Media Literacy

Media literacy is a way of thinking about the media: a way of deconstructing media messages to gain more control over them. In this class, we’ll be deconstructing media content- photographs, newspaper articles, advertisements, tv shows, movies, documentaries, public relations materials, websites- and develop an understanding of how this media content influences us. This class aims to help you become media literate, but also to think more strongly about the media as they relate to citizenship and democracy.