Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate AND create media in a variety of forms.
7 Principles of Media Literacy
All Media are Constructs.
Media Representations Construct Reality
Audiences Negotiate Their Own Meaning
Media Constructions Have Commercial Purposes
Media Messages Contain Values
AND Ideologies
Media Messages have Social
AND Political Consequences
Each Medium Has a Unique Aesthetic Form
Five Approaches to Teaching Media Literacy
Aesthetics
AND Appreciation
Production
Citizenship
Protection
Holistic
Untitled Document
Influence of the Media on Teens
Originally aired 7/16/2003
During a MediaSmart class at Manchester Child Health Services, participants deconstruct media and discuss the messages they discover. Rona Zlokower, director of the Media Literacy Program, discusses the impact that the media have on young adults. This program also features an in-depth discussion with teens at the Manchester YMCA-Teen Center.
