A Guide to Understanding the Genre Media Literacy A Guide to Understanding the Genre
The definition of media The different ways that media is created What is media literacy? Media literacy is understanding… The definition of media The different ways that media is created How and why media is used in articles and stories
What are some media techniques (what is used to create media)? Color What is media literacy? What are some media techniques (what is used to create media)? Color Animation Narration Graphics Fonts Diagrams Click on the smiling faces to see examples of the techniques used in media
What techniques made these commercials effective? What did you notice? What techniques made these commercials effective? Turn and Talk Color? Narration? Music? Action? Other? If you were going to create a commercial , what techniques would you use?
How is media included within the text that you read How is media included within the text that you read? Here are some examples Advertisement
Why do you think the authors used advertisements in their articles Why do you think the authors used advertisements in their articles? How did the use of color, graphics and different font make the advertisements useful for the author’s purpose? Advertisement