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COMM205:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Media Literacy

Readings:	Read: Media Literacy (Kamerer) Read: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture (Kellner) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Race - The Power of an Illusion (episode 1 only)
Assignments:	Lesson 1 Quiz Packback Introductions

Lesson 2: Critical Cultural Theories

Readings:	Read: Introducing Critical Media Studies (Ott & Mack) Watch: The Mean World Syndrome Watch: Cultural Criticism and Transformation
Assignments:	Lesson 2 Quiz MLE #1 Discussion

Lesson 3: Issues within Media Industries

Readings:	Read: New Media Giants: Changing Industry Structure (Croteau and Hoynes) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Read: The Whites of Their Eyes (Hall) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood & Corporate Power (Sun & Picker) Watch: Freedom of Expression
Assignments:	Lesson 3 Quiz Lesson 3 Packback Discussion

Lesson 4: Representations of Gender

Readings:	Read: Mean Girls? The Influence of Gender Portrayals in Teen Movies on Emerging Adults' Gender-Based Attitudes and Beliefs (Behm-Morawitz & Mastro) Read: Gendered Perspectives on the Digital Divide (Kevasny et al) Watch: Choose one film from the list in the Module
Assignments:	Lesson 4 Quiz Lesson 4 Packback Discussion

Lesson 5: Representations of Sexuality

Readings:	Read: Reading the Romance of Fan Cultural Production: Music Videos of a Television Lesbian Couple (Ng) Read: Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights (Garretson) Watch: Choose one film from the list in the Module
Assignments:	Lesson 5 Quiz MLE #2 Discussion

Lesson 6: Representations of Disabilities

Readings:

Read: Supercrips versus the pitiful handicapped: Reception of disabling images by disabled audience members (Kama) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Read: Consuming Image: How Mass Media Impact the Identity of People with Disabilities (Zhang and Haller) Watch: Artistic Horizon: Exploring the Arts (30 minutes) Watch: Art in the Eye of a Needle (2 minutes) Watch: Whole: A Trinity of Being (6 minutes)

Assignments:

Lesson 6 Quiz Lesson 6 Packback Discussion

Lesson 7: Representations of Caucasians/Whiteness

Readings:	Read: The Color-Blind Double Bind: Whiteness and the (Im)Possibility of Dialogue (Simpson) Watch: White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege in America (Wise) Watch: Choose one additional film from the list in the Module
Assignments:	Lesson 7 Quiz Lesson 7 Packback Discussion

Lesson 8: Representations of American Indians/First Nations/Indigenous People

Readings:	Read: American Indian News Frames in America's First Newspaper (Sanchez) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Read: Gambling with Identity: Self Representation of American Indians on Official Tribal Websites (Cuillier) Watch: Reel Injun (Diamond)
Assignments:	Lesson 8 Quiz MLE #3 Discussion

Lesson 9: Representations of African Americans/Black People

Readings:

Read: User-generated racism An analysis of stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in YouTube videos (Guo and Harlow) Read: #BlackTwitter and the Revolutionary Power of Horizontal Networks (Douglas) Read: Simone Biles and Simone Manuel Wins Impact on Race (Bastien) Watch: Souls of Black Girls: The Image of Women of Color in the Media (Valerius) Watch: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (Bell & Lennon)

Assignments:

Lesson 9 Quiz Lesson 9 Packback Discussion

Lesson 10: Representations of Latinx/Hispanics/Hispanic Americans

Readings:

Read: Social Identity Theory as a Framework for Understanding the Effects of Exposure to Positive Media Images of Self and Other on Intergroup Outcomes (McKinley et al) Read: Alba the Undocumented: Immigration Law and Citizenship Excess in Jane the Virgin (Galarza) Read: Performing Representational Labor: Blackness Indigeneity and Legibility in Global Latinx Media Cultures (Baez) Watch: Latinos Beyond Reel (Picker & Sun)

Assignments:

Lesson 10 Quiz Lesson 10 Packback Discussion

Lesson 11: Representations of East Asians/Asian Americans

Readings:	Read: Crazy Rich Asians: Exploring Discourses of Orientalism, Neoliberal Feminism, Privilege and Inequality (Vijay) Watch: On Orientalism Watch: The Slanted Screen
Assignments:	Lesson 11 Quiz MLE #4 Discussion

Lesson 12: Representations of Middle Eastern/Northern African/Arab-Americans

Readings:	Read: Freedom to Think (Sen) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (Shaheen)
Assignments:	Lesson 12 Quiz Lesson 12 Packback Discussion

Lesson 13: Representations of Intersectionality

Readings:	Re-read: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture (Kellner) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Cultural Criticism and Transformation, Pt. 1, On Cultural Criticism (Hooks)
Assignments:	Lesson 13 Quiz Lesson 13 Packback Discussion

Lesson 14: Representations in Film/TV/Music/Advertising

Readings:

Read: Television: The New State Religion (Gerbner) Read: Television and Social Controls: some observations on the portrayals of ethnic minorities (Clark) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Read: New Politics of Consumption (Schor) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video (Jhally et al) Watch: No Logo (Jhally et al)

Assignments:

Lesson 14 Quiz MLE #5 Discussion

Lesson 15: Issues within the Internet and Video Games

Readings:

Read: The Effects of Technological Advancement and Violent Content in Video Games (Ivory and Kalyanaraman) Read: Violence, Sexuality, and Gender Stereotyping A Content Analysis of Official Video Game Web Sites (Robinson et al) Read: Revolution in the Digital Revolution (McChesney) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu) Watch: Joystick Warriors: Video Games, Violence & the Culture of Militarism (Jhally et al)

Assignments:

Lesson 15 Quiz Lesson 15 Packback Discussion

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