""Drop That Knowledge" is a profound contribution to our understanding of contemporary youth. The authors craft an elegant and energetic narrative that is incisive and inspiring. This is an important work!"--Sam M. Intrator, Smith College, co-director of Project Coach ""Drop That Knowledge" is a landmark contribution to our understanding of media and youth movements in the US. It's at the cutting-edge in telling the story of how young people are creating breadth and depth of diversity in the broadcast, cable, and satellite ...
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""Drop That Knowledge" is a profound contribution to our understanding of contemporary youth. The authors craft an elegant and energetic narrative that is incisive and inspiring. This is an important work!"--Sam M. Intrator, Smith College, co-director of Project Coach ""Drop That Knowledge" is a landmark contribution to our understanding of media and youth movements in the US. It's at the cutting-edge in telling the story of how young people are creating breadth and depth of diversity in the broadcast, cable, and satellite media. Innovative and engaging!" --Toby Miller, author of "Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention" ""Drop That Knowledge" draws deftly on the words, ideas, and passions of the young people it studies, locating them within broader contexts of contemporary education, policing and the media. This book is well written and full of accessible, poignant and entertaining vignettes."--George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Barbara "The phrase 'drop that knowledge' becomes title and frame for a dazzling journey through the world of Youth Radio, an 18-year-old youth development organization and independent media production company in Oakland, Calif... While too many academics pontificate about the potential of the new digital media, Soep and Chavez write without pose or posture. Their message is earthshaking." --Rick Ayers, University of California, Berkeley, and William Ayers, University of Illinois, Chicago, Rethinking Schools ..".dares to declare that young people really matter, what they think matters, what they say and do matters, and we should listen up and get out of the way...Drop that Knowledge is a must-read, especially for those of us who work in public media, who are coming to recognize that young people will lead our institutions to the holy grails of both diversity and innovation." --Julie Drizin, founding producer of "Democracy Now!" and NPR's "Justice Talking" "Provides a fascinating look behind the scenes at [a] youth media education and production powerhouse. . . . While much has been written about the power of youth media, not all analyses are as thoughtful and nuanced as what Soep and Chavez present in Drop That Knowledge. This book is 'not a rhetorical call to celebrate youth voice' but a comprehensive overview of the complex issues that arise in intergenerational media production." --Katie Donnelly, American University's Center for Social Media
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Berkeley. 2010. April 2010. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520260870. 240 pages. paperback. 0. keywords: Media Education Youth Culture. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Drop That Knowledge is the first book to spotlight youth media activism. In community-based programs like Youth Radio in Oakland, California, students develop tools for self-expression and social analysis. Young producers, primarily working class youths and youths of color, make change happen by shifting the public discourse while reshaping their own trajectories of development. For example, when homicide rates peaked in Oakland, California, Youth Radio students combined spoken word poetry and street corner conversations in a moving audio snapshot of the everyday for young residents and their families. In a deeply personal commentary, one young woman reflected on the 'war inside her brain' and the impact of a bipolar disorder diagnosis. These and other Youth Radio stories air regularly on the country's premier media outlets, including National Public Radio newsmagazines reaching 27 million listeners and online platforms such as iTunes radio. The organization has been recognized with broadcast journalism's top honors, including the Alfred 1. DuPont Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the Edward R. Murrow Award. inventory #37629.
