Produced by the Jesuit Communication Project and Face to Face Media, in collaboration with Harcourt Canada, with assistance from CHUM Television. 2002. (Cdn) $299
Scanning Television is a media literacy curriculum in itself, examining subjects that range from the evolution of communications technology and the Internet, to youth advertising, culture jamming, international news media and the World Trade Center attacks. This new edition of the award-winning and critically acclaimed media literacy kit, Scanning Television is built around five thematic groups: Seeing Ourselves: Media and Representation; Selling Images and Values; Our Constructed Worlds: Media Environments; The Global Citizen; and New and Converging Technologies.
Scanning Television includes:
51 short videos averaging 6 minutes long
5 hours of video clips packaged on 2 DVDs or 4 VHS cassettes
4 copies of a 96-page teachers' guide, containing questions, activities, and research or discussion topics for use before, during and after viewing the videos.
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Scanning Television is a media literacy curriculum in itself, examining subjects that range from the evolution of communications technology and the Internet, to youth advertising, culture jamming, international news media and the World Trade Center attacks. This new edition of the award-winning and critically acclaimed media literacy kit, Scanning Television is built around five thematic groups: Seeing Ourselves: Media and Representation; Selling Images and Values; Our Constructed Worlds: Media Environments; The Global Citizen; and New and Converging Technologies.