Intro to Media

Select the examples of Media:

• CNN News

• A Winter Coat

• History Textbook

• Instagram Stories

• Welch Soccer Team

Media __________ are the ideas that the creator wants the audience to understand.

• messages

• effects

• credibility

• bias

What message are the creators of this media trying to get across to the audience? (select all that apply)

• Vaccines are safe

• Vaccines are unsafe

• Everybody should get their vaccine

• Nobody should get their vaccine

What message is the creator of this poster trying to get across to the audience?

• an entertaining story about someone getting sick

• an argument convincing the audience to get flu medicine

• an explanation of how the flu works

• information to help the audience stopping the spread of the flu

What message is the creator of this textbook trying to get across to the audience?

• information about the history of the United States

• an entertaining story about an event from history

• an argument persuading the audience to move to a new place

• information about the geography of the world

Media __________ are the ways in which the audience is influenced.

• messages

• effects

• credibility

• bias

How might audiences be influenced by this news report? (select all that apply)

• go to the store and buy supplies

• plan a picnic at the outdoor park

• gather the family in a safe place in the house

• evacuate the city

How might audiences be influenced by Charlie D'amelio's tik toks? (select all that apply)

• buy clothes that mimic her outfits

• learn the dances that she does in her videos

• subscribe to to her YouTube channel

• listen to the songs that are featured in her videos

How might audiences be influenced by reading "Diary of a Wimpy Kid?" (select all that apply)

• watch the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie

• read the other books in the series

• want to eat the moldy cheese from the "cheese touch"

• start a diary of their own

What is your favorite type of media?

• books/ newspapers/ magazines

• television/ movies

• social media

• radio/ music