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ERIC Number: EJ403623
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Television: Developing the Critical Viewer and Writer.
Sorenson, Margo
English Journal, v78 n8 p42-46 Dec 1989
Describes a three-week unit, "Television Communication and Critical Thinking," designed to make junior high students more forceful writers and discriminating viewers. Argues that by analyzing television advertising, news, and programming, students learn to think more critically about communication techniques and to use those techniques responsibly in their own writing. (RS)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Commercial Television, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Programing (Broadcast), Teaching Methods, Television Commercials, Television Viewing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Television Criticism; Television News