Media Literacy: Thinking Critically About Visual Culture

by Paxson, Peyton

• ISBN13: 9780825149917
• ISBN10: 0825149916
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-08
• Publisher: J Weston Walch Pub

Summary

Tunes into topics of special interest to students! Investigates the societal, cultural, and economic effects of the Internet Helps students become more informed and discerning Internet users Speaks to a variety of subject areas, including language arts and social studies A Center for Media Literacy Recommended Resource

Table of Contents

To the Teacher	v
To the Student	vi
Visual Culture and Society	1	(18)
Teacher Buzz	1	(1)
Visual Culture Buzz	2	(17)
Activity 1: Blindness	3	(1)
Activity 2: The Blind Person and the Airplane	4	(3)
Activity 3: Technology and Literacy: The 1400s	7	(1)
Activity 4: Technology and Literacy: The 1800s	8	(2)
Activity 5: Mechanical Reproduction and Visual Representation	10	(2)
Activity 6: The Multinational Logo	12	(2)
Activity 7: Design a Sign	14	(1)
Activity 8: What Is Art?	15	(2)
Activity 9: ``The Wall''--the Vietnam Veterans Memorial	17	(2)
Material Culture	19	(24)
Teacher Buzz	19	(2)
Visual Culture Buzz	21	(22)
Activity 1: The Beetle and the Ram	22	(2)
Activity 2: The Brake Light	24	(2)
Activity 3: License Plates	26	(2)
Activity 4: Bumper Stickers	28	(2)
Activity 5: The Time Capsule	30	(2)
Activity 6: It's Fake, but It Looks Real	32	(2)
Activity 7: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover	34	(1)
Activity 8: Money, Money, Money	35	(3)
Activity 9: The Shopping Mall	38	(2)
Activity 10: Mickey, the Silent Mouse	40	(1)
Activity 11: How Do You Get There?	41	(2)
The Visual Culture of Media	43	(18)
Teacher Buzz	43	(1)
Visual Culture Buzz	44	(17)
Activity 1: Are Billboards Good or Bad?	45	(3)
Activity 2: What Is the Future of Magazines and Newspapers?	48	(2)
Activity 3: What Is the Future of All Print Media?	50	(2)
Activity 4: The White Van	52	(2)
Activity 5: The Rodney King Beating	54	(2)
Activity 6: Cinema Therapy	56	(1)
Activity 7: The Written Word Versus the Oral Word	57	(1)
Activity 8: Video Games	58	(3)
The Visual Culture of Color	61	(15)
Teacher Buzz	61	(1)
Visual Culture Buzz	62	(14)
Activity 1: Color Blindness	63	(2)
Activity 2: Naming Colors, Describing Colors	65	(2)
Activity 3: What Color Is Confusion?	67	(1)
Activity 4: Describe Blue	68	(1)
Activity 5: Which Is Your Favorite Color?	69	(2)
Activity 6: Passive Pink	71	(1)
Activity 7: The Pink Artichokes and the Rainbow Warriors	72	(2)
Activity 8: A New Kind of Coloring Book	74	(2)
The Visual Culture of People	76	(19)
Teacher Buzz	76	(1)
Visual Culture Buzz	77	(18)
Activity 1: Why Is Thin In?	78	(2)
Activity 2: Tattoo You?	80	(2)
Activity 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Victimized	82	(4)
Activity 4: What Is Attractive in America?	86	(2)
Activity 5: Plastic Surgery	88	(3)
Activity 6: The Hairy President	91	(2)
Activity 7: ``You're Not Leaving the House Looking Like That!''	93	(2)
Language and the Written Word	95	(17)
Teacher Buzz	95	(1)
Visual Culture Buzz	96	(16)
Activity 1: Alphabets	97	(3)
Activity 2: Two Countries Divided by a Common Language	100	(2)
Activity 3: Borrowed Words and False Cognates	102	(2)
Activity 4: Cambodians and Khmer	104	(2)
Activity 5: Literacy and Voting	106	(4)
Activity 6: Which Font Do You Want?	110	(2)
Glossary	112	(1)
Additional Resources	113