First, there has been a significant growth in the number and scope of courses related to
media literacy which are offered to students. This has especially been the case within
secondary schools, where media literacy is often incorporated into elective or vocational
classes. As Hobbs (2004) suggested, the growing popularity of this subject can be evidenced
by the fact that there are over 10,000 journalism teachers and 1,500 media specialists
in K-12 schools in the United States, and about half of the nearly 16,500 high
schools in the nation have media production facilities (National Center, 2010).