Abstract
This article discusses the use of popular music videos as a tool for teaching media literacy. First, the article addresses the importance of music videos as popular culture, what other music video research has examined, and what features make music videos a good fit for in-class work investigating media and popular culture. Then the article details a single-class activity for introducing and teaching media literacy through the use of music videos. To achieve this objective, the article also proposes a set of original music video-specific discussion questions. Finally, a particular music video is considered to illustrate possible results of this activity and the broader issues that may arise from class discussion.
Recommended Citation
McClain, Jordan M.
(2016)
"A Framework for Using Popular Music Videos to Teach Media Literacy,"
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol3/iss1/5
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