BMS430H1

Mindful Media

This seminar integrates critical media studies with mindfulness pedagogy to yield an experiential and theoretical exploration of critical media literacy. A critical media studies lens is applied to various topics that dominate contemporary mediascapes, such as violence, mental health, body image, etc. Through experiential practice and study of mindfulness pedagogy, students develop practices of critical media literacy able to be applied to their own lives and in future work/study in various media industry and educational praxes.