Title:
A star is born: media content's powerful influence on students
Author:
Lauren Harrington
Thesis Advisor:
Victor R. Delolos
Committee Member:
Peter Rennert-Ariev
Committee Member:
Stephanie Flores-Koulish
Committee Member:
L. Mickey Fenzel
Committee Member:
Gordon Michaeloski
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--School of Education
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2012
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
This paper seeks to analyze media content and media analysis capabilities in adolescents ages 12 to 14. It employs past research on media exposure, media content, and resulting behaviors from a variety of different scholars and researchers. As will be observed in this investigation into prior research, media content, even more so than simple media exposure, influences human attitudes, practices, and even classroom performance. The author then performed her own research study, which evolved into a case study of a small group of students, in an attempt to observe media content influence and analysis abilities via grade reports, surveys, interviews, and observations. These participants shared a wealth of information about their own media perspectives, and they also demonstrated the benefits of prior experience with conversations concerning media. A select group of participants participated in an interview and intervention process. The interview and intervention process was designed as a media education opportunity between researcher and interviewees. The participants who had this opportunity demonstrated greater understanding and media analysis practices even after this one experience. As such, the researcher seeks to justify the importance of media education in modern educational curriculum in addition to analyzing middle school perspectives and behaviors throughout this discourse.
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Curriculum and Instruction
Restrictions on Access:
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Identifier:
HarringtonL-12
