Tracking Our Media Diets in Intro to Media Studies
This semester, students merged theory and practice in a deeply self-reflexive way through Media Diet Journals, which they then represented visually.
This semester, students merged theory and practice in a deeply self-reflexive way through Media Diet Journals, which they then represented visually.
Through historic cookbooks, Instagram, and 30+ virtual guests, “Food Media” critically considers our global food system through media.
A panel synopsis on the intersection of food studies & media studies that explores key texts, concepts, challenges & a future research agenda.
My students and I tested out unessays this semester, an assignment I now highly recommend.
Emily Contois and Zenia Kish welcome chapter proposals on the topic of food and Instagram for an edited collection.
My students translated 1500-word essays into infographics. I share details for instructors interested to try a similar assignment.
I reflect on what my students and I read, wrote, and learned in a course on persuasion in the U.S.