Visit to St. Louis, MO, Clayton, and Ferguson on the day of the Eric Garner press release, 12/3/14. Contains side-by-side photos intended for a lesson on media literacy.

1. STL/
Ferguson/
NYC
#blacklivesmatter

2. Tower Grove East
#vonderritmyers

9. MEDIA LITERACY

10. Eagleton Courthouse
#ayotzinapa

11. Media messages
are constructed.
Principle #1

12. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

13. Messages are representations
of reality with embedded
values and points of view.
Principle #2

14. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

15. Each form of media uses
a unique set of rules to
construct messages.
Principle #3

16. Individuals interpret media
messages and create their
own meaning based on
personal experience.
Principle #4

17. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

18. Media are driven by profit
within economic and political
contexts.
Principle #5

19. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

22. Clayton, MO
#icantbreathe
#ericgarner
#michaelbrown

25. Ferguson, MO
#michaelbrown

32. Eagleton Courthouse
#ericgarner

34. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

35. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

36. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

37. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch

38. Central West End (CWE)
#ericgarner die-in

39. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch

40. Next steps?
#lakeshoredrive
abc7chicago