Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Carmichael, Misty Dawn Author's Email Address engmxc@langate.gsu.edu URN etd-04202007-154503 Title Teaching Media Literacy in the Composition Classroom: Are We There Yet? Degree Master of Arts Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Lynée Lewis Gaillet Committee Chair Elizabeth Sanders Lopez Committee Member Mary Hocks Committee Member Keywords
- media literacy
- visual analysis
- visual rhetoric
- rhetorics
- multiple literacies
Date of Defense 2007-04-19 Availability unrestricted Abstract Despite the prevalence and ubiquity of media in North American culture, educators still show reluctance to embrace media literacy as a necessary literacy. This study examines two media literacy activities using descriptive teacher research, and defining usefulness based on student response and applicability to composition objectives in the English 1101 classroom. Both lessons produce useful findings, with students rating the second activity as more useful than the first activity. This research lends sample assignments and confidence to instructors seeking to employ simple media literacy tactics in the introductory composition classroom.Files
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