Media Literacy

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real

Debate: Hip Hop is an Effective Vehicle for Change

• Prep for 1st round arguments: 15 minutes
• Each team chooses 1-2 central spokespeople
• Compose central argument
• 1st round arguments: 5 minutes/side
• Prep for 2nd round rebuttals: 5 min
• 2nd round arguments: 5 min/side
• Anyone from the team can comment
• 3rd round: ALL OUT WAR; 5 min total
• Judges' deliberation: 10 minutes
• Must produce written rationale
• VERDICT

Activist Media Strategies

Rhetorical/Narrative Analysis, Psychoanalytic Analysis, and Affective Analysis of Media

Cultural Analysis

Gender & Sexuality in the Media

Intro to the Critical Approach