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Media Education in Japan: Concepts, Policies, and Practices

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In this age of the information society, media is widespread among homes and schools, and children are exposed to various types of media at a very early age. The Time-Budget Survey (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, 2005) reported that the per weekday average of Japanese elementary school students exposed to some types of mass media (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, comics, books, CDs, MDs or music tapes, and videos) was 2 hours and 50 minutes; for junior high school students it was 3 hours and 1 minute; and for high school students it was 4 hours and 51 minutes.

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    In a broad sense, information literacy refers to the general ability to process information required in problem-solving, and in a narrower sense, it usually refers only to the skill or ability to effectively use computers or the Internet (Takahira, 2003).

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    Suzuki, K. (2009). Media Education in Japan: Concepts, Policies, and Practices. In: Cheung, CK. (eds) Media Education in Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9529-0_10

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