5 - Media Literacy and Visual Texts
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Practice Questions
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What is media literacy?
💡 Hint: Think about what skills are involved in understanding media.
Name one element to consider when analyzing a visual text.
💡 Hint: Consider the visual aspects of images.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does media literacy enable individuals to do?
💡 Hint: Think about the skills involved in engaging with media.
True or False: All media is unbiased.
💡 Hint: Consider how people may have differing views of the same event.
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Challenge Problems
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Choose a recent political ad and analyze the use of color and symbols. How do these elements work to persuade an audience?
💡 Hint: Consider the emotional response the colors evoke.
Critique a news article's representation of a social issue. Are there biases evident in the reported facts, and how do they affect public perception?
💡 Hint: Look at the sources and language used in the article.
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