The Critical Media Project: Critical Thinking On The Media's Messages

[Frank W. Baker]

Alison Trope, professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, uses such media in all her classes, and she wants all teachers to have easy access to similarly engaging, thought-provoking media examples that can help vividly illustrate their lessons.

“If we can understand how our own race, gender, sexuality and class are being represented in the media, it can help us understand how these messages feed into how we live our lives and how we interact with each other,” Trope said. “If we can learn to decode the messages, we can be better equipped to dismiss them or challenge what we’re being fed. The more active we are as consumers of media, the better.”

The Critical Media Project, a media literacy website that catalogues more than 250 popular media examples, aims to do just that.

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