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Download full textBarrett, Janice M. – 1995
A study of Channel One, the 10 minutes of television news programs and 2 minutes of commercials in classrooms, described the opinions and evaluative comments of participant teachers, librarians, administrators, and students. Individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted at eight secondary schools (four in Florida and four in…
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Focus Groups, Interviews, Mass Media Use
Fortuna, Carolyn – 2001
This paper describes a unit of instruction about media images--how they work, ways they affect people, and means to use them--in which young adolescents learn the consequences of becoming a media-literate consumer. The paper explains that in the unit, divided into 2 "clusters," 110 Boston-area eighth graders share 5 core academic…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Early Adolescents, Grade 8
