Mediated Critical Communication Pedagogy

Mediated Critical Communication Pedagogy explores the role of both traditional and new media in critical communication pedagogy. This edited volume addresses not only how new and other forms of media serve as tools towards social justice in the communication classroom, but also how those media transform the classroom interaction itself in empowering and disempowering ways. Contributors describe and assess how particular instances of media use--particularly the use of new media technologies--support or challenge critical communication pedagogy. Each chapter engages in critical analysis of how to effectively use particular mediums in the classroom, how classroom communication is affected by uses of new media, and particular instances of critical communication pedagogy in teaching. Scholars of communication and education will find this book particularly useful.

Ahmet Atay is associate professor of communication at the College of Wooster. Deanna L. Fassett is department chair and professor of communication pedagogy and coordinator of the department’s graduate teaching associate program at San José State University.