This document discusses media language and the different types of languages used in media. It defines media as communication channels used to transmit news, music, movies, and other content, including physical and online newspapers/magazines, television, radio, telephone, and the internet. Each medium has its own language, using codes and conventions to communicate meaning. Television, for example, uses verbal, written, and visual languages like moving images and sound. The document then discusses the key components of media language, including form, style, genre, conventions, and narratives. It provides an example analyzing the language used in a movie poster. Finally, it outlines the main types of media languages: written, verbal, non-verbal, and visual languages used

1. MEDIA
LANGUAGE

2. Media
Language
• Media
• Media Language
• Types of Media Languages
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3. Introduction
to Media
The term Media, which is the plural of medium, refers to the communication channels
through which we transmit news, music, movies, education, messages, and other Datas.
It includes physical and online newspapers and magazines, television, radio, telephone
and the Internet.
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4. Media
Language
Every medium has its own ‘language’ – or combination of languages that it uses to
communicate meaning. Television, for example, uses verbal and written language
as well as the languages of moving images and sound. We call these ‘languages’
because they use familiar codes and conventions that are generally understood.
Particular kinds of music or camera angles may be used to signal particular
emotions, for example; a page of a newspaper or a sequence of shots in a film will
be put together using a certain kind of ‘grammar’. By analyzing these languages,
we can come to a better understanding of how media make meaning.
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5. WHAT DOES
MEDIA
LANGUAGE
INVOLVE?
 Form
 Style
 Genre
 Conventions
 Narratives
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Messages/Meanings

6. Example
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Messages/Meanings : The setting of the
film is on a boat travelling from London
to America. As you can see on the
poster, the boat is obviously really big,
which symbolises how important it is to
the movie.
• Form : movie poster
• Style : minimal
• Genre : drama, romance
• Conventions : recognizable characters
• Image : long shot, positioning
• Narrative : At the top of the poster there is a
soft lighting, which suggests that there is
some kind of romance going on.

7. TYPES OF
MEDIA
LANGUAGE
 Written Language
 Verbal Language
 Non – Verbal Language
 Visual Language
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8. Written
Language
In print-based media, also in text such as captions for photographs.
The language chosen generates meaning. Captions allow the
publication to present a story in a particular way.
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9. Verbal
Language
In media areas such as television, radio and film. How the language
is delivered and its context used are important factors in the way
meaning is generated for the audience.
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10. Non Verbal
Language
Non-verbal language is communication through signs different from
those of language, but which can be received through various
senses, such as sight, smell or touch. This includes gestures,
movements, sounds that are not very intelligible but may be
understandable, etc.
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11. Visual
Language
In televisions and films what is on the screen has been chosen
specifically to generate a series of effects and meanings. Specific
camera angles and movement are chosen to tell the story and
meaning of that scene.
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12. THANK YOU
SAMPLE
FOOTER
TEXT
Presenter name
Email address
Website
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