1. Introduction

City Youth and the New Media Age

Media Cultural Studies, Critical Pedagogy, and Urban Education

Theories of Literacy and Civic Engagement

Critical Media Pedagogy as a Response to Youth in Crisis

Essential Questions

Outline of Book Chapters

2. Youth and Critical Media Production in the 21st Century

Framing the Issue: Critical Media Pedagogy in Theory and Practice

Cultural Studies and Youth Media Participation in the Era of Web 2.0

Conclusion

3. The Neighborhoods, the Schools, the Projects, and the Study

Boyle Heights

El Sereno

The Council of Youth Research (1999-2011)

Studying Youth Media Production in Classrooms and Communities

Critical Ethnography

Participatory Action Research

Literacy, Conscientization, and Media Production

4. Critical Media Pedagogy in Ms. Garcia's Class

Becoming Critical

Unit: A Day in My Life and Critical Literacy Narrative

Unit: Oral History and Literary Response

Unit: Critical Poetry

Unit: Persuasion and Critical Media

Impact

Recommendations

5. Critical Media Pedagogy in Mr. Lopez's Classes

Hip Hop and Violence: Lyrics, Theory, and Reflection as Therapy Unit

Critical Media Literacy in Popular Culture Unit

Participation is Power: Critical Media Production in the Eastside Unit

Critical Media Pedagogy in Social Studies Core Courses

Voices of Change in a World History Course

Globalization and Death: A World History Unit

6. Critical Media Pedagogy in Mr. Duenas's Class

Establishing Mexican American Studies at Wilson High

The Identity Unit

Indigenous Cultures of Latin America

From Conquest to Colonization

Final Project: Students Creating Media in Latin American Studies

7. Critical Media Pedagogy in the Third Space

Introduction

Critical Drama and Community Actions at Wilson

Art and Social Change at Roosevelt

Powerful Literacy Through Youth Documentary Filmmaking

Critical Media Pedagogy in the Council of Youth Research

Documentary Video Analysis

Digital Video Production and Critical Literacy in the Youth Council

Conclusion

8. Conclusion. A Final Word on Critical Teaching

Rethinking English Instruction

Rethinking Social Studies

Youth Media Production in Third Spaces

Media Production, Standards, and Policy in Humanities Education

Equipping Schools and Classrooms for Media Production

Teachers as Media Producers

Media Literacy Across Content Areas

The Importance of Human (and Humane) Relationships

The Need for Advocacy (and Advocates)

Media Literacy as Civic Engagement.