covering the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon.

• Chapter 1 – Failures of Mainstream Media Literacy: A Case for an Emancipatory Media Literacy Framework Chapter 2 – Media Literacy of Oppressed Identities: An Intersectional Feminist Approach for the Whole Society Chapter 3 – Media Literacy of Terrorism and Populism: The Symbiotic Relationship between Media and Oppression Chapter 4 – Media Literacy of Colonialism, War, and Genocide: The Clash of Narratives and the Crushing of Worlds Chapter 5 – Media Literacy of Pandemics and Infodemics: Saving Society from the Plague of Fake News, Mis/Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories Chapter 6 – Toward an Alliance of 21st -Century Intersectional Literacies Epilogue: Marginal Issues, False Victimhood, and Performative Solidarity