Social Sciences
- Call For Papers @ Jain University
Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from Jain University- Center for Management Studies ! We announce with great pleasure a National Conference on the theme 'Modinomics: Myth or Magic for Indian Economy' "scheduled on 20th December 2014. This is aimed...
- Icdpie 2014
Dear Sir / Madam, Warm Greetings! We feel immense pleasure in inviting you to the International Conference on Development Prospects of Indian Economy to be held on March 01-02, 2014 at Jaipur, Rajasthan India. The above conference is being organized...
- Viz. A Blog For Media Literacy Pedagogy
via viz While doing an image search for an unrelated project, I came across this informative blog, vis. Visual Rhetoric, Visual Culture, Pedagogy, from the University of Texas. As the subtitle explains, this blog has a nicely arranged series of posts...
- Examining Photographs: "migrant Mother"
Cover Image via NPR.org Analyzing Photographs In previous posts, I have identified resources that help students analyze images through the lens of media literacy. A recent NPR Morning Edition interview with the author of the new book Dorothea Lange: A...
- Is This 17 Year-old Korean Ph.d. Student A Plagiarist? | Scholarly Open Access
Source: http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/11/20/is-this-17-year-old-korean-ph-d-student-a-plagiarist/ Is this 17 Year-Old Korean Ph.D. Student a Plagiarist?Yoo-geun Song turns 18 next week.South Korean prodigy Yoo-geun Song is 17 years-old and about...
Social Sciences
Kate Brigham on Media Literacy
Here, the learner can manipulate the size, color, and "wash"
(in this case red) for the image used to accompany a news article.
(in this case red) for the image used to accompany a news article.
Above is the original photograph that accompanied
the article titled, "Why Do They Hate Us?"
the article titled, "Why Do They Hate Us?"
It's interesting how the focus for the same "Hate" article is
altered with the selection of another photograph.
An old colleague, Kate Brigham, created this fantastic interactive website for her thesis project concerning media literacy. A great way to teach how advertisers, photographers, and general media editors use creative techniques to sway opinions or catch your attention is to let students manipulate sources. Several activities on Kate's site allow for this exploration. The learner can see firsthand how zoom, color, font size, and image selection, to name a few, present a point of view. These somewhat subtle techniques often go unnoticed but are key to critically evaluating any type of source, text or image.
altered with the selection of another photograph.
- Call For Papers @ Jain University
Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from Jain University- Center for Management Studies ! We announce with great pleasure a National Conference on the theme 'Modinomics: Myth or Magic for Indian Economy' "scheduled on 20th December 2014. This is aimed...
- Icdpie 2014
Dear Sir / Madam, Warm Greetings! We feel immense pleasure in inviting you to the International Conference on Development Prospects of Indian Economy to be held on March 01-02, 2014 at Jaipur, Rajasthan India. The above conference is being organized...
- Viz. A Blog For Media Literacy Pedagogy
via viz While doing an image search for an unrelated project, I came across this informative blog, vis. Visual Rhetoric, Visual Culture, Pedagogy, from the University of Texas. As the subtitle explains, this blog has a nicely arranged series of posts...
- Examining Photographs: "migrant Mother"
Cover Image via NPR.org Analyzing Photographs In previous posts, I have identified resources that help students analyze images through the lens of media literacy. A recent NPR Morning Edition interview with the author of the new book Dorothea Lange: A...
- Is This 17 Year-old Korean Ph.d. Student A Plagiarist? | Scholarly Open Access
Source: http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/11/20/is-this-17-year-old-korean-ph-d-student-a-plagiarist/ Is this 17 Year-Old Korean Ph.D. Student a Plagiarist?Yoo-geun Song turns 18 next week.South Korean prodigy Yoo-geun Song is 17 years-old and about...