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HUMA 1780 Section B 6.0 Stories in Diverse Media

HUMA 1780 Section B 6.0 Stories in Diverse Media. A course about who benefits. http://huma1780.blog.yorku.ca. What is this course about?. The media whos?. Who makes the stories?  Who legitimizes them?  Who distributes them?  For whom are they produced? 

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HUMA 1780 Section B 6.0 Stories in Diverse Media

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  1. HUMA 1780 Section B 6.0 Stories in Diverse Media A course about who benefits

  2. http://huma1780.blog.yorku.ca

  3. What is this course about?

  4. The media whos? • Who makes the stories?  • Who legitimizes them?  • Who distributes them?  • For whom are they produced?  • Who gets represented in these stories as ‘normal’?  Who gets represented as “other”? and who is altogether left out of representation?  • Who consumes these stories as fact?  Who consumes these stories for pleasure?  Who consumes these stories critically?

  5. Who benefits? • Who defines what the culture understands to be “reality”? Whose “reality” is being represented? • Who/what is absent/disappeared, marginalized or set in opposition? To whom is this being told? • What are the core assumptions? Who benefits from this telling? What are the benefits? At what/whose expense? • How/Could this story be told otherwise? How do the absent/disappeared/marginalized define themselves? • How does this relate to my own experiences? • How/does this move me to change my thinking/acting/world?

  6. do diverse media actually exist?

  7. Grades Evaluation • Tests and Projects        80% • Tutorial Assignments 20% Lateness Penalties and Missed Tests

  8. readings

  9. A quick look ahead: • September 7- • Intro lecture: • Kellner-  “Towards a Critical Media/Cultural Studies” • September 14- • Gennaro “Purchasing the Teenage Canadian Identity”

  10. Douglas Kellner: Towards a Critical Media/Cultural Studies

  11. Media as stories

  12. Media as spectacle

  13. Media as pedagogy

  14. Critical media literacy

  15. The 3-Pronged Approach

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