Communication 1-oh-1

Media Literacy

DVD/Video Study Guides

Online Courses in the Department of Communication

 

TITLE

RESOURCES/READING
Consuming Kids Consuming Kids:  The Commercialization of Childhood
  Consuming Kids Study Guide Media Education Foundation
   

Outfoxed:  Rupert Murdocks War on Journalism
  http://www.outfoxed.org/
 

Watch OUTFOXED : Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
 

Outfoxed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 
   
   

 

 The Merchants of Cool 
  Discussion Questions
   
Themes
  The Clout of Media Giants
  The Symbiotic Relationship Between Media and Teens
  Where are the adults?
  What's this doing to kids?
  The Coarsening of Culture
  Additional Resources
  What Teens Think
  Interviews                   Interview Douglas Ruskoff
  The Media Giants/Conglomerates
  The landscape of the "cool"
  Inside Total Request Live
  Read Merchant of Cool Content Overview
  Discussion Questions  Merchants of Cool
  Teachers Resource Guide
  Click Here to read this overviewcentral themes in the Merchants of Cool
  Video:The Merchants of Cool
  Who is Douglas Rushkoff? (Micro-Bio)    Doglas Ruskoff's Web Site
  Watch the Merchants of Cool Online (Need Real Audio or Windows Media)     
  Additional Writing by Douglas Ruskoff 
   
   
   

Independent Media in Time of War

 

 
  Read Overview and Transcript of Independent Media
in Time of War
  Read Amy Goodman Interview with Charlie Rose
  Click Here to Read The Study Guide From the MediaEducation Foundation
  Watch Independent Media in Time of War (Need Real Player)
  http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/
media_war_256.rm&proto
  Intterview Amy Goodman 
  Who is Amy Goodman (Micro-Bio)Democracy Now Host & Executive Producer
   
   
   

 

 No Logo, Brands Globalization & Resistance
  Overview
  Part 1 No Space
  Part 2 No Choice
  Part 3  No Jobs
  Part 4 Anti-Corporate Activism
   
   
   
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Rich Media Poor Democracy(30 Mintues                       
 
  Overview and Introduction
  Part 1 Who is Summer Redstone?
  Part 2  Who Gave the Airways Away
  Part3  Welcome to the Revolution
  Part 4 What Happened to the First Admendment
  Part 5 What Happened to the News
   
   Interview with Robert McChesney
  Book Review          Excerpts  from the book
  Read Rich Media Poor Democracy Content Overview
  Who is Robert McChesney (Micro-Bio)Study Guide:  Rich Media: Poor Democracy
(Need Acrobat Reader)
  Read Articles and Interviews Amplifying Robert McChesney's Rich Media Poor Democracy
   
   

The Killing Screens
  Content Overview and Student Guide
  Content Notes from Killing Screens
  George Gerbner:The Man Who Counts the Killings
   Television and the Culture of Violence: The Perspective of George Gerbner
   
   
   
   

Tough Guise
Violence in Media and the Crisis in Masculinity
 
  Summary of Content/Discussion Questions
  Supplementary Readings
  Learning Activisties
   
   
   
Frontline "The Persuaders" 
(Need Real Audio or Windows Media)
  The Persuaders  Transcript 
Interview from Frontline: The Persuaders
  Read the transcript from the Frontline video "The Persuaders"
   
Toxic Sludge is Good For You:  The Public Relations Industry Unspun
  Toxic Sludge is Good for You: The Public Relations Industry Unspun
  Study Guide Toxic Sludge
From the Media Education Foundation
  How PR Sold the War in the Persian Gulf
 http://www.counterpunch.org/stauber1207.html
 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/17/1530239
  Part1 Roots in Conflict
  Part 2 Not Local Not News
  Park 3 Third Party Advocacy
  Part 4 Managing Crisis
  Part 5 Silencing Debate
  Post Discussion Questions and Resources
   
Still Killing Us Softly III  
  Content Overview and Study Guide
  Discussion Questions
  Notes Still Killing Us Softly 1 (1987)
  Read Content Overview  Killing Us Softly III
  Who is Jeane Kilbourne (Micro-Bio)
  Study Guide For Killing Us Softly 3 From the Media Education Foundation
  Additional Readings and Chapter 1 of  of Can't Buy My Love:
How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
Beyond Killing Us Softly Content Overview
  Racism and Media Representation
  Media Representation and Asian American Women
  Activities and Discussion Questions
  Readings and Resources
  Marketing Women to Women
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 Media Hype: When News Coverage Goes Too Far (41 min.)  

 Dreamworlds III: Images of Sexuality in MTV Video
  Students Responses to Dreamworlds
  Dreamworlds3 Desire, Sex and Power in MTV Video
   
   
Spin the Bottle:
Sex, Lies and Alcohol		 Resources Spin the Bottle
Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thiness From the Media Education Foundation
   
Neil Postman Amusing Ourselves to Death Content Overview and TranscriptCSPAN booknotes
   
 Video: Entertainment in a Digital Age.  (60 mintues  
 Video: Feeding the Beast: An inside look at the News Media (22 min.)  
   
   
   
The Golden Oldies Video Vault The Golden Oldies Video Vaulty
   
All Consuming Images  Bill Moyers Content Overview
   
Advertising and the End of the World  
   
The Illusion of News - Bill Moyers Content Overview
   
The Decades Best Commercials (1980s) Content Overview
   
The Race Against Prime Time Content Overview
   
Television and the Presidency Parts II and III Content Overview
   
The Advertising Process at Work Content Overview
   
How Ads Work Content Overview
   
The Ad and the Ego Content Overview (Transcript)