Course Content
Welcome to “A Crash Course on Media and Palestine”
This module facilitates participants in setting learning goals and joining the ice-breaker activity.
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Histories of Palestine
This module introduces participants to histories of Palestine through the lens of media history.
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Refugees & Returning
This module introduces participants to the world's oldest and largest refugee population.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will watch a TV documentary and interview a Palestinian journalist about their media work.
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International Law & the UN
This module introduces participants to international law, UN history, and the differences between the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will interview a Palestinian-Lebanese scholar about their research on the UN.
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Israeli Apartheid
This module introduces participants to the framework of Israeli apartheid and how to apply this framework in analyzing visual media.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will interview an expert on Israeli apartheid and Palestinian human rights.
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Decolonizing Palestine
This module introduces participants to the concept of rainbow-washing by Israel in the media and counter narratives that resist rainbow-washing of the occupation in Palestine.
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Anti-Palestinian Media Bias
This module introduces participants to the concept of anti-Palestinian bias and how scholars study media bias through content analysis.
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Case Study: Framing Palestinians in News
In this module, participants will use activity deliverables from the previous module to join in a research exchange with students from LAU.
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Final Module for “A Crash Course on Media and Palestine”
This final module facilitates participants in the self-assessment of their learning about media and Palestine.
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Private: A Crash Course on Media and Palestine [beta version for CIL Fellowship]
About Lesson

Based on your critical reading, you will pick one example of media content to screenshot and analyze. You can pick any type of content (recent news headline/article or AI-generated) that you can analyze using any of the methods applied in the readings to discuss anti-Palestinian bias in the media. Complete the activity using the course Padlet board:

https://padlet.com/gretchenking/media-and-palestine-practicing-media-content-analysis-2awr2p3qujxbfz5m

See the two “Examples” posted on the board linked above. Be sure to upload the screenshot of the media you pick to analyze and use the “Write something…” section to post your analysis.