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Book SynopsisDrawing from theory and case studies, Pop Culture and Power takes apart popular culture and reassembles it in ways that empower students to develop analytical sensibilities and design the socially just world they want to live in.
Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables 1. Teaching for Social Justice: Pop Culture in the Classroom 2. Agency and Power as Media Engagement 3. Pop Culture and Power: Teaching as Research 4. The Monopoly Project: Meaning Making through Board Game Production 5. The Hunger Games: Using Popular Film to Learn about Power 6. Celebrity Marketing: Gender Performances in Popular Music 7. Are You Being Hailed? Advertising as a Venue for Critical Media Literacy 8. Agency Revisited: Pop Culture in a Participatory Classroom 9. Power Revisited: Harnessing Media Engagement to Social Change Appendices Appendix A: Course Syllabus for CSL Seminar Appendix B: Writing and Other Homework Activities – CSL Seminar 2012 Appendix C: Ethics and Example of Parent/ Guardian Informed Consent Letter Appendix D: Details from the Hunger Games Project Lesson Plan References Notes
