Category Archives: Social Media

The Paradox of Ubiquitous Production

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol 4 (1) Lauren S. Berliner University of Washington Bothell Academic programs have historically fallen into the trap of reifying traditional divisions between theory and practice and analysis and craft. A 2016 “state of the field” … Continue reading

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On Developing a Teaching Module on Arab Social Media

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol 4 (1) Kimberly Katz, Towson University Laila Shereen Sakr, University of California Santa Barbara In 2011, when the uprisings broke out, many of us became glued to the news and grew hopeful for change in … Continue reading

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“Talking About Whiteness”: Using Digital Pedagogy to Interrogate Racial Privilege

   Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Critical Pedagogies in Neoliberal Times Vol. 3 (2)  Shelleen Greene  University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee   In this essay, I argue that digital media production can help facilitate critical dialogues about racial privilege that move beyond … Continue reading

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Flipping German Cinema

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 2(2) Spring 2014  Karen R. Achberger  St. Olaf College   Since 2007, educators are increasingly turning to a model of instruction called Flipped Learning where lectures and homework are reversed (or inverted): the lectures are … Continue reading

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Foregrounding Context Through Paratexts

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 1 (3) Fall 2013  Charlotte Howell  University of Texas at Austin   The naturalized primacy of the text has a firm grip on many students’ relation to media, but I have found using paratexts in … Continue reading

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Wrestling with Where the “Text” Is

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 1(3) Fall 2013  Sam Ford  MIT/ Western Kentucky University   Discussing with Americana his scholarly work on the U.S.-style soap opera, Robert C. Allen (2004) said his interest began in a graduate seminar. Allen recalls … Continue reading

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Teaching Transformativity/Transformative Teaching: Fair Use and the Video Essay

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 1(2) Spring/Summer 2013  Suzanne Scott  Arizona State University     Exercises in audiovisual argumentation further media studies’ project of developing critical visual literacies, but they also afford an important opportunity to open conversations with students … Continue reading

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Teaching (with) Social Media/ Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol. 1(1)

Teaching (with) Social Media Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol. 1 Winter/Spring 2013 Co-editors: Erin Copple Smith and Lisa Patti   Table of Contents Using Social Networks to Encourage Class Discussion by Ethan Tussey Grading with Google +: Assessing Social Media Assignments by Jorie … Continue reading

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Using Social Networks to Encourage Class Discussion

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol. 1 Winter/Spring 2013 Ethan Tussey Georgia State University       I use Facebook and Twitter in my teaching for two reasons; firstly, I want to reach my students on their most often used devices, … Continue reading

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Will It Blend? Lessons Learned Using Collaborative Media in a Liberal Arts Classroom

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol. 1 Winter/Spring 2013 Brett Boessen Austin College       In the Spring of 2010, I offered a class on Participatory Cultures, which I intended to be a vehicle for me and the participating students … Continue reading

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