A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Michael Newman examines the legacy of 1960s anti-Vietnam War teach-ins in relation to Twitter and contemporary debates about — and curtailments of — academic freedom, political speech, and public pedagogies within higher education institutions.
Read moreVicki Mayer discusses her MediaNOLA project and its practical and pedagogical use in the classroom, where it enables students to learn research and production skills, allows them to publish for the public, and, in short, make media.
Read moreDrew Morton outlines how best to design a syllabus and videographic assignments for upper-division Media Studies undergraduates that integrates practice and theory while remaining manageable and applicable to this segment of the student population.
Read moreLeah Shafer advocates for the productive use of collaborative digital projects and group work in the college classroom.
Read moreAmelie Hastie argues that television must be studied in a manner that fully contextualizes it within both time and material space, as must the pedagogies, course assignments, and methods of study we use to engage such pursuits.
Read moreKatherine Morrissey advocates for teaching media and software literacy skills which will enable students to successfully adapt and respond to changes in software, its classroom availability, and in the media landscape itself.
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