1. QUESTIONS TO
CONSIDER WHEN
YOU ENJOY MEDIA
Rowsell 2004, p.99

2. 1. What is the
meaning behind the
message?

3. 2. What is this text,
print or electronic,
trying to say to me?

4. 3. How does it do
this? Through words
and through
images?

5. 4. How does it make
me feel?

6. 5. How do the visual
effects have an
impact on the
reader?

7. 6. What are the
producers trying to
communicate?

8. 8. What are the
motivations of the
producer? How did I
receive the text as a
reader?

9. 9. How does the text,
print or electronic,
reflect social,
political, economic,
or spiritual reality?

10. 10. What metaphors
are used to create a
particular message?

11. 11. How did the
producer construct
such a metaphor?