1. Communications 11/12
Exploration of Media

2. What is Media?
In communication, media (singular medium) are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media, but refers to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose.

3. What are the types of media that we use today?
Film
Television
Advertisement and Commercials
Internet
Newspaper

4. Topics we will discuss with respect to Media
Violence – how it is portrayed
Production – the process
Interpretation – how it is percieved
Messages – what is its purpose

5. Film Violence Production Interpretation Messages How is it portrayed?
Is it encouraged?
Production
What are the stages?
What goes into it?
Interpretation
How are ideas modernized to fit our society
Messages
What is the purpose and meaning?
Is there something more than entertainment?

6. TV Violence Production Messages What is acceptable on TV?
Do we become desensitized to it?
Production
How it works behind the scenes!
Messages
What is in a TV series that other media cannot offer?
What is this phenomenon of reality TV?

7. Advertisements and Commercials
Interpretation
What are the different style of advertising?
Which are most effective?
Messages
What is the purpose of certain types of advertising?
How can it work?
Billboards

8. Internet
Violence
What does the internet provide for those seeking to do violent acts?
Why do people put messages on the internet before committing a violent act?
Interpretation
What to believe and what not to believe?
Can we filter out the bad and keep the good?

9. Newspapers and Political Cartoons
Violence
Is all we talk about in the news negative?
Interpretation
Is everything in the newspaper accepted as truth?
What important events have been recorded in this media?