The media school at Bournemouth University have initiated project with the stated aim of attempting to,

… develop a shared understanding, some shared reasons, for media education. We hope that by the end of the project (which will start life as a website and then result in a book) we will have a better, more sustaining understanding of the purpose of what we do and that we will be able to draw on this understanding to keep us on track in the classroom and in defending and advocating our subject in the future.

Professionals from the sector have already contributed to the site with their views on the purpose of media education. These currently include contributions from Professor Henry Jenkins, Professor Natalie Fenton, Professor David Gauntlett, Professor David Buckingham, Cary Bazalgette, Nik Powell, Dr Julian McDougall, Professor David Hesmondhalgh, Vítor Reia-Baptista and Dr Nick Potamitis.

To read and add to this ongoing project, visit the website at:
www.manifestoformediaeducation.co.uk