Intro To Media Literacy

Warm-up: What is media? What does it mean to be literate? What could media literacy mean?

What is media anyway?

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Day One: Media are Constructions

1. Media are constructions

Media products are carefully constructed. They are created with a purpose and from a particular perspective, using specific forms and techniques. Media literacy works towards deconstructing these products, taking them apart to show how they are made and exploring the decisions and factors behind them.

Definitions:

Text: We often use the word "text" to mean "written words" Here, it means something a little different. The text of an piece of media is what you actually see and/or hear. It can include written or spoken words, pictures, graphics, moving images, sounds, and the arrangement or sequence of all these elements.

Subtext: The underlying meaning or hidden message that we create from the text (what we see and hear). Subtext cannot be heard or seen.