Faculty First Year Seminars 197EDUC12 - Youth, Schools, and the Media
Fall
2015
01
1.00
Korina Jocson
TU 4:00PM 4:50PM
UMass Amherst
40470
This is an introductory course toward an understanding of the various representations of youth and
schools in the media. The course focuses on the multiple, often competing, discourses about young
people and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in their lives. Students will espouse
critical thinking and media literacy to engage in discussion about several filmic examples.
Deconstructive lenses will be used to perform analyses based on race, class, gender, and sexuality,
among others. Throughout the semester, students will be guided by relevant readings and related
materials (book chapters, journal or news articles, essays, reviews, blogs and other social media). In
the end, students will have an opportunity to take a stance as critical media consumers, produce a
one-minute multimedia/digital story, and connect newly gained insights in their learning to media
literacy and social justice education.
schools in the media. The course focuses on the multiple, often competing, discourses about young
people and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in their lives. Students will espouse
critical thinking and media literacy to engage in discussion about several filmic examples.
Deconstructive lenses will be used to perform analyses based on race, class, gender, and sexuality,
among others. Throughout the semester, students will be guided by relevant readings and related
materials (book chapters, journal or news articles, essays, reviews, blogs and other social media). In
the end, students will have an opportunity to take a stance as critical media consumers, produce a
one-minute multimedia/digital story, and connect newly gained insights in their learning to media
literacy and social justice education.
Freshmen Only