Media Skills - Music

Songs gives messages about

• being in love

• ways of dealing with challenges

• inspiring stories

• being true to yourself

• ALL of the these and more!

The messages in songs

• are things we should always follow

• are always bad

• should be carefully considered

• are always good

Songs deliver feelings and messages through

• music

• videos

• words

• one, two, or all three of these ways

The words in a song

• are not always easy to hear or understand

• are very clear and organized

• mean nothing

The values and messages in songs

• always match what everyone believes

• never match up with any person's thoughts or feelings

• can have positive or negative messages that we may or not agree with

If a song has a message you don't agree with, some options are (choose two)

• do what it says anyway

• just try to enjoy the beat, but don't follow the message

• write hate letters to the singer

• don't listen to that type of music