EDUC 8605 - Critical Media Literacy (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Critical Media Literacy examines the social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence and are influenced by our media systems. This interdisciplinary course will situate media as a pedagogical location in the political economy, and therefore, examine the educative and miseducative possibilities. This interdisciplinary course includes the following topics: the history of media, media ownership, identities negotiated through media, democracy and media, cultural intervention through media, rhetorical practices in media, audience studies, media production, digital media and the teaching and learning of media literacy.

Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students