Media

Question 1

the 5 key concepts of media education

Answer 1

1: all media are carefully wrapped packages

• all texts are carefully put together, just like roads
  #2: media constructs versions of reality
• almost everything we see in media is never the real stuff, its a version of reality
  #3: media are interpreted through individuals
• media makes you think about it, as there are many meanings
  #4: media is about money
  -media cost money to make
  #5: media promote an agenda
• media texts expresses values, an ideology, or a set of social/political belief

Question 2

what are the 4 questions we should ask when reading media?

Answer 2

who is sending the message?
who is the message targeted for?
what is the message?
why are they sending this message?

Question 3

what is a stereotype?

Answer 3

assumptions we made about people or person, based on generalizations about groups of people

Question 4

how does gender based reinforce stereotypes?

Answer 4

the media makes stereotypes on how a male/female should be like, expecting the all of the one gender is like that

Question 5

advertising strategies

Answer 5

are you cool enough?, ideal for family/ kids, sounds good, cartoon characters, and family fun

Question 6

how do people’s perception affect how they live and have relationships?

Answer 6

media creates media myths when a group of people are misrepresented because of extreme actions from a few of them.

Question 7

how could people’s perception be changed?

Answer 7

they get to know some of the people that are being misrepresented and see if they act the way media is describing them