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Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2020
It is vital that critical media literacy be integrated in media programs’ skills courses. For stu... more It is vital that critical media literacy be integrated in media programs’ skills courses. For students to become well-rounded and inclusive media makers, educators need to help students gain critical media literacy skills when producing content. This can be done through understanding and using film theory, which demonstrates to educators how canonized visual language is systemically discriminatory. The use of contemporary film theories helps students learn to subvert the canonized language, resulting in positive representations of all communities. With convergence of conceptual topics related to race, gender, and sexuality, educators and students can work together to produce equitable media.
Media Education has the opportunity to provide positive change in the media industry. Additionall... more Media Education has the opportunity to provide positive change in the media industry. Additionally, media educators have the responsibility to ensure students from all backgrounds feel comfortable and accepted in the classroom. In my dissertation, I proposed that, for media education to instill positive change in the media industry, a more explicit objective of decolonizing media education is necessary by first integrating diversity and inclusivity in the higher education classroom. Using an autoethnographic approach to reflect on my experiences as a student and educator with an intersectional identity, I consider the gaps in understanding among media education programs for making their courses more equitable. By reflecting on my past experiences, expanding on some of my teaching methods, demonstrating materials and lesson plans used in classroom action research, and proposing additional principles and frameworks for the higher education media classroom, I further engage with what d...
Journal of Media Literacy Education
Media educators must address their personal teaching philosophies to adequately participate in an... more Media educators must address their personal teaching philosophies to adequately participate in anti-racist pedagogy. Using critical media literacy principles, educators can be aware of student's bodies and performance in relation to reinforced systems of whiteness in the media classroom. This article proposes ways for higher education media educators to adjust their classroom content, and classroom environment, to adopt an anti-racist, decolonial pedagogy.
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2020
It is vital that critical media literacy be integrated in media programs’ skills courses. For stu... more It is vital that critical media literacy be integrated in media programs’ skills courses. For students to become well-rounded and inclusive media makers, educators need to help students gain critical media literacy skills when producing content. This can be done through understanding and using film theory, which demonstrates to educators how canonized visual language is systemically discriminatory. The use of contemporary film theories helps students learn to subvert the canonized language, resulting in positive representations of all communities. With convergence of conceptual topics related to race, gender, and sexuality, educators and students can work together to produce equitable media.
Media Education has the opportunity to provide positive change in the media industry. Additionall... more Media Education has the opportunity to provide positive change in the media industry. Additionally, media educators have the responsibility to ensure students from all backgrounds feel comfortable and accepted in the classroom. In my dissertation, I proposed that, for media education to instill positive change in the media industry, a more explicit objective of decolonizing media education is necessary by first integrating diversity and inclusivity in the higher education classroom. Using an autoethnographic approach to reflect on my experiences as a student and educator with an intersectional identity, I consider the gaps in understanding among media education programs for making their courses more equitable. By reflecting on my past experiences, expanding on some of my teaching methods, demonstrating materials and lesson plans used in classroom action research, and proposing additional principles and frameworks for the higher education media classroom, I further engage with what d...
Journal of Media Literacy Education
Media educators must address their personal teaching philosophies to adequately participate in an... more Media educators must address their personal teaching philosophies to adequately participate in anti-racist pedagogy. Using critical media literacy principles, educators can be aware of student's bodies and performance in relation to reinforced systems of whiteness in the media classroom. This article proposes ways for higher education media educators to adjust their classroom content, and classroom environment, to adopt an anti-racist, decolonial pedagogy.