Close Reading the Media

by Frank W. Baker

Teach middle school students to become savvy consumers of the TV, print, and online media bombarding them every day. In this practical book copublished by Routledge and MiddleWeb, media literacy expert Frank Baker offers thematic, timely lessons for every month of the school year, so you can engage students in learning by having them analyse the real world around them. Topics covered include critiquing the messages behind Superbowl ads, Christmas toy commercials, fall political campaigns, and more. Through these lessons, students will learn to read the medipa more closely and will improve their critical thinking skills. The book also offers classroom-ready handouts you can use immediately.

162 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2017

About the author

Frank W Baker is a media literacy education consultant. He estimates he had conducted hundreds of workshops with educators in 20+ years. His lifelong work was recognised in 2019 by UNESCO's Global Alliance Partnership for Media & Information Literacy. He maintains the popular Media Literacy Clearinghouse (www.frankwbaker.com) resource website. He is the author of four books, the most recent of which are "Close Reading The Media" (Routledge) and "Media Literacy In The K-12 Classroom" 2nd edition (ISTE).