{"id":104,"date":"2025-03-21T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/generating-privilege\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T19:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:15:58","slug":"generating-privilege","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/generating-privilege\/","title":{"raw":"Generating Privilege","rendered":"Generating Privilege"},"content":{"raw":"Ask students to think back to the different statements about privilege they considered in the Privilege in Media activity.\r\n\r\nHave them navigate to the student chapter Generating Privilege<\/a> and watch the video there, or show the video<\/a> to the class in fullscreen.\r\n\r\nAsk: based on what you've just learned about how generative AI makes images, how do you think they are likely to represent Indigenous people?\r\n\r\nAfter a brief discussion, have them go through the images in the Agamotto activity in the same chapter, then discuss the representations:\r\n\r\nWhat similarities do you see between them?\r\n\r\nDo you see things that are accurate but might be [pb_glossary id=\"286\"]stereotype[\/pb_glossary]d? (For instance, while some Indigenous peoples do wear feathered headdresses as part of their regalia, many others do not - and those that do only wear them on certain occasions.)<\/em>\r\n\r\nHow does the representation of Indigenous people in stock photos and generative AI connect to the idea of privilege in media<\/strong>? (Remind students that AI <\/em>distils bias because it is often based on content that already contains biases, such as stock photo libraries.)<\/em>","rendered":"

Ask students to think back to the different statements about privilege they considered in the Privilege in Media activity.<\/p>\n

Have them navigate to the student chapter Generating Privilege<\/a> and watch the video there, or show the video<\/a> to the class in fullscreen.<\/p>\n

Ask: based on what you’ve just learned about how generative AI makes images, how do you think they are likely to represent Indigenous people?<\/p>\n

After a brief discussion, have them go through the images in the Agamotto activity in the same chapter, then discuss the representations:<\/p>\n

What similarities do you see between them?<\/p>\n

Do you see things that are accurate but might be stereotype<\/a>d? (For instance, while some Indigenous peoples do wear feathered headdresses as part of their regalia, many others do not – and those that do only wear them on certain occasions.)<\/em><\/p>\n

How does the representation of Indigenous people in stock photos and generative AI connect to the idea of privilege in media<\/strong>? (Remind students that AI <\/em>distils bias because it is often based on content that already contains biases, such as stock photo libraries.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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