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Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr.

Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 1 Media Chronology. Media. Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology

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Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr.

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  1. Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 1 Media Chronology

  2. Media Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology The producer of the message is not in the same place as the receiver of the message What media forms have you experienced today?

  3. Types of Media • Radio • Television • Newspapers, Magazines • Internet • Advertising in All Forms • Videos, DVDs, Films • Computer & Video Games • Recorded Music (e.g., CDs) • Other…

  4. Are Books Media? Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology The producer of the message is not in the same place as the receiver of the message What are other sources of messages that we might not think of as “media”?

  5. Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media in a variety of forms. Media Literacy

  6. Each Media Form Has Different Qualities • What are the qualities of books? • require print literacy • can be read at a variable pace • text allows the reader to create their own images • relatively easy to mass produce and access • easy to re-read and review as you go along • lots of books to choose from • portable and easy to store • fun to curl up with in bed • OTHER…

  7. MEDIA LITERACY QUESTIONS for analyzing media documents about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What are the messages about Dr. King in this document? How are those messages communicated? Who produced this document, and for what purpose? When was this produced, and what was its historical context? Who was the target audience? Is this an accurate and credible representation of Dr. King? How does this reflect the perspective or bias of its creator? What information or perspective is left out of this message? How might different people interpret this message differently? Who might benefit from – and who might be harmed by – this message?

  8. A Media Chronology

  9. How 50,000 Negroes found a new way to end racial discrimination December 5, 1955 WALK TO FREEDOM December 21, 1956 VICTORY FOR JUSTICE

  10. World Almanac Library

  11. 1963 1958 1964 1967

  12. Arriving in New Delhi, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is greeted by Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani, secretary of the governing Congress Party. King, who led Montgomery Protest patterned after Indian campaign of Mahatma Gandhi, was welcomed as a hero. Said he: “To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.”

  13. Common A Dream (2006) Music Video Excerpt [2:04] Click Here to Play

  14. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King leads marchers from Browns Chapel Methodist Church in Selma.

  15. Beyond Vietnam (1967 Speech) 2006 Internet Video Excerpt [1:00] Click Here to Play

  16. Nina Simone “Why? (The King of Love is Dead)” (1968) Song Excerpt [1:00] Click Here to Play

  17. Happy Birthday (1980) Internet Video Excerpt [1:00] XXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxx Click Here to Play

  18. Public Enemy “By the Time I Get to Arizona” (1991) Music Video Excerpt [2:06] Click Here to Play

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