This document discusses media literacy and defines it as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create various media messages found in television, movies, videos, video games, publications, the internet, and advertisements. It provides examples of different types of media and asks questions about each to encourage analyzing how they inform, entertain, and attempt to influence their audience.

1. Media
Literacy

2. Media Literacy
 is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate,
and create media messages of all types.
This skill is important in today's world where
so many of us get most of our information
through media texts, messages, and
sounds.

3. a) Television
b) Movies and Movie Trailers
c) Videos
d) Video games
e) Newspapers, Magazines and Books
f) Internet for entertainment and information
g) Advertisements

4. What is being sold and why did they
take this approach?

6. Who would want to see this
movie and why?

8. What is this commercial
telling you?

10. Media is used to inform and
entertain.

11. Facts:
 Do you think the dog
can understand a
DVD?
 How do you feel
when you look at
the dog?
 How does the
picture sell the
DVD?
DVD for dogs

12. What is the main idea of
this ad?

13. Why does this cereal box
have so much color?

14. Do you think Coca-Cola will
make you happy?

15. Inform or entertain?
 PBS Kids  National Geographic
for Kids

16. Magazine Ad
Who is the
audience?
How can you tell?
What techniques do
they use to
persuade you to buy
a Nerf football?

17. One of the newest uses of
media is book trailers.

18. Last Stop On Market Street

19. Finding Winnie

20. Clark the Shark