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Media Study in the Classroom:
Creative Assignments
for Character Analysis
Alexander Fedorov
The method of media character analysis described in this article was employed in various courses for students of Media Education in the Social Pedagogy Department of the Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute.
However, the suggested approaches can also be effectively used by high school teachers, particularly in literature courses, as a supplement and extension to traditional methods of textual analysis. Our method is designed to develop not only critical and creative thinking as applied to particular media texts, but also media competence in a broader sense.
The analysis of media characters is based on a variety of creative assignments outlined here: literary imitation, dramatic role-playing, and graphic representation. For each of these categories, a “bank” of creative assignments is provided from which a teacher can choose activities best fitting the form, genre, and content of a given media text, as well as the age, level, and needs of their students.
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