About the book
Speaking the Lower Frequencies demonstrates how students can be critical consumers of media while retaining the pleasure they derive from it. In Walter R. Jacobs's classes on media and society, students use the instructor's experiences as a model for investigating their own histories. By creating new social contexts and meanings, the students learn to \"speak the lower frequencies.\" Jacobs looks at the students' reception and critique of pop culture texts like the movie I Like It Like That and the television show The X-Files to provide evidence for the effects of alternative pedagogy on critical literacy. He shows that when students are encouraged to be more than just passive receptors of the media they learn to develop active, critical voices that they use both inside and outside the classroom. Jacobs also explains how students can become more aware and active in attempts to create democratic possibilities for themselves and others.
Editions of Speaking the Lower Frequencies
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791463956
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791463963
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791483558
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Speaking the Lower Frequencies demonstrates how students can be critical consumers of media while retaining the pleasure they derive from it. In Walter R. Jacobs's classes on media and society, students use the instructor's experiences as a model for investigating their own histories. By creating new social contexts and meanings, the students learn to \"speak the lower frequencies.\" Jacobs looks at the students' reception and critique of pop culture texts like the movie I Like It Like That and the television show The X-Files to provide evidence for the effects of alternative pedagogy on critical literacy. He shows that when students are encouraged to be more than just passive receptors of the media they learn to develop active, critical voices that they use both inside and outside the classroom. Jacobs also explains how students can become more aware and active in attempts to create democratic possibilities for themselves and others.
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What is Speaking the Lower Frequencies about?
Speaking the Lower Frequencies demonstrates how students can be critical consumers of media while retaining the pleasure they derive from it. In Walter R. Jacobs's classes on media and society, students use the instructor's experiences as a model for investigating their own histories. By creating new social contexts and meanings, the students learn to \"speak the lower frequencies.\" Jacobs looks at the students' reception and critique of pop culture texts like the movie I Like It Like That and the television show The X-Files to provide evidence for the effects of alternative pedagogy on critical literacy. He shows that when students are encouraged to be more than just passive receptors of the media they learn to develop active, critical voices that they use both inside and outside the classroom. Jacobs also explains how students can become more aware and active in attempts to create democratic possibilities for themselves and others.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Speaking the Lower Frequencies?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Where can I read a sample of Speaking the Lower Frequencies?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791463956
How long is Speaking the Lower Frequencies and how many pages does it have?
Speaking the Lower Frequencies has 188 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Speaking the Lower Frequencies?
Walter R. Jacobs
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Speaking the Lower Frequencies is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791463956) and paperback(ISBN 9780791463963) and pdf(ISBN 9780791483558)
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