Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age PART THREE

Tuning in to Media, a documentary by Renee Hobbs, offers a compelling look at the powerful and pervasive role media play in our society and redefines what it means to be "literate." By examining media coverage of the Rodney King beatings and the Los Angeles riots, this program reveals how television is constructed and introduces the fundamental concepts of critical analysis. The program also showcases elementary, middle, and high-school classrooms where teachers are applying media literacy concepts to the curriculum with impressive results, invigorating the study of language, social studies, science and the arts.

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Education

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• media literacy
• schools
• elementary
• teachers
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• interpretation
• visual literacy
• students
• active learning
• collaboration
• motivation
• engagement
• culture
• classroom
• critical viewing
• literacy
• learning
• digital
• video
• production
• middle school
• high school