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Humanities DEI-SJ OER
This OER contains readings, classroom activities, and assignments for use in humanities and English courses at City Colleges of Chicago. The subject matter offered is in the media studies discipline, and the focus is diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.
- Author
- Erica McCormack & Jack Lindsay
- Publisher
- City Colleges of Chicago
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
Contents· 125 sections
- 01: Reading Culture - A Primer on Power and Ideology
- 1.01: Power and Ideology - An Introduction to Study J. F. Lindsay
- 1.02: Power and Ideology - Classroom Activity
- 1.03: Power and Ideology - Assessment
- 02: Reading Culture - Discourse the Popular and You
- 2.01: Foucault 101 - A (Very Brief) Introduction to Discourse J. F. Lindsay
- 2.02: Discourse - Classroom Activity
- 2.03: Discourse - Assessment
- 03: Reading Culture - Critical Perspectives on Technology
- 3.01: Technology 101- What Do We Need To Know About The Future We're Creating Howard Rheingold
- 3.02: Thinking Technology - Classroom Activity
- 3.03: Thinking Technology - Assessment
- 04: Reading Culture - Semiotics and the Fundamentals of Meaning-Making
- 4.01: Semiotics and Advertising - Hypertext Essay Tom Streeter
- 4.02: Semiotics - Classroom Activity
- 4.03: Semiotics - Assessment
- 05: Reading Culture - Children's Media and the Always Already of Ideology
- 5.01: Damsels and Heroines - The Conundrum of the Post-Feminist Disney Princess Cassandra Stover
- 5.02: Reading Disney - Classroom Activity
- 5.03: Reading Disney - Assessment
- 06: Reading Culture - Oppositional Viewership and You
- 6.01: Oppositional Viewership - An Introduction to Study J. F. Lindsay
- 6.02: Oppositional Viewership - Classroom Activity
- 6.03: Oppositional Viewership - Assessment
- 07: Reading the News - Critical Media Strategies
- 7.01: Introduction to SIFT Check Please Michael Caulfield
- 7.02: Reading the News - Classroom Activity
- 7.03: Reading the News - Assessment
- 08: Reading the Movies - An Introduction to Cinematic Language
- 8.01: How To Watch A Movie Moving Pictures Russell Sharman
- 8.02: Reading the Movies - Classroom Activity
- 8.03: Reading the Movies - Assessment
- 09: Reading Television - The Cultural Shifts of Streaming Media
- 9.01: Widening landscapes of TV storytelling in the digital media environment of the 21st century Milly Buonanno
- 9.02: Reading Television - Classroom Activity
- 9.03: Reading Television - Assessment
- 10: Reading the Internet - The Political Power of Memes
- 10.01: OK Boomer - Internet Memes as Consciousness Building Anderson and Keehn
- 10.02: Power of Memes - Classroom Activity
- 10.03: Power of Memes - Assessment
- 11: Reading the Internet - Coded Inequalities and Algorithmic Bias
- 11.01: The Age of Algorithms Butler Sargent and Smith
- 11.1.01: The Age of Algorithms
- 11.1.1.01: What are Algorithms
- 11.1.1.02: The Influence of Algorithms
- 11.1.1.03: Algorithmic Bias
- 11.1.1.04: The Attention Economy
- 11.1.1.05: Algorithms and Polarization
- 11.1.1.06: Filter Bubbles
- 11.1.1.07: Conclusion
- 11.02: Coded Inequalities - Classroom Activity
- 11.03: Coded Inequalities - Assessment
- 12: Reading the Internet - The (Hidden) Costs of the Digital
- 12.01: Digital Costs - An Introduction to Study J. F. Lindsay
- 12.02: Digital Costs - Classroom Activity
- 12.03: Digital Costs - Assessment
- 13: Reading Social Media - TikTok Instagram and the Making of You
- 13.01: Why's Everyone on TikTok Now The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media Bhandari and Bimo
- 13.02: Reading Social Media - Classroom Activity
- 13.03: Reading Social Media - Assessment
- 14: Reading Algorithms - Parrot of the Ideological
- 14.01: Design Justice A.I. and Escape from the Matrix of Domination Sasha Costanza-Chock
- 14.02: Reading Algorithms - Classroom Activity
- 14.03: Reading Algorithms - Assessment
- 15: Reading Culture - Digital Activism
- 15.01: Beyond Hashtags - Black Twitter and Building Solidarity Across Borders Kimberly McNair
- 15.02: Digital Activism - Classroom Activity
- 15.03: Digital Activism - Assessment
- 16: Reading the Environment - Media Representation and Climate Change
- 16.01: Media and Climate - Reading Materials
- 16.1.01: Exploring youth activism on climate change - dutiful disruptive and dangerous dissent O'Brien Selboe and Hayward
- 16.1.02: Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change Vox
- 16.02: Media and Climate - Classroom Activity
- 16.03: Media and Climate - Assessment
- 17: Reading Spectacle - A Close Look at the 1893 World's Fair
- 17.01: Front Matter
- 17.1.01: Table of Contents
- 17.02: A Close Look at the 1893 World's Fair - Introduction to Chapter Readings and Videos
- 17.2.01: The Worlds Columbian Exposition - Introduction
- 17.2.02: The White City and Fairgrounds
- 17.2.03: The Midway
- 17.2.04: Early Chicago - The 1893 World's Fair (readings and videos from WTTW Chicago)
- 17.03: A Close Look at the 1893 World's Fair - Classroom Activity
- 17.04: A Close Look at the 1893 World's Fair - Assessment
- 18: Reading Photographs - An Introduction to the Gaze
- 18.01: A Web Essay on the Male Gaze Fashion Advertising and the Pose Streeter Hintlian Chipetz and Callender
- 18.02: Male Gaze - Classroom Activity
- 18.03: Male Gaze - Assessment
- 19: Reading Photographs - A Close Look at Photographic Origins of Mugshots and Facial Recognition
- 19.01: Front Matter
- 19.1.01: Table of Contents
- 19.02: Front Matter
- 19.2.01: Table of Contents
- 19.03: Photographic Origins of Mugshots and Facial Recognition - Introduction to Chapter Readings and Videos
- 19.04: Photographic Origins of Mugshots and Facial Recognition - Classroom Activity
- 19.05: Photographic Origins of Mugshots and Facial Recognition - Assessment
- 20: Reading Photographs - Truth Lies and Power Dynamics in Historical Photography
- 20.01: Front Matter
- 20.1.01: Table of Contents
- 20.02: Front Matter
- 20.2.01: Table of Contents
- 20.03: Truth Lies and Power Dynamics in Historical Photography - Introduction to Chapter Readings and Videos
- 20.3.01: The Clash of Cultures From Both Sides
- 20.04: Truth Lies and Power Dynamics in Historical Photography - Classroom Activity
- 20.05: Truth Lies and Power Dynamics in Historical Photography - Assessment
- 21: Reading Public Art - Inscribing Our Environment
- 21.01: Front Matter
- 21.1.01: Table of Contents
- 21.02: Front Matter
- 21.2.01: Table of Contents
- 21.03: Inscribing Our Environment - Introduction to Chapter Readings and Videos
- 21.04: Inscribing Our Environment - Classroom Activity
- 21.05: Inscribing Our Environment - Assessment
- 22: Reading Pop Art in Fashion - Commerce Consumption and Costume
- 22.01: Front Matter
- 22.1.01: Table of Contents
- 22.02: Front Matter
- 22.2.01: Table of Contents
- 22.03: Pop Art in Fashion - Introduction to Chapter Readings and Videos
- 22.04: Pop Art in Fashion - Classroom Activity
- 22.05: Pop Art in Fashion - Assessment
- 23: Reading Television - Neoliberalism and Reality TV
- 23.01: Neoliberalism- A Short Primer J. F. Lindsay
- 23.02: Neoliberalism - Classroom Activity
- 23.03: Neoliberalism - Assessment