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Can high school students check the veracity of information about COVID-19? A case study on critical media literacy in Brazilian ESL classes
Get PDFIn a globalized world, critical media literacy is imperative when selecting the content we consume amid countless offers. Therefore, the purpose of this case study is to analyze which resources 3rd year high school students (16-17 years old) from an English as a Second Language class in Brazil use in the construction of authorial journalistic articles demystifying fake news about COVID-19 and if the interventions conducted previous to the task were helpful in their process of developing critical media literacy. To this end, firstly students analyzed news about COVID-19 from international websites; secondly, they discussed aspects of a video that circulated widely in WhatsApp chat groups; and, finally, they produced journalistic articles demystifying popular fake news about COVID-19 in Brazil. The findings suggest a great capacity of students to justify their perceptions about what is fact and what is fake once they were provoked to do so, showing the development of critical media literacy and news literacy through the arguments presented in their articles
A more equitable film pedagogy: Including media literacy in higher education film classrooms to result in better media practitioners
Get PDFThis article explains the importance of including critical media literacy practices in skills-based classrooms in film education. Students continue to use methods of filmmaking that are inherently biased because they continue to be taught an age-old set of skills that do not engage in critical analysis. With the convergence of contemporary film theory in the classroom, educators can help students learn new methods of filmmaking that are representative for all communities and people. Through textual analysis of three films, this article shows why educators in higher education film programs must include critical media literacy in the skills course curriculum and how to do so. With this change in film education, we can learn to help make more equitable filmmakers
The art of audiencing: Visual journaling as a media education practice
Get PDFUsing qualitative methods with an action research design, the author investigates uses of visual journaling as a media production opportunity in an undergraduate media literacy class. Through visual journaling as an arts-based inquiry process, students engaged in production, creating and sharing graphical representations of their emerging media literacy knowledge and perspectives. Findings illuminate visual journaling as a way of audiencing that cultivates agentive knowledge building, active negotiation of learning, and student-centered expression in the context of media literacy education. Visual journaling as a method of production results in a manageable and creative maker experience that augments learning, inviting students to synthesize physical materials and nonlinear digital content as a contemporary literacy act. Visual journaling has implications not only as a literacy exercise, but also as an anti-oppressive and democratic teaching and learning practice
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Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society: Handcraft as a Metaphorical tool for the Abolitionist Cause
Get PDFIn 1851, in Rochester, New York, a group of six women banded together as the founding members of an anti-slavery group in order to support the work of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass. They called themselves the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society, although they dropped “Sewing” from the group’s name in 1855. Yet the fact that “Sewing” was included in the original name of this reformist group indicates the foundational role of craft not only as a guiding activity but also central as an activist mechanism to abolish the institution of slavery. They were the benefactors of Frederick Douglass, himself regarded as the founder of the twentieth century Civil Rights movement. This article employs three handwork metaphors to analyze points of friction around race that emerge in the annual reports of the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society. The three textile metaphors that undergird this article include: 1) the construction of weaving, through its warp and weft, as representative of social structures; 2) the search for seams as sites of tension and transition; and 3) the symbolism of the needle as a mending device. This article reveals the analytical power of handcraft metaphors to understand the social-reform activity among the “Rochester Ladies’,” whose members were all White, and how such conceptions motivated their abolitionist work. This research project fulfills a significant gap in the literature since there is no scholarly investigation chronicling, exclusively, the work of the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society. Analysis is based on the existing fourteen annual reports published by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society since 1852, in an effort to understand how craft was used in a historic period for political purposes
Inner Martyrdom: Deconstructing the Sacrificial Female Subject in Post-Soviet Georgia
Get PDFThis article analyzes the 2017 film, My Happy Family, and how it depicts the archetypical Georgian woman and the sacrifices she is required to make for the family and, by extension, the nation. In doing so, I explore the socio-historical construction of the ideal woman and the ways women resist gendered demands, often through unseen means. Scholars have explored the cultural politics of “postsocialism,” analyzing the “New Woman” archetype in relation to class, sexuality, and labor. Finding that many neglect issues of women’s own socio-psychic negotiation of the postsocialist terrain, I argue that we must investigate more closely the production of the sacrificial/sacred female subject in terms of “inner martyrdom.” By focusing on female martyrdom in Georgia, I shed insight into women in a postsocialist context
Impact of Clopidogrel on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: a National Retrospective Cohort Study
Get PDFActivated platelets have known antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Accelerated clearance of platelets induced by S. aureus can result in thrombocytopenia and increased mortality in patients. Recent studies suggest that P2Y12 inhibition protects platelets from accelerated clearance. We therefore evaluated the effect of P2Y12 inhibition on clinical outcomes in patients with S. aureus bacteremia across a large national cohort. Our retrospective cohort (2010 to 2018) included patients admitted to Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals with blood cultures positive for S. aureus and treated with standard-of-care antibiotics. Employing propensity score-matched Cox proportional hazards regression models, we compared clinical outcomes in patients treated with clopidogrel for at least the 30 days prior to admission and continuing for at least 5 days after admission to patients without any P2Y12 inhibitor use in the year preceding admission. Mortality was significantly lower among clopidogrel users than P2Y12 inhibitor nonusers (n = 147 propensity score-matched pairs): the inpatient mortality hazard ratio (HR) was 0.11 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01 to 0.86), and 30-day mortality HR was 0.43 (95% CI, 0.19 to 0.98). There were no differences in 30-day readmission, 30-day S. aureus reinfection, microbiological clearance, or thrombocytopenia. Clopidogrel use at the time of infection reduced in-hospital mortality by 89% and 30-day mortality by 57% among a cohort of patients with S. aureus bacteremia. These results support the need to further study the use of P2Y12 inhibitors as adjunctive therapy in S. aureus bloodstream infections
Describing the Effect of Thin Layer Sediment Placement on Coastal Microbial Communities using Foraminifera Diversity
Get PDFSalt marshes are rich ecosystems that play an important role in aquatic food systems and prevent erosion while also providing essential habitats for wildlife. Climate change has resulted in rising sea levels and erosion of these coastal wetlands. Thin Layer Sediment Placement (TLP) is a restoration effort being implemented to mitigate the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems. The TLP process raises elevation of the marsh and provides substrates for vegetative growth by spraying dredged sediment over existing marsh. The impacts of TLP on microbial populations is not widely understood, therefore metrics are required to study the effects of TLP on salt marshes. Foraminifera are marine microbial eukaryotes that have previously been used as bioindicators of benthic health. These microbes are abundant in the top 1 cm of sediments and would potentially be directly impacted by a TLP event. To test this hypothesis, the Quonochontaug Salt marsh was selected as a model site. Located in Charlestown, Rhode Island, the Quonochontaug Salt Marsh was the target of a TLP restoration event in 2017. Experimental sites were chosen from the TLP region of the march and control sites were selected in the non-TLP region of the marsh. Following sample collection, foraminifera were identified using light and scanning electron microscopy alongside sanger sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene. Abundance and Shannon diversity were then calculated for replicate samples. Preliminary results indicate that there is varied diversity in TLP samples compared to the control site, suggesting that disturbance during a TLP event might influence foraminifera diversity
Sex, Suffrage, and Scandalous Ladies Podcast
Get PDFThe podcast, “Sex, Suffrage, and Scandalous Women,” tells stories of activists about whom the average listener may not be familiar. General audiences may not know the women’s impact beyond a basic level. Mainstream history lessons often gloss over the complex and nuanced aspects of feminist movement accomplishments and only trace activism in broad strokes. By disseminating this research in a podcast form I can highlight understudied aspects of women’s history in a way that is digestible and easy to understand. The podcast aims to answer questions about the motives of each movement and theme of activism, as well as the significance of their achievements. The podcast focuses primarily on women from the late 19th century and early to mid 20th century, but also includes modern activists that have carried on their legacy. Throughout the five episodes, the background, the goals, and the impact of each activist are considered. Within the first two episodes, I recount feminists from the suffrage movement and the temperance movement. The other three episodes integrate themes relating to race, sports, and reproductive rights. Activists are typically spoken of as these extraordinary heroes, but they can be everyday people trying to make a difference in their community and the world at large. Stories of this nature are crucial because they offer more perspectives and amplification, inspiring individuals that they can be the change they want to see. Activism is something we are all capable of, and in times of recent turmoil, it is crucial to remember that we can all make a difference no matter how big or how small. Overall this project explores how these women mobilized and what is their legacy today