Week One

Tuesday:

1. Introduction

1.1 Citizenship and News in Times of Crisis and Peace: Born to Shop?

"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both."
-- James Madison

"You're Fired!"
-- Donald Trump on "The Apprentice."

"At six months of age, the same age they are imitating simple sounds like "ma-ma," babies are forming mental images of corporate logos and mascots."
---James McNeal and Chyon-Hwa Yeh. "Born to Shop," American Demographics, June 1993, pp 34-39.

The representation of youth: Time Magazine poll about "Being 13" from August 8, 2005, cover story. See "What they really think: [http://www.time.com/time/covers/20050808/photoessay/poll1.html]

"What a Girl Really Wants." Produced by the Media Education Foundation (2001). Produced by Elizabeth Massie
Edited by Jacob Bricca. [http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/WhatAGirlWants]

Youth and Politics: "Survey Finds First Amendment Is Being Left Behind in High School," Knight Foundation News Release, Jan. 31. See [http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=news_at_knight/releases/2005/2005_01_31_firstamend.html]

Teens Tune Out on News. "Reading Newspapers Ranked Lowest Versus Other Media for Early Teens,"
by C. Pardun. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3677/is_200407/ai_n9432122/print]

Iraq War Veteran Speaks Out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mCydl8KP0]

U.S. Army Trailer [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4990093577069774083&q=u.s.+army+trailer&total=392&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0]

Le Moyner College, "U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006." [http://www.zogby.com/NEWS/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075]

President George Bush, Terrorism and Shopping. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMJUej_FU9Y]

Thursday:

1.2 What is media literacy? Introduction and Contrasting Viewpoints

• "What is Media Literacy?," Why Teach Media Literacy?," "Approaches to Media Education," "Key Concepts," "Evaluation and Assessment." from Media Awareness Network [http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/media_literacy/index.cfm]
• "The Oreo, Obesity and Us," Chicago Tribune Special Report, 2005. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-oreos-specialpackage,1,7094476.special?coll=chi-health-utl] Or see articles at our class Blackboard document site.
• "Bombarded by Media," by Donald Shifrin, M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics News, June 6, 2005. See class Blackboard documents.
• "Support for Tougher Indecency Measures, But Worries About Government Intrusiveness:New Concerns About Internet and Reality Shows," Pew Research Center, April 19, 2005. [http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=241]
• Bill Moyers: "Our Democracy is in Danger of Being Paralyzed," Thursday, May 13th, 2004, Democracy NOW! [http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/111403E.shtml]