Abstract:
This study argues the necessity of implementation of media literacy in schools by
interpreting media literacy in relation to 'communication' and knowledge and information society,
which are included in the key competences of European Union. In the Romanian educational
system, the media literacy competence is not aimed in any educational curriculum. Few efforts
have been made in the past ten years, efforts initiated by the civil society experts and not
adapted to the national curriculum yet. Based on the literature review and on the content
analyses of the national curriculum, this study contrived media literacy strands and standards
including performance objectives and basic teaching and learning contents. By theoretically
systemizing media literacy, this study is expected to promote the understandings of media
literacy in schools and promote its implementations in the classrooms.
