Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 1 Media Chronology

What media forms have you experienced today? Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology The producer of the message is not in the same place as the receiver of the message What media forms have you experienced today? 2

Types of Media Television Newspapers, Magazines Internet Radio Television Newspapers, Magazines Internet Advertising in All Forms Videos, DVDs, Films Computer & Video Games Recorded Music (e.g., CDs) Other… 3

Are Books Media? What are other sources of messages that Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology The producer of the message is not in the same place as the receiver of the message What are other sources of messages that we might not think of as “media”? 4

Media Literacy Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media in a variety of forms. 5

Each Media Form Has Different Qualities What are the qualities of books? require print literacy can be read at a variable pace text allows the reader to create their own images relatively easy to mass produce and access easy to re-read and review as you go along lots of books to choose from portable and easy to store fun to curl up with in bed OTHER… 6

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTIONS for analyzing media documents about Dr MEDIA LITERACY QUESTIONS for analyzing media documents about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What are the messages about Dr. King in this document? How are those messages communicated? Who produced this document, and for what purpose? When was this produced, and what was its historical context? Who was the target audience? Is this an accurate and credible representation of Dr. King? How does this reflect the perspective or bias of its creator? What information or perspective is left out of this message? How might different people interpret this message differently? Who might benefit from – and who might be harmed by – this message?

A Media Chronology

How 50,000 Negroes found a new way to end racial discrimination December 5, 1955 WALK TO FREEDOM December 21, 1956 VICTORY FOR JUSTICE

World Almanac Library

1963 1958 1964 1967

Arriving in New Delhi, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr Arriving in New Delhi, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is greeted by Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani, secretary of the governing Congress Party. King, who led Montgomery Protest patterned after Indian campaign of Mahatma Gandhi, was welcomed as a hero. Said he: “To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.”

Common A Dream (2006) Music Video Excerpt [2:04] Click Here to Play

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King leads marchers from Browns Chapel Methodist Church in Selma.

Beyond Vietnam 2006 Internet Video Excerpt [1:00] (1967 Speech) Click Here to Play

(The King of Love is Dead)” Nina Simone “Why? (The King of Love is Dead)” (1968) Song Excerpt [1:00] Click Here to Play

Happy Birthday [1:00] Internet Video Excerpt (1980) Click Here to Play XXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxx Click Here to Play

“By the Time I Get to Arizona” Public Enemy “By the Time I Get to Arizona” (1991) Music Video Excerpt [2:06] Click Here to Play