The volume offers a comprehensive exploration of theoretical and conceptual foundations and presents examples of a well-founded pedagogical media criticism. Media criticism has always been one of the central tasks of media education. Digitalization brings new challenges and problem areas, such as the commercial exploitation of personal data profiles or the emergence of partially totalitarian power structures in the context of Big Data. These issues require not only critical reflection but also the presentation of alternative actions, as seen in the concept of Digital Citizenship. The volume includes contributions on the premises and historical development of media criticism, analyzes current problem areas, and introduces various concepts of media criticism based on developmental and action-oriented, socio-aesthetic approaches.