in order for students to develop the analytical and technical skills needed to be fully literate in a contemporary sense, media analysis and media production should be continuosly reinforced from kindergarten though high school (and beyond)in many different subject areas. the purpose of media literacy education is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers effective comminicators the core principles for media literacy education in the united states, developed by the national association for media literacy education in 2007, which state that media literacy education