National Chiayi University─New "Vision" of Audio and Video——: Media Literacy and Multiculturalism in Popular Music

Today's technology and Internet are developed and progressing rapidly. In the era of information explosion, as long as you can use computers, tablets, mobile phones... and other technological products, learning, knowledge and any information are at your fingertips. This has accelerated the development of many multimedia creators and emerging industries. The emergence of industries and the development of globalization have made many cross-border business, cultural, values, etc. exchanges more diversified and frequent, thus affecting our daily lives. However, everything has pros and cons. Although this phenomenon brings convenience to life, it It also extends to many social issues, such as: not all audio-visual and multi-media media convey good values and messages. Although the issues of values and morals are not absolute, and will have different views and opinions due to different countries, ethnic groups, and cultures. However, if you do not think about and pay attention when accepting audio-visual media and information, some are more extreme and Deviations and unhealthy concepts will also enter our value system unconsciously.
In view of this, the course will be based on daily life situations and audio-visual media. In addition to helping students strengthen their learning motivation when learning, the learning content will also resonate with their own experience. The class will focus on the appreciation of popular music and learning. Part of the history and civic knowledge, and through the appreciation of videos and the different contents of each class, extending different topics to discuss issues, through student group cooperation to collect information online, reflect on information, exchange, and integrate ideas. To activate teaching, so that the classroom is not just a simple narration method and the teacher's unilateral instillation of knowledge, but also through partial narration method, students' independent learning, interpersonal cooperation, teacher-student interaction are cultivated in the classroom, and each student is encouraged to Every student has the opportunity to express himself orally in the classroom. In addition to encouraging each student to communicate with classmates and share ideas on stage, every student is also encouraged to learn an attitude of diversity, acceptance, tolerance, and respect when facing different opinions. , at the same time, through problem discussions, you can cultivate the ability to use the Internet to find information and learn knowledge, and be able to filter online media and audio-visual information, develop the ability to think and criticize independently, and understand that this is a diverse In this era, when learning knowledge, many fields or topics may be interrelated, and then learn to integrate knowledge. It is hoped that through this series of courses, good music appreciation skills and a caring heart for diverse humanities and history can be cultivated to become a new era good citizen.
The class started with understanding the musical elements and concepts of pop music and then extended to appreciating the pop music created by Paiwan aboriginal female singers to understand the cultural diversity of local pop music; through the influence of Western classical music and contemporary pop music, it extended to Collection of cultural characteristics of the Baroque period; appreciating the integration of Chinese style into popular music while understanding the function and culture of ancient Chinese music in history, as well as the ancient tunes and instruments of music. In addition, the process of learning the pentatonic scale also extends to understanding different regions The pentatonic scales created by , nationalities have different intervals, resulting in different musical melodies and different cultural characteristics; use the history of Taiwan to introduce the creation and development of popular music and the influences and connections between them... etc.; combined with daily life In life, we have the experience of watching and listening to a lot of audio-visual and online media information. Taking the Korean group popular among teenagers as an example, we combine the concept of globalization with civic subject knowledge and extend this concept to explore the commercialization of audio-visual media and its impact on life. The future impact, as well as criticism and reflection on the pros and cons, to understand the concepts of media literacy and judgment, as well as the relationship between media literacy, human rights, and ethics.
Classes use issues close to daily life as examples to guide students to share their experiences and insights through group discussions. Assessments in the course include: study sheets, affective assessments, and formative assessments. The last class is group cooperation and application The knowledge learned was used in screenwriting, and after filming, editing and pop music soundtracks were used to turn the works into works, which were published in class and each group conducted mutual evaluation and appreciation.