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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"critical media literacy"”.
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Critical media literacy and students in youth gang
The representation of youth in gangs in the media has tended towards portraying these individuals in a negative light, especially regarding the theme of violence. Such representations have political consequences for how these individuals are perceived and treated. Too often what is missing from …
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Assessing Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes on Critical Media Literacy Education
… Ontario teacher candidates’ perspectives on critical media literacy to gain an understanding of the skills and tools they need to constructively approach and teach future students about the subject. In addition, the prospect of introducing remixed, student-created board games into classrooms …
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Critical Media Literacy: A Curriculum for Middle School English Teachers
<p>This project provides an introductory, critical media literacy curriculum for middle school English teachers, which is designed to build upon students’ academic language proficiency and critical-thinking skills through media-based content. The targeted proficiency level ranges from …
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Cultivating Voice Through Web 2.0-Infused Critical Media Literacy: Pedagogy for African American Girls
<p>This research examined the role of the mass media in the lives of four African American girls. The results uncovered how the media’s negative stereotypes contribute to the silencing of their voices. It explored the effectiveness of enacting Web 2.0-infused Critical Media Literacy in facilitating …
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Nurturing Empathy through Critical Media Literacy and Design Thinking: Partnering Pedagogy to Build Community
What counts in critical literacy education today and for learners’ futures? The neoliberal agenda in Canada prioritizes standardization, efficiency, and results- based performance. The social isolation and unrest of the global pandemic are reflected in media headlines and images. This thesis …
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Improving Students’ Confidence and Competence Using Critical Media Literacy Skills in a Secondary English Language Arts Class
… can affect students’ perceived and demonstrated critical abilities in discussing informational media texts in the secondary ELA classroom. This dissertation examines topical research, gaps in the literature, and theoretical frameworks to justify the study. The qualitative action research study …
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Digital Echoes of the iGeneration: An Examination of Digital Media Used in 21st Century Education
<p>This study explores the use of digital media as three teams of middle grades students create an original film about a topic of their choosing. The impetus of the study is fueled by a personal curiosity to see how students learn when given the freedom and flexibility to research and explore …
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Critical Approaches to Digital Video Composition and Media Literacy in Preservice Teacher and High School Contexts: Understanding Students’ Perspectives
… preservice teachers’ responses to a critical digital video project in the context of a Disciplinary Literacies course. This study was particularly interested in the preservice teachers’ obstacles and collaborations they experienced while completing the project, as well as future …
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Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures
… urban youth culture through examining how media technologies such as the Internet empower contemporary Chinese urban youth. Using Douglas Kellner’s (1995) multiperspectival cultural studies, specifically cultural studies, critical theory, and critical media literacy, as both the theoretical …
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Lemonade, gin, and juice: the performance and deconstruction of black masculinity from n**gers to negus
… terrorism and violence.” (hooks 2004, 1) Critical media literacy through a Black feminist framework serves as the theoretical lens for conducting a critical analysis of film, music, television, and literature to explore four questions: First, how does patriarchal masculinity act as an …
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Exploring and Understanding the Practices, Behaviors, and Identities of Hip-hop Based Educators in Urban Public High School English/Language Arts Classrooms
… knowledge, improve student motivation, teach critical media literacy, and foster critical consciousness among urban students in traditional and non-traditional K-12 learning environments. However, the field's overreliance on firsthand accounts of teacher-researchers, the vast majority of whom …
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Decoding dominant ideals of beauty : Young women’s engagements with media representations, social environments, and media literacy
… to success and popularity. The influence of media deserves particular attention as it is able to create and circulate dominant ideals of beauty. Research suggests that dominant ideals of beauty created by media have a strong impact on women’s perceptions of beauty. However, the influence of …
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Sentimentality and digital storytelling: towards a post-conflict pedagogy in pre-service teacher education in South Africa
… working at the intersection of queer, cultural, critical race and political theory, I adopted three different analytical approaches to a narrative inquiry of emotions. I used these approaches to analyse stories told in a five-day digital storytelling train-the-trainer workshop with nine …
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An investigation of adolescent girls’ critical media health literacy in a body-positive program
… thesis describes a research study that examines media artifacts created by 26 adolescent girls participating in a four-week body-positive program. Employing a qualitative case study method, this study explores how girls respond to a program which promotes health, body image, self-esteem, physical …
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Alternative media for public pedagogy: "Chief" concerns and human agency
… how the growing influence of alternative media in civil society correlates with the rise of social movements and their influence on contemporary manifestations of resistance, this research uses critical ethnographic methodologies to document the narratives of alternative media producers in …
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Consuming Dora the Explorer: a critical pedagogical examination of culture, literacy, and media
… difference and representation in children’s media. This study engages Dora the Explorer’s first five seasons that were produced from 2000 to 2010. This investigation seeks to understand the dialectic nature between media, culture, literacy, pedagogy, and identity. This study is a contribution …