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1 Media Criticism Interpretation of Media

2 What is Media? TV Radio and Sound Recordings Internet Film Magazines Newspapers Books

3 What are Artifacts? In Archeology  Tools, weapons, or ornaments In Media  TV or radio shows, music, books, newspaper or magazine articles, cartoons, or movies

4 Analyzing Artifacts Historical backdrop Immediate context Linguistic set (denotation/connotation) Medium’s credibility Viewer perspective

5 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

6 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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