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Media Criticism Interpretation of Media
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What is Media? TV Radio and Sound Recordings Internet Film Magazines Newspapers Books
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What are Artifacts? In Archeology Tools, weapons, or ornaments In Media TV or radio shows, music, books, newspaper or magazine articles, cartoons, or movies
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Analyzing Artifacts Historical backdrop Immediate context Linguistic set (denotation/connotation) Medium’s credibility Viewer perspective
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Interpretation of Media Choose an event or cultural artifact Develop a theory or interpretation Analyze the media’s portrayal of the event or artifact Write a thesis driven essay using artifact analysis for support of interpretation
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Analysis of Spigel’s Essay What is the thesis? How are the following genres used to support the thesis? Dramatic Series Talk Shows Documentaries Special “Events” Cartoons What is the conclusion?
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