Use annual events and celebrations to highlight specific media issues
{"Image DocumentName": "Use annual events and celebrations to highlight specific media issues", "Image ImageDescription": "Earth Day: Examine how environmental issues are promoted or are absent in mainstream media. Buy Nothing Day: Raise awareness of the impact of mass consumerism on global culture and the environment. TV-Turnoff Week: A jumping-off point for students to log and examine their own TV viewing habits. Special Occasions: The start of the school year, Christmas and graduation can provide opportunities to address consumption and consumerism. Use annual events and celebrations to highlight specific media issues. For example, \uf034 events such as Earth Day can be used to examine how environmental issues are promoted or absent in mainstream media. \uf034 Classroom activities for International Buy Nothing Day can focus on raising awareness of students\u2019 spending habits and the impact of mass consumerism on global culture and the environment. \uf034 Discussions around TV-Turnoff Week can be a jumping off point for students to log and examine their own TV viewing habits. \uf034 Occasions such as the start of the school year, Christmas and graduation can provide great opportunities to address media themes associated with these times. Messages of consumption and consumerism, for example, can be explored in relation to all these occasions. \uf034 (Next Slide)", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}