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Considine, David M.; Haley, Gail E. – 1992
This book argues that people live simultaneously in two different cultures. Values of the first culture are imparted to children through curriculum in the nation's public school classrooms. The second culture is the world of mass communication that promotes consumption, instant gratification, and impulse. The clash between these cultures confronts…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agenda Setting, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing
Wilson, Wendy S.; Herman, Gerald H. – 1994
For many students, films and television provide not only a chief source of entertainment, but their only glimpse of history outside of a formal classroom. This book aims to stimulate media awareness and critical viewing skills in students through lessons in critical analysis and historical interpretation of selected films. The films chosen for…
Descriptors: American Indians, Audience Response, Blacks, Colonial History (United States)