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Critical media literacy in middle school: Exploring the politics of representation.

Author
Gainer, J. S.
Year
2010
Publisher
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(5), 364-373.
DOI/Link
https://doi.org/10.1598/JAAL.53.5.2
Abstract
This article explores issues of critical media literacy with middle school students in an urban setting in the United States. The author focuses on data from a qualitative study engaging students in the reading and writing of video texts. The article examines intersections of issues relating to the “crisis of representation” in social science research and critical media literacy pedagogy. The middle school participants involved in this media literacy project proved to be quite articulate in regard to their critique of mainstream media. In addition, the students resisted teacher-centered approaches to critical media literacy that would have them creating counternarratives based on the “politics of the mundane.” The author argues for the importance of a critical media literacy pedagogy that is careful to make curricular space for students' discussions and explorations of issues of representation in media texts.
Language
English
Keywords
Media Literacy, Critical Media Literacy
Tags
Critical thinking, Media representation, Digital pedagogy

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