Abstract
The author described a review of advanced research and discussed issues left for the future study in order to reconsider the research on media literacy. The author conducted a research on media literacy by the following points.・definition: How has it been defined?・history: In what situation has it been necessary?・approach: How does advanced research approach to it? The following issues are emerged for future research. (1) To cope with "confusion of several standpoints" and "new environment of media" (2) To have a discussion on educational method and its generalization (3) To focus on creativity for expression by using digital media
