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Research Article

Media education and the limits of “literacy”: Ecological orientations to performative platforms

T. Philip Nicholsa Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert Jean LeBlancb University of Lethbridge, Alberta, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7551-9286
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Pages 389-412 | Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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