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A Trans*+ Media Literacy Framework for Navigating the Dynamically Shifting Terrain of Gender in Media: Considering Assessment of Key Competencies

A Trans*+ Media Literacy Framework for Navigating the Dynamically Shifting Terrain of Gender in Media: Considering Assessment of Key Competencies

Steven S. Funk
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522530824|ISBN10: 1522530827|EISBN13: 9781522530831
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3082-4.ch014
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Funk, Steven S. "A Trans*+ Media Literacy Framework for Navigating the Dynamically Shifting Terrain of Gender in Media: Considering Assessment of Key Competencies." Promoting Global Competencies Through Media Literacy, edited by Melda N. Yildiz, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 216-239. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3082-4.ch014

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Funk, S. S. (2018). A Trans*+ Media Literacy Framework for Navigating the Dynamically Shifting Terrain of Gender in Media: Considering Assessment of Key Competencies. In M. Yildiz, S. Funk, & B. De Abreu (Eds.), Promoting Global Competencies Through Media Literacy (pp. 216-239). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3082-4.ch014

Chicago

Funk, Steven S. "A Trans*+ Media Literacy Framework for Navigating the Dynamically Shifting Terrain of Gender in Media: Considering Assessment of Key Competencies." In Promoting Global Competencies Through Media Literacy, edited by Melda N. Yildiz, Steven S. Funk, and Belinha S. De Abreu, 216-239. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3082-4.ch014

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Abstract

Of the many identity markers that students claim and encounter throughout their educational journeys, none might be more salient than gender. While much of the European Union seems to be sloughing off the gender binary as a vestige of the 20th century, many educators and students in the U.S. continue to reinforce the binary through explicit and implicit strategies that normalize the cisgender condition while othering those who are trans*+. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the entrenchment of the gender binary in the American post-secondary system, to analyze the media frenzy currently addressing trans*+ identities, and to offer a theoretical framework of Trans*+ Media Literacy, borne of Critical Media Literacy, to address specifically how post-secondary educators and students can create gender expansive and inclusive spaces that might foster the growth of students prepared to think of gender representation and media production that challenge the binary and encourage gender expansiveness to flourish.

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