"Don't Be A Sheep" presentation at the NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) Conference. Presented on November 18th, 2017 in San Francisco, CA. Classroom materials here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wvLBbPvM4yzvX5mD2q1HADXKut4xo-az2-0t5dPk5o/edit?usp=sharing

1. Don’t be a
SHEEP:
Media in the
Age of #Ferguson
SPIRO BOLOS
New Trier High School
boloss@nths.net

2. July 17: Eric Garner is killed (NYC).
August 9: Michael Brown is killed.
August 16: State of Emergency (Ferguson)
November 25: Michael Brown verdict
December 3: Eric Garner verdict

4. Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 11:51 am

8. Florissant Avenue and Canfield Drive

9. Canfield Drive

10. Canfield Drive

11. Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 12:02 pm

12. Tiffany Mitchell

13. Huy Mach, STL Post-Dispatch
Lesley McSpadden: Saturday afternoon, August 9th, 2014

14. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
Saturday evening, August 9th, 2014

15. #blacklivesmatter
STL/
Ferguson/
NYC

16. #vonderritmyers

23. MEDIA LITERACY
“Nothing can be so deceiving
as a photograph.” — Kafka

24. #ayotzinapa

25. All media messages
are constructed.
Principle #1

26. WHO CREATED THIS MESSAGE ?

27. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

28. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

29. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

30. All media messages are
representations of reality
and contain embedded
values and points of view.
Principle #2

31. WHAT POINT-OF-VIEW IS
REPRESENTED AND WHAT
HAS BEEN LEFT OUT ?

32. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

33. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

34. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

35. Each media message has
different characteristics and
strengths and a unique
language of construction.
Principle #3

36. WHAT TECHNIQUES ARE USED
TO ATTRACT MY ATTENTION ?

38. Individuals interpret media
messages and create their
own meaning based on
personal experience.
Principle #4

39. HOW MIGHT DIFFERENT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS
MESSAGE DIFFERENTLY ?

40. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

42. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

43. Media messages are produced
for particular purposes.
Principle #5

44. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THIS MESSAGE ?

45. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

46. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

47. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

48. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

51. #icantbreathe
#ericgarner
#michaelbrown

54. #michaelbrown

61. #ericgarner

63. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

64. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

65. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

66. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

67. (CWE)
#ericgarner die-in

68. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch

69. December 4th, 2014
#lakeshoredrive
Huffington Post

70. August 8th and 9th, 2017
#michaelbrown memorial

71. David Carson,
STL Post-Dispatch

74. http://tiny.cc/NCSS