FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE:

TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU


FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE:
TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU


Help your students think critically about how much of what we think of as independent, unbiased news and information has its origins in the boardrooms of the public relations companies.

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Assignments


These sample assignments are designed to challenge students to show command of the material presented in the video, to think critically about this material from a number of different perspectives, and to develop and defend their own point of view on the issues at stake.

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Questions for Discussion & Writing

These questions can be used in different ways: as guideposts for

class discussion, as a framework for smaller group discussion and presentations, or as prompts for free-writing.


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Pre-viewing Exercises


These exercises enable students to reflect on some of their basic assumptions about gender and advertising before watching this video.

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Pepi Leistyna

University of Massachusetts, Boston

"The true power of this video can be witnessed in the horror on students' faces as they manage to voice, after viewing the film, 'Where have we been all our lives?!'"

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Select a wealthy individual, corporation or politician who/which is currently in the news for some scandal, improper behavior, etc. and investigate how they handled the crisis. Can you figure out who their PR agent is – try O’Dwyer’s or study news reports. Especially with individuals, news organizations will often report on PR activities.

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Section summaries & key points

Discussion questions

Sample assignments

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