This edited collection from Atay (College of Wooster) and Fassett (San Jose State Univ.) is a timely release, given the rise of alternative facts, fake news, and Twitter today. Contributors examine provocative themes ranging from the significance of diversity in mediated critical communication pedagogy to the use of film as a conduit to the application of critical communication pedagogy while interrogating possibilities for maximizing theory and praxis in classrooms. Another key contribution is the synthesis of several concepts, such as mediated communication and critical communication pedagogy, to create new ways of talking about complex relations between media and technology uses and teaching and learning communication. Of particular significance is the contributors' attention to issues of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom. For instance, David Kahl Jr.'s chapter makes a compelling case for how mediated communication can promote special student populations' marginalization in the classroom, and Allison Brenneise proposes a new, universal design for communication learning to advance ways teachers can reach diverse learners through new media technologies. This collection is a useful resource for scholars and students in communication education, instructional communication, media studies, and critical cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
* Choice Reviews *Chapter 1: Questioning Dialogue, Arguing Dissemination, and Cultivating Generative Doubt
Chapter 2: Mitigating Pedagogical Marginalization: Critically Assessing the Use of Mediated Communication with Special Populations of Students
Chapter 3: Learning from One Another: Con/Divergences with/in/between Online Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Critical Pedagogy
Chapter 4: New Media, New Possibilities: Engaging Diversity
Chapter 5: Critiquing Hegemony through Mediated Critical Communication Pedagogy:Key Questions for Critical Media Analysis
Chapter 6: Critical Engagement or Critical Mistake?: Social Media, Ethics, and Critical Communication Pedagogy
Chapter 7: Applying Critical Communication Pedagogy Through Online Discussions on Stereotypes and Prejudicial Speech
Chapter 8: Beyond the Classroom Walls: The Intersection of Critical Communication Pedagogy and Public Pedagogy as Evidenced in Let's Plays
Chapter 9: Expanding Mediated Communication for Inclusivity
Chapter 10: Building Critical Feminist Media Literacy with Hot Girls Wanted: Discussing Gender, Sexuality, and Labor in the Age of Internet Pornography
Chapter 11: Critical Communication Pedagogy and Film