Reel Education is the first single-authored book to bring together the theoretical and practical considerations of teaching cinematic texts about education that claim a degree of verisimilitude.
Developments in information communication technologies (ICTs) have altered the fabric of youth culture in terms of a young person’s access to information and ability to communicate with a global audie
Developments in information communication technologies (ICTs) have altered the fabric of youth culture in terms of a young person’s access to information and ability to communicate with a global audie
Reel Education is the first single-authored book to bring together the theoretical and practical considerations of teaching cinematic texts about education that claim a degree of verisimilitude. Given
Movies Change Lives is a rigorous interdisciplinary examination of cinema as a vehicle for person and social transformation. Interdisciplinary scholar Tony Kashani builds a theory of humanistic trans
How do we connect with one another? How do the media portray different cultures and beliefs? What messages are often omitted from media? How do we connect what we see in the worldwide media to the cla
Media are a powerful educational force that teaches about the relationship between humans and living systems while also physiologically impacting the environment. However, although long considered a t
Drawing from interviews with students at Lincoln Square High School in New York City, Butler (communication, Western Connecticut State U.) explores how students make meaning of media and media educati
This volume presents a long-term qualitative study that follows 20 New York City public high school students as they make the transition into college and work. The primary data are the young people’s
Signs exist as fundamental markers of the urban landscape. Whether in the form of street signs offering directions, the airbrushed promises of advertising media or the vandalized détournements of stre
This slim volume on urban sociology explores the meanings of signs, literal and in the semiotic sense, in the communication of urban identities and the production of broadcast meaning tied to place. T
Butler's (communications, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) book is an insightful qualitative resource, which documents twenty New York City public high school students as they journey through college and
Education researcher Martino critically examines the part that video games play in the lives of young people and the impact these games have had on the evolution of youth culture and the broader socie
The impact that First Person Shooter video games have had on the evolution of youth culture over a decade or more has been the focus of attention from political leaders; medical and legal specialists;
This book, a resource for educators, uses the theme of media literacy as a lens through which to view and discuss social networking and Web 2.0 environments. There is ongoing and positive research on
Media are a powerful educational force that teaches about the relationship between humans and living systems while also physiologically impacting the environment. However, although long considered a t
This volume details the author's study of a youth media project, Youth Radio and Radio Arts for multilingual students in high schools, which took place in a multi-grade class of English as a second la
A Pedagogy of Powerful Communication calls for a revisioning of second language and literacy teaching, arguing for a move away from skills-based ESL instruction where communication is treated as a set
Supported by critical theoretical frameworks, this book is a purposeful engagement with bodies of knowledge rooted in popular culture, yet routinely excluded from «common sense» visions of curriculum.
Aimed at teachers in higher education, this book is meant to bring awareness of the effect and stranglehold corporate media has in shaping, or rather, controlling, the masses. The authors investigate