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GPCOM- MIDTERMS

MEDIA LITERACY CONCEPTS


1. All media messages are constructed
 What is the message of the text?
 How effectively does it represent reality?
 How is the message constructed?
2. Media have embedded values and point of
view
 What lifestyles, values and points of view are
represented in text?
 Who or what is missing?
3. Each person interprets messages differently
 What message do you perceive from the text?
 How might others understand it differently?
4. Media have commercial, ideological or
political interests
 What is the purpose of the text?
 Who is the target audience of the text?
 Who might be disadvantaged?
 Who created the text and why?
5. Media messages are constructed using a
creative language having its own rules
 What techniques are used and why?
 How effective are the techniques in supporting
the messages or themes of the text?
 What are the other ways of presenting the
message?

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