Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Tables xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1 Teaching for Social Justice: Pop Culture in the Classroom 1
7. 2 Agency and Power as Media Engagement 22
8. 3 Pop Culture and Power: Teaching as Research 41
9. 4 The Monopoly Project: Meaning Making through Board Game Production 63
10. 5 The Hunger Games: Using Popular Film to Learn about Power 87
11. 6 Celebrity Marketing: Gender Performances in Popular Music 113
12. 7 Are You Being Hailed? Advertising as a Venue for Critical Media Literacy 143
13. 8 Agency Revisited: Pop Culture in a Participatory Classroom 172
14. 9 Power Revisited: Harnessing Media Engagement to Social Change 201
15. APPENDICES
16. Appendix A: Course Syllabus for CSL Seminar 231
17. Appendix B: Writing and Other Homework Activities – CSL Seminar 2012 245
18. Appendix C: Ethics and Example of Parent/ Guardian Informed Consent Letter 248
19. Appendix D: Details from the Hunger Games Project Lesson Plan 253
20. Notes 257
21. References 273
22. Index 301