Allison T. Butler, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Advising in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she teaches courses in media literacy and education and media.

Key Scholarship in Media Literacy: David Buckingham focuses on the scholarship and research of the eponymous global leader in media literacy education and children's and young people's media cultures. Studies and applications of media literacy education around the globe are indebted to the scholarship of Buckingham.