After reading this article, I am in agreement with most of Reynolds' perspective on the relevance of pop culture and its significance to pedagogy, however, with a critical eye, I am not so sure about his disclaimer that "as educators it is our responsibility to prepare our students/citizens, to learn how to use,consume, and to have personal power over the media." Yes, I do agree with guiding and giving tools to students/citizens on use and consumption of pop culture, but I believe that critical pedagogy of pop culture has to be determined by the individual, not the educator. If we are all different and learn differently, then our metacognition of pop-culture has to be determined at the pace of the learner. If we as educators begin intervening on behalf of learners to teach them how to have "personal power" over the media, then we have to possibly reconsider that the power we are teaching is in fact our own as educators and not theirs as learners, after all, it is "personal power". By teaching students/citizens personal power, we are subjecting them to our own biases as educators and not allowing them to cultivate their own. I believe by providing tools on use and consumption of media, we are promoting critical pedagogy and thus proving Reynolds' statement article:
Empowerment comes when we are able to read media and make informed decisions about what we have read."
Empowerment comes when we are able to read media and make informed decisions about what we have read."