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Know Media’s MEDIA LITERACY VIDEO LIBRARY - UPDATED 11/06 Know Media offers the following resources to use for free in classrooms and communities in Windham County. Please preview any borrowed material to determine appropriate age/audience content. Rental policy is located on the back of this list. Please call Robin at (802) 258-2402 for more information.
VIDEO(V) and DVD’s(D):
*Videos with an asterisks also have study guides available at http://www.mediaed.org/
Ad and the Ego (VHS)– 57 minutes – documentary on the cultural impact of ads *Advertising and the End of the World(VHS) – 1997 – 40 min. Making the connection between society's high-consumption lifestyle and the coming environmental crisis, Jhally forces us to evaluate the physical and material costs of the consumer society and how long we can maintain our present level of production. *Behind the Screens: Hollywood goes Hypercommercial (VHS)- 37 min – product placement in Hollywood movies – great clips and interviews. Beyond Good and Evil : Children, Media & Violent Times (2003) (VHS/DVD) – 35 min This video examines how the "good and evil" rhetoric, in both the entertainment and the news media, has helped children to dehumanize the enemies.
Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars & health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication. Buy and Bye: The rest of the cycle – recycling process – good for all ages – environmental impact of consumerism. Calling the Shots(VHS) -J.Kilbourne - 30 min. Alcohol and Advertising *Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (VHS)– 45 min - a compelling exposé of the transformation of classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, & textbooks into advertising vehicles. It explores how education is short-changed and democracy is at risk when schools become marketplaces &commercialism goes to the head of the class.
Culture Jammers(VHS)– 12 minute clips/television uncommercials (these come from Adbusters magazine) Deadly Persuasions: The Advertising of Alcohol & Tobacco (VHS) – 2003 60 min – Jean Kilbourne exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the tobacco and alcohol industries *Dream Worlds 2(VHS) – Desire, Sex and Power in Music Video – Sut Jhally – Banned by MTV – For mature audience only Drinking it In(VHS)- 2002 - 5 minute documentary on advertising and alcohol, what a child sees. Mixing Alcohol Images and Kids. Good for discussion age 9-15 Free Speech For Sale (VHS): Video with Bill Moyers *Game Over(VHS/DVD) –2000 41 min- Educational documentary on video and computer games, gender, race, violence, substance use. For High school audiences Getting the Message Across(VHS) – 1993 - 27 min video about making videos-for students and others wishing to produce effective videos, not much on production as how to communicate forcefully by telling a story as well.
*Hijacking Catastrophe(V) 64 minutes 9/11 and the Bush administration documentary *Independent Media in a Time of War(V) – 35 min- An important, powerful, and timely lecture with Amy Goodman speaking about the corporate media's coverage of the 2003 Iraq War. She asks her audience to consider the costs of coverage that is both sanitized and sensationalized. At the core of her lecture is a deep commitment to the ethics of journalism. Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence(DVD) 37 min Video with George Gerbner addressing the question of violence and the media. *Killing Us Softly 3(VHS) – 2000 34 min. Jean Kilbourne – update of images of women, body image, tobacco, empowerment
Making A Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction(VHS) – 2000 29 min. documentary by INFACT, who is working to create grassroots movement to counter corporate tobacco and its effects worldwide. Youth and Adult Marketing Booze To Teens(VHS) – 2001 Documentary on alcopops(drinks mixed with alcohol) and how sodas with alcohol are marketed to teens, a CSPI production Merchants of Cool(VHS) (copy) – Marketing “Cool” to Youth http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ - study guide & follow up suggestions *Mickey Mouse Monopoly(VHS/DVD) –2001 - 52 min gender/race representations, commercialization of children’s culture, Disney’s Media dominance *No Logo: Brands, Globalization & Resistance(DVD) – (2003)- 42 min Featuring Naomi Klein. Branding and commercialization, corporations and resistance Outfoxed(VHS): Rupert Murdoch.s War on Journalism – documentary on Fox network Pack of Lies(V) – 1992 – 35 min Jean Kilbourne- Advertising and Tobacco Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land:U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (DVD) 2004 – 80 min A striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Picture Perfect(VHS) – 2002 – 40 min – award winning documentary, lively and engaging on the impact of media on women and girls’ physical, psychological and emotional health.
Representation and the Media (DVD): 55 min Video by Stuart Hall addressing representation and the central issues in cultural studies. *Reviving Ophelia(VHS/DVD)- 2000 35 min Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls – includes ideas for youth and adults to free themselves of the toxic influences of today’s media-saturated culture. *Rich Media, Poor Democracy – 2003 – 30 min Robert McChesney how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates *Slim Hopes(VHS/DVD) –30 min J.Kilbourne –advertising and the obsession with thinness Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial(VHS) – 1999 Excellent film documenting the rise of the cigarette and the tobacco industries subsequent attempt to conceal its link with cancer. Academy Award Winner – 75 minutes (2 parts). Teen to adult. *Spin the Bottle :Sex, Lies and Alcohol(VHS) – 2004 – 44 min – critique of the role contemporary culture plays in glamorizing excessive drinking on college campuses. Still Killing us Softly(VHS) – 1987 -Jean Kilbourne This Place (VHS)- 2005 A 15-minute film that dramatically captures today's youth drinking culture. This film shows the alcohol-saturated environment kids are exposed to and the impact of underage drinking. Very moving, action oriented, hope. *Tough Guise(VHS) –1999 57 minutes –examines the relationship between images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the US high school age and older, good for parents of boys *Toxic Sludge is Good for You: The Public Relations Industry Unspun(VHS) – 45 min - Narrated by Amy Goodman, -urges viewers to question the experts and follow the money back to the public relations industry to challenge its hold on democracy. Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election(VHS). -50 min The riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida *What a Girl Wants(VHS) – 2000 – 33 mins -interviews with students (girls age 8 – 16) juxtaposed with a typical week of TV broadcasting and ads. Inspires girls to debate, and act as a catalyst for change. Women and Smoking(VHS) – 2002 TV program on women targets copy-Very good *Wrestling With Manhood: Boys, Bullying and Battering (VHS/DVD) - 2002 This film addresses the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, and its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force. DVD has edited version with less violent scenes. Toward a Drug Free America(VHS) – PSA’s on substances CD ROM’S: Blowing Away Big Tobacco’s Big Lie K-12 Media and Health Media and Democracy Reversing Addiction Something Stinks in Hollywood Understanding Media BOOKS: The Age of Missing Information by Bill Mckibben Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alisssa Quart Children, Adolescents and the Media by Victor Strasburger Barbara Wilson- excellentDeadly Persuasion by Jean Kilbourne – also excellentThe Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century McChesney, Moyers The Problem of the Media: Communication Politics in the 21st Century Robert McChesney Media Alert: 200 Activities to create Media Savvy Kids by Sue Lockwood Summers No Logo by Naomi Klein Screen Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy Gloria DeGaetano & Kathleen Bander Stop Teaching our Kids to Kill by Lt. Col Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen by David Walsh, Ph.d.
Lending Policy 12-day period of loan. $1 per week overdue fee. Full replacement for loss and damages. For extensions please contact Robin Rieske @ 802-257-2885. Materials are available primarily to educators and youth-serving professionals of Windham County for the purpose of education as per the users discretion. If you are outside of Windham County, we request $3 or 8 stamps to cover our expenses. Please submit with return of materials.
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