Thinking about Teenagers...

Hi all,

As you can tell, we are making a shift in the course this week as we move from the skills and tools of media analysis (spectatorship positions, textual analysis of Beauty and Madonna, media literacy skills, cultural studies questions for studying media) to a more direct focus on TEENAGERS.

Thomas Hine maps out some of the ways that we have understood teenagers in American history, and ultimately he challenges the dominant ideas (remember our pictionary drawings of dominant ideas?) about who teenagers are.

So as you read, really work to figure out what his point is. What is he saying about teenagers, and why does it even matter to him?

Check out the syllabus for more specific instructions about how to set up your blog posts.

See you Tue night.

LB :)