“The self-broadcasted life of a young woman in London before, during and after a life-changing incident.” A young woman endures an acid attack as told through segments captured on Snapchat.
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Professor Jennifer Hardacker, Pacific University “This section of Film and Society will focus on the representation of race in American films. Students will interrogate both narrative structures and visual codification…
Download the assignment at Teaching Media Quarterly here: http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/tmq/vol1/iss3/3/ Professor Tia Tyree, Howard University “This assignment is a critical examination of how rappers and consumers view gender and sexuality representations and…
hooks’ influential essay on a critical, oppositional gaze employed by black female spectators when viewing oppressive images and narratives of themselves. hooks, bell. Black Looks: Race and Representation. Routledge: New YOrk,…
Audre Lorde’s seminal presentation on racism and homophobia within feminist thought, and an early call for greater intersectional approaches to effecting change. Originally published: Lorde, Audre. “The Master’s Tools Will…
Download article below; full publication here: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED443895 Chon Noriega’s brief overview on the representation of race in popular media. “Independent film and video can reduce our dependence on global media as…
Full assignment/download available here: http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/tmq/vol4/iss1/6/ Course: Broadcast News “During a six-month period in late 2014 to early 2015, two events occurred in the Midwest of the United States that led to…
Full assignment details here: http://www.teachingmedia.org/land-inopportunity-hunger-games-illustration-work-food-class-gender-race-inequality-united-states/ “This analysis helps media users consider real-life issues of inequality, work, food, class, gender, and race. To examine these issues, the lesson has two components: analysis…
Full assignment here: http://www.teachingmedia.org/group-television-pitches/ “Basically, I want to bring Banet-Weiser’s idea of racial ambivalence and her overarching argument to life by having students try to envision representations of race and difference…
“New technology, same old racism. The practices and forces that constitute post-cinema are enabling new ways of visualizing race and racism. The new racist logic of the digital age is…
