Dr. Julian Hermida
Algoma University, Department
of Law and Politics
Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
April 10, 2008
Ø Objectives:
o
To
highlight the importance of helping students develop media literacy.
o
To
offer some examples of student-centered activities informed by visual pedagogy
aimed at fostering media literacy in a Law course.
Ø Media literacy.
Ø Need to teach media literacy
at the University.
Ø Group activity: Analysis of
a day-in-the-life video.
Ø Group discussion.
Please watch the
following video. It is a
day-in-the-life video of a female teenager who has been raped. The video is
intended to be used in court to show how much her life has changed and how she
struggles every day with mental anguish and depression.
Assume you are
the lawyers representing the teenager in a civil lawsuit in order to get
compensation from the defendant.
· What changes will you have
to make to the video to effectively present it in court?
You can read
more about day-in-the-life videos by clicking
here.
Discussion questions:
· Do you think it is important
to foster media literacy in the university classrooms?
· What are the major
advantages of teaching media literacy at the University level?
· What difficulties do you envision
for the teaching of media literacy at the University level?
· In your opinion, what is the
best strategy to teach media literacy?
· Video recorded
evidence in the United Kingdom