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Overview"Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading ""skills."" By contrast, Pop Culture and Power treats literacy as a dynamic practice, shaped by its social and cultural context. It develops a framework to analyse power in its various manifestations, arguing that power works through popular culture, not as everyday media. Pop Culture and Power thus explores media engagement as an opportunity to promote social change. Seeing pop culture as a teaching opportunity rather than as a threat, Dawn H. Currie and Deirdre M. Kelly worked with K-12 educators to investigate how pop culture can support teaching for social justice. Currie and Kelly began the research for this project with a teacher education seminar in media analysis where participants designed classroom activities using board games, popular film, music videos, and advertisements. These activities were later piloted in participants' classrooms, enabling the authors to identify and address practical issues encountered by student learners. Case studies describe the design, implementation, and retrospective assessment of activities engaging learners in media analysis and production. Following the case studies, the authors consider how their approach can foster ethical practices when engaging in the digital environment. Pop Culture and Power offers theoretically informed yet practical tools that can help educators prepare youth for engagement in our increasingly complex world of mediated meaning making." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dawn H. Currie , Deirdre M. KellyPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.580kg ISBN: 9781487507596ISBN 10: 1487507593 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 15 April 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. 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 NotesReviewsAsking how media literacy can prepare us for the twenty-first century, the authors expertly weave questions surrounding technology, popular culture, and critical media education into a roadmap of 'critical social literacy' accessible to students, parents, and educators alike. The book animates case studies and interviews with teachers against a backdrop of educational philosophies, histories, and social movements. The result is a unique resource for 'critical social literacy' that thoughtfully integrates theory and praxis into an engaging and highly-readable roadmap for educators. - Megan Boler, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto This is a rich and valuable contribution that brings to the fore questions of political power, social justice, and youth agency at a time when multiple social, environmental, health, and political crises pose fundamental threats to democracy and our collective futures. Pop Culture and Power is essential reading for educators and others interested in critical media education and learning in the service of social change. - Stuart R. Poyntz, Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University What does it mean to teach for social justice? This question is at the heart of the innovative Pop Culture and Power. Rejecting the common belief that young people are negatively influenced by media, Currie and Kelly cleverly showcase how critical media literacy is a force for social change. This engaging and accessible book should be read by teachers and parents if they a) wish to meet kids 'where they are at' to open vital conversations about the politics of meaning in pop culture; and b) wish to ignite ideas that contribute to changing 'the contemporary social order.' In short, Pop Culture and Power offers something for anyone seeking to change the world in partnership with young people. - Shauna Pomerantz, Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University Asking how media literacy can prepare us for the 21st twenty-first century, the authors expertly weave questions surrounding technology, popular culture, and critical media education into a roadmap of 'critical social literacy' accessible to students, parents and educators alike. The book animates case studies and interviews with teachers against a backdrop of educational philosophies, histories, and social movements. The result is a unique resource for 'critical social literacy' that thoughtfully integrates theory and praxis into an engaging and highly-readable roadmap for educators. - Megan Boler, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto This is a rich and valuable contribution that brings to the fore questions of political power, social justice, and youth agency at a time when multiple social, environmental, health, and political crises pose fundamental threats to democracy and our collective futures. Pop Culture and Power is essential reading for educators and others interested in critical media education and learning in the service of social change. - Stuart R. Poyntz, Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University What does it mean to teach for social justice? This question is at the heart of the innovative Pop Culture and Power. Rejecting the common belief that young people are negatively influenced by media, Currie and Kelly cleverly showcase how critical media literacy is a force for social change. This engaging and accessible book should be read by teachers and parents if they a) wish to meet kids 'where they are at' to open vital conversations about the politics of meaning in pop culture; and b) wish to ignite ideas that contribute to changing 'the contemporary social order.' In short, Pop Culture and Power offers something for anyone seeking to change the world in partnership with young people. - Shauna Pomerantz, Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University Author InformationDawn H. Currie is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Deirdre M. Kelly is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. 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