Media literacy therefore concerns the relationship among textuality, competence and power. Indeed, literacy is a concept grounded in a centuries-old struggle between enlightenment and critical scholarship, setting those who see literacy as democratising, empowering of ordinary people against those who see it as elitist, divisive, a source of inequality. Debates over literacy are, in short, debates about the manner and purposes of public participation in society.<BR><BR>This digital document is an article from Intermedia, most recently published by International Institute of Communications on September 30, 2004. The length of the article is 1820 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.<BR><BR><strong>Citation Details</strong><br><strong>Title:</strong> What is media literacy?<br><strong>Author:</strong> Sonia Livingstone<br><strong>Publication:</strong> <em>Intermedia</em> (General Information)<br><strong>Date:</strong> September 30, 2004<br><strong>Publisher:</strong> International Institute of Communications<br><strong>Volume:</strong> 32 <strong>Issue:</strong> 3 <strong>Page:</strong> 18-20<BR><BR>Distributed by ProQuest Information and Learning