Media Day 5 - Taking a Second Look!

Objective:  Establish a basis for studying media.  Consider the role of constructed reality in media messages.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please log into my Socrative classroom:  743692. Finish the media literacy "quiz" from yesterday.  After a brief discussion, you'll break into small groups to consider the obvious and hidden meetings of media.  Specifically, you'll complete "Taking a Second Look!"

Homework:

• Thursday, February 3 - "Taking a Second Look!" presentations
• Friday, February 5 - Newspapers/magazines due in class for extra credit (2 points for each school appropriate source - up to 10 bonus points/student)

Extending class discussion:

• Brain Bashers: Optical Illusions
• "40 Brand Logos With Hidden Messages"