Abstract
Media literacy scholars have long championed the inclusion of media literacy courses in all levels of education, from K-12 to collegiate levels. Universities’ general education curricula are one possible site for inclusion of a media literacy course. However, with each discipline vying for a spot in a university’s general education system, a course in media literacy can easily be overlooked or excluded. In this paper, we detail our efforts to successfully incorporate several media literacy courses into our university’s general education curriculum. This is a process we went through twice under two different general education systems. This paper will detail how creative thinking and argumentation on the part of media literacy instructors can lead to the successful inclusion of courses into a general education curriculum, which extends the value of media literacy to students of all majors and backgrounds.
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Frohlich, D. O., & Magolis, D. (2026). How to incorporate media literacy into general education curricula. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 18(2), 120-131. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2026-18-2-9
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