Announcing the Routledge publication of _What Media Classes Really Want

To Discuss:  A Student Guide_ by Greg M. Smith:



Students bring their assumptions about media to an introductory

film/television class.  They “know” that media cause violence and

stereotypes; they have a general understanding of what “realism” and

“identification” are.   But we rarely confront these commonsense

assumptions directly when we teach introductory classes.



_What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss:  A Student Guide_ gives the

introductory student a more precise language for discussing these ideas,

which makes better class discussion possible about these vague but

broadly held notions. The book is written in an approachable, personal,

non-“textbook-y” tone that makes the big ideas of media studies more

accessible to students.



What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss is intended to serve as a

supplemental textbook for a wide range of classes in film studies,

television studies, and media literacy.  For an examination copy, visit

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415778121/.  



          Table of Contents

1.  “It’s Just a Movie:”  Why You Should Analyze Film and Television

(the book’s first chapter is a revised version of my widely used essay

that answers student concerns that academics are merely “reading into” a

film/television program. You can read the original version on my

website.  The direct link is

http://www.gsu.edu/~jougms/teachingessay.pdf.)



Discussing How Media Work

2. What Is Realism, Really? 

3. How Do We Identify with Characters? 

4. Genre Schmenre 

  

Discussing Media and Society 

5. “Studies Show:”  How To Understand Media Violence/Effects Research 

6. Role Models and Stereotypes:  An Introduction to the “Other” 

  

Discussing Media’s Future Now 

7. What Difference Does a Medium Make? 

8. What Is Interactivity? 

  

Apologies for cross-posting....



Greg M. Smith





Greg M. Smith

Professor 

Moving Image Studies Program

Film/Video/Digital Imaging Program

Department of Communication

Georgia State University

http://www.gsu.edu/~jougms



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