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    A Media Literacy Menu: Ingredients for Successful Media Studies - Teaching Backgrounder
    By Barry DuncanIn the media education classroom, we all want to do thoughtful media analysis in which it is understood that class discussions and reflections are the basis for constructing new knowledge. In this context, the classroom is a "site of struggle" in which meanings are negotiated. U.K. educator Len Masterman reminds us that media studies should be inquiry-centered, co-investigative (rather than seeking to impose a specific set of values), egalitarian and dialogic - though of course, dialogue is not loose, rambling discussions. They should also lead students to critical autonomy, not just critical intelligence. Such an expectation implies that students are capable of making independent judgements on future media texts.
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    Advertising All Around Us - Lesson
    This teaching unit helps students to become more aware of the language and techniques used in print advertising, as well as the impact of advertising on their daily lives.
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    Camera Shots - Lesson
    In this lesson, students examine the visual codes used on television and in movies through an exploration of various camera techniques. Students begin with a discussion about camera-subject distance, and review various film techniques that are used to create visual meaning.
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    Cinema Cops - Lesson
    In this lesson students develop awareness of the ways in which public perceptions of law enforcement have been both reflected in and influenced by film and television depictions of police over the past eighty years.
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    Exposing Gender Stereotypes - Lesson
    culturally inherited stereotypes, and to the images presented in the media - film and television, rock music, newspapers and magazines.
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    Female Action Heroes - Lesson
    In this lesson, students identify stereotypical images of girls and women as represented by female action heroes.
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    Forensic Science Crime Dramas
    This lesson encourages students to analyze the forensic science crime drama as a television show genre.
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    Gambling in the Media
    This lesson looks at the increasing prominence of gambling in the media, particularly movies and television.
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    Images of Learning: Secondary - Lesson
    This lesson helps students become more aware of the stereotypes associated with portrayals of students and teachers on television and on film.
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    Learning Gender Stereotypes - Lesson
    This is the second of three lessons that address gender stereotypes. The objective of these lessons is to encourage students to develop their own critical intelligence with regard to culturally inherited stereotypes, and to the images presented in the media - film and television, rock music, newspapers and magazines.The lesson begins with a review of stereotypes that are associated with men and women and their possible sources - including the role of the media. Students deconstruct a series of advertisements based on gender representation and answer questions about gender stereotyping about articles they have read.

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