Media Literacy Review

What should you do and/or consider when thinking about "author's purpose"?

• when you focus only on the info you can find in a piece of media as you evaluate it

• checking what a piece of media says vs. what other, trusted media says
  

• figure out how the creator (writer, director, artist, etc.) of a piece of media wants their work to impact you

What is are the basic types of "author's purpose" in writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To inform, persuade, or entertain

• To make the text as long as possible

• To use complex vocabulary

What should you do and/or consider when thinking about "vertical reading"?

• when you focus only on the info you can find in a piece of media as you evaluate it

• checking what a piece of media says vs. what other, trusted media says
  

• figure out how the creator (writer, director, artist, etc.) of a piece of media wants their work to impact you

Which techniques count as "vertical reading"?

• considering types of evidence provided

• leaving the source to fact-check it's information

• considering aesthetics/appearance of a website

• looking at the URL/domain

Which URLs/Domains are limited to specific organizations / cannot be owned by just anyone?

• .gov & .edu

• .com & .net

• .org & .com

• .us & .org

An op-ed is:

• An unbiased news report

• A factual recount of an event

• An opinion piece written by guest writers

• A peer-reviewed article

When looking at a chart or set of data, what should you check?

• the sample size (# of people surveyed)

• the scale of the x axis

• the scale of the y axis

• the color scheme

What should you do and/or consider when thinking about "lateral reading"?

• when you focus only on the info you can find in a piece of media as you evaluate it

• checking what a piece of media says vs. what other, trusted media says
  

• figure out how the creator (writer, director, artist, etc.) of a piece of media wants their work to impact you

Which techniques count as "lateral reading"?

• Googling the author

• using a fact-checker to determine if the information in the source is true

• considering aesthetics/appearance of a website

• looking at the URL/domain

Are you ready for your quiz tomorrow? (correct answer = yes!)

• Yes!

• No