Volume V | Summer 2021

Short Description:
Fifth print edition of the international literary, arts and ideas journal, San Antonio Review.

Long Description:
The fifth print edition of San Antonio Review, an international literary, arts and ideas journal.

This issue of San Antonio Review includes nearly 300 pages of art, poetry, short fiction, reviews and more.

The issue opens with editors’ notes and a “Timeline of Irresponsibility” charting Texas leaders failures in responding to the SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 pandemic, police violence and Winter Storm Uri, among other contemporary challenges. The feature essay by Baylor University professor Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D. looks at Texas Republicans’ efforts to limit discussions in public school classrooms by attacking critical race theory. Founding Editor and Publisher William O. Pate II shares an excerpt of his work-in-progress transcription of the third volume of the report from the 1919 Texas House of Representatives Committee Investigation into the Texas Rangers for violence against Mexican Americans during the first quarter of the 20th century. A cartoon by Coyote Shook. Peter Berard, Ph.D., reviews the next world war. Postcard art by and a Q&A with Milicent Fambrough. Paintings by and a Q&A with Andrea Muñoz Martínez. Quotes, recommendations and much more.

Front cover image by A.S. Robertson. Cover design by William O. Pate II. Always read free at sareview.org.

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Texas' international literary, arts and ideas journal.

Short Description:
San Antonio Review publishes original essays, poetry, art, reviews, theory and other work twice a week on its website. Print issues are published quarterly, per the publisher’s discretion, available time and funding levels. Founded in San Antonio in 2017, SAR is based in Austin, Texas.

Long Description:
San Antonio Review publishes original essays, poetry, art, reviews, theory and other work twice a week on its website. Print issues are published quarterly, per the publisher’s discretion, available time and funding levels. Founded in San Antonio in 2017, SAR is based in Austin, Texas. San Antonio Review is devoted to serving as a gathering space outside academia, the market and government for writers, artists, scholars, activists, workers, students, parents and others to express their perspectives and reflections on our shared world and help develop visions of our collective future. Funded by its publisher’s income from his day jobs, donations and the sale of print editions and other materials and led and maintained by an all-volunteer editorial collective, SAR is not beholden to any institution, organization or ideology. San Antonio Review is a costly endeavor undertaken with love by its editors and publisher. It is not a profit-seeking enterprise. It aims to herald interesting and unheard voices. It receives no financial support beyond donations, referral fees for purchases from sites we link to (like independent bookshops) and purchases of our print edition, which are used to recover some of the ongoing costs of web hosting, printing and other infrastructure.

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In small groups students give a presentation examining how the popular media reports scientific findings.

Students will learn how to distinguish different video shots, angles, and movements by watching a professionally created movie trailer. Locate a movie trailer of your choice and convert it into a movie file that can be uploaded into a video editing software, such as iMovie. Students will then detach the audio so it is not a distraction while working during class. The next step will be to locate the different camera uses, angles, and movements as listed in the PowerPoint. Once the shots are located, students will split the video and use a freeze frame with on-screen text to key the name of the shot. An example would be "long shot with bird's eye view." Students should locate at least three examples for each of the camera uses, angles, and movements. Once done, the students will export their movie and submit for grading.

This course examines the nature of attitudes, beliefs, and values, and the influences which indiviudals' attitudes have upon their behavior. Various theories of attitude organization and attitude change are discussed, and the development of social attitudes is explored by examining the differential impact of the family, the educational system, the mass media, and the general social environment. The changing content of public opinion over time and its relationship to the political system are also discussed.

This source evaluation tutorial takes students through the process fact-checking a social media post using the SIFT method of evaluation as guidance. By the end of the tutorial students should be able to:

-Recognize red flags for misinformation.
-Recognize when you need to seek better coverage.
-Trace information back to its source.
-Recognize when context plays a role in how information is interpreted.

Investigative Journalism means the unveiling of matters that are concealed either deliberately by someone in a position of power, or accidentally, behind a chaotic mass of facts and circumstances. This manual provides a guide to basic methods and techniques of investigative journalism and outlines the methods and skills applying to every step of the investigative process, from conception to research, writing, quality control and dissemination. The role media can play as a watchdog is indispensable for democracy and this publication will be a valuable resource for journalists and media professionals, as well as for journalism trainers and educators.

Language is not describing our lives. It is creating them.

What lives are we creating for each other? What type of life are we living according to media in our countries? What are the things we are believing in?

Transformation is a compilation of 7 stories from 7 different countries. Stories that we are perceiving through media, stories we dislike and we have decided to alter by creating different stories, optimistic stories, so-called counter-narratives.

Discover what are media instilling in minds of people from Italy, Greece, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Latvia and learn how to protect yourself from manipulation by media.

This OER provides an overview of traditional media platforms for advertising. This module details the benefits of print and broadcast media as well as their unique attributes to connect advertisers with their desired markets. As traditional media adapts alongside digital, it is important to understand the elements of these mediums that make them stand out. This module includes an application exercise that involves applying the information learned to a hypothetical client seeking advice for where to place advertisements. Navigate through the readings in the module and complete the exercise to evaluate your understanding of the material and practice creativity and strategic thinking. 

This resource is published by the Getting Better Foundation.Trust me documentary is a feature-length film that explores topics on misinformation in the media and builds a case for media literacy education to support skill development and resiliency. Educational licenses with teaching, collegiate, and parental guides are available at www.newday.com/film/trust-me.

The resource will explore on the different types of Sampling techniques and tries to analyse its implementation in various media research.

This educational curriculum package is the product of a five-year labor of love. Beginning in 2011, several educators, history enthusiasts and social activists coalesced around the charismatic Horace Seldon. Horace was finishing a long local career in social work, years with the National Parks Service, Boston, and as one of the founders of the social service organization Community Change. He was intent upon pursuing a historical research project which he had been contemplating for some time. The resultant group, led by Horace Seldon, then embarked on a research and reading circle exploring the hidden history of the Boston antebellum African American community situated on the North Slope of Beacon Hill and in the area immediately adjacent to the current Boston City Hall Plaza. The work began by investigating legendary author, activist and Beacon Hill resident David Walker. It has since grown organically into a full-fledged historical reclamation project, the results of which we now share with you.Being educators, we have naturally gravitated to exploring avenues which facilitate promoting civic engagement and self-actualization, both in the classroom and for lifelong learning. This enterprise reflects that perspective and energizing prospect. We are currently in discussion with the Mayor's Office of Diversity about bringing this project to City Hall Plaza as an integral part of the upcoming 400'h anniversary celebration of the founding of Boston. Roxbury Community College is honored to have been given the opportunity to create a digital curriculum platform to dispense information and inspire enthusiasm for history across the commonwealth, a history which surrounds us but remains invisible to many residents and tourists. It is our intention to combine an interdisciplinary approach using the latest in technological innovations, artistry and networking to share this compelling narrative, illuminating not only the lessons of the past, but the durability of a community preparing for a future of multiple challenges and inconvenient truths.

As part of this seven-lesson unit, which is designed to be facilitated over 10-15 days, students examine several underreported global news stories of human interest that focus upon the displacement of youth worldwide. They also evaluate how this displacement fosters both individual and collective empowerment for positive social change. Students process their analysis through the creation of original videos and scripts that capture personal connections they have made to themes in the articles they explored.

 Verifying social media posts is quickly becoming a necessary endeavor in everyday life, let alone in the world of education. Social media has moved beyond a digital world which connects with friends and family and has become a quick and easy way to access news, information, and human interest stories from around the world. As this state of media has become the "new normal," especially for our younger generations, we, educators, find ourselves charged with a new task of teaching our students how to interact with and safely consume digital information.The following three modules are designed to be used as stand-alone activities or combined as one unit, in which the lessons can be taught in any order. "Who Said What?!" is a module focusing on author verification. "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words'' is a module devoted to image verification. "Getting the Facts Straight" is a module designed to dive into information verification. Lastly, there are assessment suggestions to be utilized after completing all three modules.

 Verifying social media posts is quickly becoming a necessary endeavor in everyday life, let alone in the world of education. Social media has moved beyond a digital world which connects with friends and family and has become a quick and easy way to access news, information, and human interest stories from around the world. As this state of media has become the "new normal," especially for our younger generations, we, educators, find ourselves charged with a new task of teaching our students how to interact with and safely consume digital information.The following three modules are designed to be used as stand-alone activities or combined as one unit, in which the lessons can be taught in any order. "Who Said What?!" is a module focusing on author verification. "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words'' is a module devoted to image verification. "Getting the Facts Straight" is a module designed to dive into information verification. Lastly, there are assessment suggestions to be utilized after completing all three modules.

The primary sources in this set can
be used for inquiry-based learning exercises
and projects. Each document falls under the
umbrella topic of voter education, and students
are encouraged to annotate in the margins in order
to support the development of document analysis
and critical thinking skills. Suggested projects that
make use of this set’s primary sources are also
included for the educator as a springboard for
research-based projects.

The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy. The unit framework and primary sources can be integrated into classrooms of grades 4-12. Each lesson has student objectives that can be accomplished within 40 minute periods over the course of several weeks. A midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independent writing assessment are included. Support materials are integrated into the lessons, and the primary source document pages can be found at the end of the unit guide.

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In his 1962 essay “ Who Killed Benny Paret?”, Cousins, a journalist and biobehavioral scientist, investigates the causes of a boxer’s death. This is an example of a cause and effect essay.

Short Description:
"Writing Fabulous Features" teaches the art and craft of feature writing to help readers learning to write non-fiction with flair.

Long Description:
“Writing Fabulous Features” teaches the art and craft of feature writing to help readers learning to write non-fiction with flair through examples, expert insights, writing techniques and quick tips.

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