Media Studies 20
MS20.3
Critically interpret a variety of media texts for message and meaning.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Examine the purposes and audiences of a variety of media texts (e.g., news articles, poems, films, television shows, songs, advertisements, games, emails, packaging, clothing and blogs). |
| (b) |
Examine traditional and contemporary media texts that present different viewpoints and perspectives on issues related to:
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| (c) | Explain ways that individuals, society and culture shape and are shaped by the language, text forms and content of media texts. |
| (d) | Interpret the interrelationship between the message, the audience and the medium. |
| (e) | Analyze media texts for explicit and implicit messages, concepts, viewpoints, themes and tone. |
| (f) | Discuss consumer responsibilities (e.g., think critically, ask questions and verify information) when engaging with media texts. |
| (g) | Consider how historical, cultural, political and social contexts influence the presentation and interpretation of ideas, information and issues in texts. |
| (h) | Analyze and compare different media texts to explore how similar ideas, information or issues are communicated. |
| (i) | Examine representation (e.g., language, culture, ability, mobility, sexual diversity and gender) in media texts, including the perspectives, beliefs and biases that are evident in the texts. |
| (j) | Interpret and discuss the use of language and techniques in a variety of media texts, considering the personal, cultural, political and historical contexts in which they were created. |
| (k) | Discuss legal and ethical issues (e.g., authorship, copyright, ownership, public domain and cultural appropriation) associated with media texts. |
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