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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 2001
In 1870, after the successful publication of "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy began imagining a story about a high-born society woman, "Anna Karenina," who destroys her life by having an adulterous affair. By presenting his adulteress as a sympathetic character, Tolstoy aimed to expose injustices in such Russian institutions as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Critical Viewing, Cultural Context
Daya, D. D. – 1998
This paper outlines the fourth-year film appreciation course at Rand College of Education in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed to develop a greater critical awareness in students so they are able to distinguish between good and mediocre film and video material. Some attempt is made to establish what qualifies material to be regarded as…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Critical Reading, Critical Viewing, Film Criticism
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Zindovic-Vukadinovic, Gordana – Educational Media International, 1998
Presents media literacy research of eighth-grade students to determine the level of recognizing and understanding visual and nonvisual codes that make up motion-picture stories. Study focused on rhetoric of the film medium: trust, confidence and belief in films among children is very high; if this trust coincides with ignorance of media codes,…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Childhood Attitudes, Coding, Critical Viewing
Splaine, John; Splaine, Pam – 1992
Incorporating skills and procedures which students can use in many areas of the curriculum, this book, and accompanying "teacher's guide," provides interactive activities that are fun and that help students in grades 4 through 12 become critical viewers of television. The book provides homework activities that turn the normally wasted…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Cartoons, Class Activities, Critical Viewing
Considine, David M.; Haley, Gail E. – 1992
This book argues that people live simultaneously in two different cultures. Values of the first culture are imparted to children through curriculum in the nation's public school classrooms. The second culture is the world of mass communication that promotes consumption, instant gratification, and impulse. The clash between these cultures confronts…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agenda Setting, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing