Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-118) and index
Framing the inner-city teenager: criminals, consumers, and the literacy gap -- Cameras and guns in the streets: teaching critical literacy in the documentary workshop -- Dreams and nightmares: a case study of video in a classroom -- Conclusion: Reimagining the school day
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This book explores the power of using media education to help urban teenagers develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Drawing on his twenty years of experience working with inner-city youth at the acclaimed Educational Video Center (EVC) in New York City, the author looks closely at both the problems and possibilities of this model of media education