Evaluating Messages and/or Images Flashcards
- Is the ability to create an opinion with factual supporting evidence that is rational.
- It involves visualizing, analyzing the message and logically assessing the meaning of the message.
Critical Thinking
- Is the final concept of the idea formulated by the sender.
- It may come in various forms like spoken words, written words, nonverbal, pictures, films, advertisement, memes, visual and performing arts, etc.
Message
- ________ sent by different sources have their specific purpose.
- three purposes: to inform or educate, entertain, and persuade
Messages
3 purposes of a message
- To inform or educate
- To entertain
- To persuade
- When your purpose is to __________, your message should be neutral and unbiased.
- Platforms: newspaper articles, magazine features, news blogs, travel blogs, radio broadcasts, television newscasts, documentaries, online video tutorials, seminars or conventions, and classroom lectures.
inform or educate
- When your purpose is to ________ your message should give your audience an enjoyable and relaxing feeling. In oral communication, your message should be light and short. In movies, it could be a romantic comedy.
- remember that you are pleasing your audience and holding their attention while making a point.
entertain
Usual platform for this certain message purpose are music,
movies, television sitcoms, sports broadcasts, social networks, and entertainment media
Entertain
- When your purpose is to ________, you should direct your audience towards your point.
- may be the most challenging purpose for some because you have to change the mindset of your audience and make them believe the idea you are offering.
- Platforms: advertisements, political speeches, political blogs, and social media posts.
(to) persuade
4 things to consider when communicating?
- Have an objective
- Consider your audience
- Be clear
- check for understanding
3 things to consider to understand your audience
- demographics
- psychographics
- situational information
Is more active way of unveiling information and ideas presented by the text.
Critical reading
6 critical reading strategies
- Monitor Comprehension
- Metacognition
- Graphic Organizers
- Answering questions
- Recognizing story structure
- Summarizing
(critical reading strategies) You should identify your limits on
vocabulary, understanding important ideas presented, connecting ideas to form a logical conclusion, etc.
monitor comprehension
(critical reading strategies) Besides knowing your limitations, you should also recognize how you process thinking.
Metacognition
(critical reading strategies)
You may use the steps listed below.
1. Identify where the difficulty occurs
2. Identify what the difficulty is
3. Restate the difficult sentence in your own words.
4. Look back through the text.
5. Look forward to the text for information that might help you resolve the difficulty.
metacognition
(critical reading strategies) If you are a visual learner, you may use ________ to make it easy for you to understand the text. Maps, graphs, frames, clusters, webs, storyboards, and Venn diagrams are some examples of ___________.
graphic organizers
(critical reading strategies) If you are a student who would speed read a text given by the teacher to get the answers to the questions posted on the board as soon as you can, then this strategy will work for you.
Answering questions
4 types of questions you may use for answering questions in critical reading
- Questions found in the text.
- Questions based on the recall of facts directly in the text.
- Questions where you can use what you already know against what you have learned from the text.
- Questions based on your experience
(critical reading strategies) You can use this strategy when you are reading fiction. You can draft the story structure by identifying the characters, setting, significant events, conflict, climax, denouement, and resolution, and combine this strategy with graphic organizers.
Recognizing story structure
(critical reading strategies) You can use this strategy when writing research. You determine what is important or what the main idea is in the text and write it using your own words. After identifying the main ideas, you can start connecting them to complete your study. Do not forget to eliminate unnecessary information to avoid confusion.
Summarizing
7 guides on how to do critical listening
- Be attentive
- Avoid interrupting the speaker and imposing your ideas
- Wait for the speaker to pause before you ask clarifying questions
- Keep an open mind and be empathic
- Listen try to visualize what the speaker is saying
- Pay attention to non verbal cues and look beyond the spoken message
- Give the speaker regular feedback
Identify if this is before viewing, during viewing or after viewing in critical viewing:
Know your purpose before viewing the film. Are you watching to be informed or to be entertained?
Before viewing
Identify if this is before viewing during viewing or after viewing in critical viewing:
Predict the sequence of events
before viewing
Identify if this is before viewing during viewing or after viewing in critical viewing:
Connect the film with other media like books, blogs etc. that describe a similar idea
before viewing
