GS 150 - Critical Media Literacy

• critique the role of the media in individual day to day decision-making;
• identify the stages of cognitive, emotional, and moral development and their relationship to media literacy;
• evaluate general information about mass media, including the definition, media types, and how it is used, both currently and historically;
• critique the media’s influence on behavior, values, and ethics;
• evaluate the ideological importance of the media and its influence on society;
• acquire critical skills for understanding the construction of media messages, both print and electronic;
• critique their media consumption patterns by developing a media-literate critical perspective in a world that is increasingly dominated by electronic, aural, and visual messages; and
• demonstrate knowledge of contemporary critiques of the effects of stereotyping in mass media on marginalized groups.