Category Archives: Journalism

Up with Chris Hayes: Media monopolies thrive as local newspapers fold

A great three-segment discussion of newspapers monopolies and the often powerful corporate interests behind them. Could pair with news media concentration readings like Bagdikian’s The New Media Monopoly, Jhally’s The Political Economy of Culture (p. 45 here), Chapter 1 in McChesney’s Political … Continue reading

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MIT World: Distributed Intelligence

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Website: Media Literacy Clearinghouse

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Media Literacy Syllabus

This syllabus is for an 8-week intensive summer course in media literacy. I emphasize a “media citizenship” approach to media literacy, meaning that we cover textual/semiotic analysis and issues of representation, but there’s also a lot of focus on media policy and discussions about how to create a media system that promotes cultural and political democracy by conveying a wide range of ideas, visions, dreams, ways of living, etc. Continue reading

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