Summary
Television, print media, the Internet… all are filled with advertising, opinions, and other hidden persuasions. In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby teach you how to be a more astute consumer of mass media. You'll learn how to recognize when someone is trying to convince you to buy something or believe something. You’ll find out why advertisers use celebrities and models so frequently, and even manipulate images to make them look even more attractive than in real life. You’ll explore why no news source is truly free from bias and how to separate fact from opinion. And you’ll discover strategies for decoding everything from TV shows to newspapers to your favorite websites.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Media Literacy:
- What is one new thing you learned about media literacy?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining media literacy.
- Draw or give one example of your own.