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What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss: A Student Guide
Greg Smith
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Description for What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss: A Student Guide
Paperback. Gives students a critical language to discuss 'common sense' phenomena about media. This book acknowledges that students begin introductory film and television courses thinking they already know a great deal about the subject. It provides students with a starting point for discussing their assumptions critically. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
You probably already have a clear idea of what a discussion guide for students is: a series of not-very-interesting questions at the end of a textbook chapter. Instead of triggering thought-provoking class discussion, all too often these guides are time-consuming and ineffective. This is not that kind of discussion guide. What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss focuses on topics that introductory textbooks generally ignore, although they are prominent in students' minds. Using approachable prose, this book will give students a more precise critical language to discuss ... Read more
You probably already have a clear idea of what a discussion guide for students is: a series of not-very-interesting questions at the end of a textbook chapter. Instead of triggering thought-provoking class discussion, all too often these guides are time-consuming and ineffective. This is not that kind of discussion guide. What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss focuses on topics that introductory textbooks generally ignore, although they are prominent in students' minds. Using approachable prose, this book will give students a more precise critical language to discuss ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
221g
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415778121
SKU
V9780415778121
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About Greg Smith
Greg M. Smith is Professor of Moving Image Studies in the Department of Communication at Georgia State University. Recent publications include Beautiful TV: The Art and Argument of Ally McBeal (2007) and Film Structure and the Emotion System (2003).
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