This week in my Global Media Literacy class we’ve been talking about our first media memories. I’ve put together a list of links below based on what the students in my class (who are all freshmen or sophomores) have talked about. It’s an interesting set of memories. Names have been omitted to protect the innocent/guilty… (Updated 8/27/13)
- The Lion King – “The best movie of all time”
“Back then we only had a few VHS tapes and I think that was the only one we had that us kids enjoyed. We watched it multiple times a week and it never got old.”
- “Teletubbies – I was interested in this show because of how ‘out there’ or imaginary the show was.”
- Scooby Doo
- Tom and Jerry cartoons – “I remember watching the cartoon show and laughing with my siblings at all the pranks that Jerry would pull on Tom.”
- Follow Me, by Uncle Cracker – “My first memory of the media is a song I used to hear on the radio a lot when I was little.”
- Dora the Explorer – “When I was about 5 or 6 years old, my parents would encourage me to watch the show because they wanted to expand my boundaries. Since Dora was bilingual, I was exposed not to just one language, but two.”