Usman II-BEED Using Popular Media in Teaching Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning Media can be a component of active learning strategies such as group discussions or case studies. Media could be a a film clip‚ a song you hear on the radio‚ podcast of a lecture or newspaper article. Students can also create their own media. For example‚ student video projects can be a powerful learning experience. What is Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning The term media was first used to describe
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“Meme” is a word most familiar to people who are in tune with today’s popular culture‚ the passing of a humorous object through the small alterations in imitations. However‚ the term “meme” was first brought to life in a 1976 book called The Selfish Gene by a biologist named Richard Dawkins. He coined the term as a “cultural unit that spreads from person to person through copy or imitation” and reflects and shapes cultural discourse‚ mood‚ and behavioral practice. Interestingly enough‚ he even compares
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of superheroes around the 1930s in American popular culture provided a reflection of our societal and political landscape. With that‚ this reflection is still evident in present day comics. Our culture is able to be reflected throughout time‚ because superheroes evolve as the societal and political landscape changes. Since its emergence‚ comics continue to challenge our ways of thinking and challenge us to face the realities of our current lives through the display of moral issues or propaganda. Along
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Since I live in Hawaii I am very aware of the popular ‘surfing’ culture prevalent here and in warm coastal areas of the U.S.‚ Australia and many other countries. The sport may have been brought to Hawaii by the first Polynesian settlers. It was popularized and associated with Hawaii by Duke Kahanamoku‚ an Olympic athlete and champion surfer (Bourne‚ 2013). The media spread and popularized the surfing culture to southern California and Australia through Hollywood films e.g. Gidget [1959] and The Endless
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American Popular Culture To many‚ the United States is first and foremost a superpower. Some see it as exerting its might in the interest of world peace and stability‚ and as a guarantor of the freedom and even survival of other nations. To others‚ it looks more like a bully imposing its will upon the entire planet by brute force. I believe that McCaffery’s statement that "...virtually every corner of the globe is being successfully colonized by for example‚ American popular culture
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Note: Watch for spelling and grammar errors. Sex and violence can be seen in many different ways in popular culture. It is not limited to the actions seen in everyday life. It can be seen in many different places. However‚ although sex and violence in popular culture is simply a manifestation of the populous’ evolution‚ it can still be seen to many as a problem for children because it forces them to grow up too soon. Public broadcast on television portrays a great amount of sex and violence on
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When reading Vincent Cremona’s “My Pen Writes in Blue and White”‚ it is suggested that having two perspectives on life‚ or two “shades” can be crucial when writing to multiple audiences about diverse topics. According to Cremona‚ “[He] would go to union meeting with [his] father and listen to the men talk. . .[and] was amazed that at such a young age‚ [he] could understand everything that they were saying” (196). Basically‚ Cremona is saying that the meeting conversations were in “Plain English”
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American Popular Culture SOC/105 August‚ 22‚ 2013 American Popular Culture In late 19th century America made two tempting and attractive promises; freedom and land (The Johns Hopkins University‚ 2002). These promises brought many immigrants with the hope of seeing their dreams realized. America today is a multicultural country provides shelter to thousands of immigrants with different cultural background. The Oxford Dictionary define culture as “the arts
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in Modern Day Popular Culture Characteristic of Transcendentalism Quote or example Description Explanation/Analysis Free Thought “Come along follow me as I lead through the darkness As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed Carry on‚ give me hope‚ give me strength Come with me and I won’t steer you wrong Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog To the light at the end of the tunnel We gonna fight‚ we gonna charge‚ we gonna stomp‚ we gonna march Through the swamp‚ we
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Popular culture is often characterised by feature films and television serials which target a broad audience in an effort to systematically convey social commentary through inviting the perception of the viewer to interpret representations of everyday roles. This concept is central to ’Reel to real: Popular culture and teacher identity’‚ in which Mitchell and Weber (1999) encourage their audience to challenge the status quo of the teacher role as commonly perceived by society. Particularly‚ the text
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