RE)MEDIATING NARRATIVES OF IDENTITY IN US CIVIL RIGHTS DISCOURSE: CMDA AS A PEDAGOGIC TOOL
RE)MEDIATING NARRATIVES OF IDENTITY IN US CIVIL RIGHTS DISCOURSE: CMDA AS A PEDAGOGIC TOOL
Author(s): Nicoletta VASTASubject(s): Media studies, Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, State/Government and Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: BrainPop; Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis (CMDA); master narratives/ITFs; (re)mediation; The 1619 Project; US civil rights discourse;
Summary/Abstract: Current revisitations of identities and achievements in US civil rights discourse have inspired pedagogically-oriented digital media projects. More importantly, they have also highlighted the need to rethink the role of Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis (CMDA) and its pedagogic applications in order to stimulate greater awareness of the effects of repurposing historical discourses. The case-studies investigated are the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project – a podcast series whose account of Black America’s history conflicts with mainstream views – and the history section of BrainPOP, an animated educational site for primary school children, which monumentalizes relatively less well-known civil rights heroines.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 29/2023
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 241-258
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English