Grade 13 - Electives
Media Studies (Credit: 0.50)This semesterâ€long course is part of a worldwide educational movement called media literacy. The goal of the media
literacy movement is to educate people about how the media impacts both individuals and society as a whole.
Students will examine media such as magazines, the Internet, video games, and movies. They'll learn the kinds of
strategies that advertisers use to persuade people to buy products. They'll also explore how news broadcasters choose
which stories to air. Lessons and projects encourage students to examine ways in which media helps shape our culture
and the ways in which our culture shapes the media. While many media literacy courses focus upon learning how to
make media, this one will focus exclusively on analyzing the media.
Throughout the course, students are asked to answer questions or to reflect on what they've read in their notes. The
notes are not graded. Rather, they are a way for students to extend their thinking about the lesson content. Students
may keep handwritten or typed notes.
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