Cultural Media Literacy® Programs

The following program offerings and services are mainly geared toward teenagers and adults, though some are geared toward or easily modified for elementary school children.

Fees will be discussed by phone or email.

Program	Time	Description
Presentation of Research Paper Findings: "Cultural Bias in Prime Time Television and Teenage Viewers:..."	1-4 hrs	Lecture/Presentation and program sample viewing with discussion; incl. Powerpoint presentation
Discussion Facilitation: H.S. or College Classes, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Programs	1-3 hrs	Discussion leadership/ facilitation around issues of television, media, society and culture. Specific issues can be raised to meet the needs of class, curriculum, program or population/audience
Watch Television with Ukumbwa	1.5-3 hrs	Program for Parents and Children to teach and model critical viewing skills and language, highlight and support parent guidelines; Great for PTOs, youth groups, libraries, after-school and neighborhood organizations
Cultural Media Literacy® Powerpoint Presentation	2-6 hrs	Text-based Presentation with Graphics, Images, Sound and Video, highlighting television research, content critique, programming and important social issues incl. sexism, culture/race, the environment, democracy and health
Television Prog. Research	varies with programmatic need	Quantitative and/or Qualitative Content Research of television programming; samples defined by various criteria set by client; Individualized clinical work, student leadership in classroom, etc,...; short and long-term research program development

Live On-line Chat (Yahoo)

with Ukumbwa

1-3 hrs.

On-line open discussion

for distance learning,

on-line class engagement,

remote schools and organizations,

non-localized organizations/groups;

allows for simultaneous on-line

participant research and review

of materials and resources

Most of the the programs will involve frank, open and honest discussion about important social issues. I will be happy to discuss with you beforehand any restrictions or concerns you may have about particular subject matter (e.g., sexual content, violence, graphic images, etc,...).