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