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In this class you will understand the influence of mass media and learn how to access, evaluate, create and respond to mass media in informed, critical ways.
In this class you will understand the influence of mass media and learn how to access, evaluate, create and respond to mass media in informed, critical ways.
Additionally, by the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
Additionally, by the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
* Describe media literacy as a skill and its development over time
* Describe media literacy as a skill and its development over time
* Understand the positive and negative effects of media on audiences
* Understand the positive and negative effects of media on audiences
* Explain how media regulations and policies affect media producers
* Explain how media regulations and policies affect media producers
Grading Expectations
Grading Expectations
The assignments in this course will be graded on a "Total Points" system.
Note:
Not all assignments will carry the same weight. Smaller tasks will be worth fewer points, while more involved tasks will be valued more.
Reflections and quarterly projects will be graded using specific rubrics. Students will have access to those rubrics when the assignment is given.
Late work can only receive partial credit. Please keep up with the course workload.
Any extensions for extenuating circumstances need to be approved be me.
The opportunity to revise previously submitted work for a higher grade will be determined by me, on a case-by-case basis.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students caught cheating (copying other students' work or cutting-and-pasting from other sources) will receive no credit and be subject to disciplinary action as outlined in the school's Code of Conduct.
Crash Course: Your Week-by-Week Introduction to Media Literacy
Crash Course: Your Week-by-Week Introduction to Media Literacy
We will be using the series of videos listed below to provide a scaffold for our semester-long course. These are based on an introductory college level curriculum, and will take you through the history and psychology of media and give you the skills to become more media savvy.
We will be using the series of videos listed below to provide a scaffold for our semester-long course. These are based on an introductory college level curriculum, and will take you through the history and psychology of media and give you the skills to become more media savvy.
Crash Course #1: Introduction to Media Literacy
What is Media Literacy? In this video, Crash Course instructor Jay Smooth explains how we are going to use the answer to explore out media-saturated world.
Crash Course #1
Video Terms "To Know":
The Media (aka Mass Media)
Encoding and Decoding
Media Literacy
Textual Determinism
Media Messages
Media Effects
A Media Timeline: Building machines that store information outside the body
When did "media" originate? This video, takes us from cave paintings all the way to the smartphone, outlining the significance of the seismic shifts in the media landscape over the centuries.
Media Timeline
Video Terms "To Know":
The significance of cave paintings
The significance of the telegraph
The significance of the camera
The significance of the internet (web1.0 and 2.0)
The significance of digital technology
Crash Course #2: The History of Media Lit (Part One)
As we continue to explore media's origins, Crash Course instructor Jay Smooth takes us all the way back to Ancient Greece before moving forward to cover the invention of the the printing press, newspapers, and Yellow Journalism
Crash Course #2
Video Terms "To Know":
The Gutenberg Press
The Penny Press
William Randolph Hearst vs. Joseph Pulitzer
Yellow Journalism
The Coverage of the Sinking of the Maine
Crash Course #3: The History of Media Lit (Part Two)
How did we get to where we are today? In this video, Crash Course instructor Jay Smooth continues our journey through the history of media literacy with the arrival of movies, television, and the other screens that now permeate our lives – along with some of the different approaches to media literacy that these inventions brought with them.
Crash Course #3
Video Terms "To Know":
Protectionism
Cultural Defensiveness
Political Defensiveness
Moral Defensiveness
Moral Panic
Marshall McLuhan
Digital Literacy
News Literacy
Crash Course #4: Media and the Mind
How do our brains handle the media that constantly surrounds us? The unfortunate answer is that our brains have a lot of processes that not super helpful for media literacy, but hopefully with a little self-awareness, we can work around that.
Crash Course #4
Video Terms "To Know":
Schema
The Law of Closure
Confirmation Bias
Information Satisfising
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