Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
This article presents a strategy for teaching health communication that fosters critical media literacy through the strategic combination of digital video, documentary film, video worksheets, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Given the media-saturated environment in which notions of health are shaped, critical media literacy skills are crucial to students in health-related fields. Cases of key concepts illustrated through documentary films and the peer-reviewed literature are presented. The article then explores how one class took the lead in designing a community event that critically engaged both a YouTube video and a documentary film about police brutality as a public health issue.
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Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Community Psychology Commons, Health Psychology Commons, Social Media Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in Explorations in Media Ecology, Volume 10, Numbers 1-2, 2012.