MEDIA EDUCATION - MEDIA EDUCATION - LESSON 01 LESSON 01

 

WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE MEDIA?MEDIA?

 

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THESE LESSONS THESE LESSONS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH DEVELOPED WITH YOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG PEOPLE

BECAUSE THEY BECAUSE THEY WANT EVERYONE TO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW THE KNOW HOW THE MEDIA WORKSMEDIA WORKS

THEY COME FROM THEY COME FROM DIVERSE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES, RELIGIONS AND RELIGIONS AND COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES

THEY BELIEVE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE MEDIA THAT THE MEDIA CAN DISTORT OUR CAN DISTORT OUR VIEW OF THE VIEW OF THE WORLD…WORLD…

……AND YOUNG AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ISLAM PEOPLE, ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM AND THE MUSLIM WORLD CAN BE WORLD CAN BE MISUNDERSTOODMISUNDERSTOOD

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DRAW A SPIDER DIAGRAM OF DRAW A SPIDER DIAGRAM OF MEDIA TYPESMEDIA TYPES

MEDIA TYPESMEDIA TYPES

TVTV

NEWSPAPNEWSPAPERSERS

Time Media Why?

0700 Radio 4 To listen to the news

 0730 Sky Sports Look at the football news online

  0800

MetroLook at the news and other articles on the way to school

  1115

SMSSwap latest music ideas with friends

  1530

Metro Look at TV schedule

  1800

E4 Catch up on episodes of Hollyoaks

WRITE A MEDIA DIARY FOR YOUR WRITE A MEDIA DIARY FOR YOUR DAYDAY

    

  

  

 

 

WHAT MEDIA DO YOU CONSUME?WHAT MEDIA DO YOU CONSUME?

Write on each card, somewhere you get your news from, e.g. BBC website, a friend, a TV channel, etc.

The place them in the pattern opposite with the news source you use the most at the top and the one you use the least at the bottom.

    

  

  

 

 

HOW RELIABLE IS THE MEDIA?HOW RELIABLE IS THE MEDIA?

Now you will need to re-order you cards, so that the news source your group thinks is most reliable at the top, and the one that is least reliable is at the bottom.

Reliable simply means how much you believe what you read, hear or see is true.

−What was the most popular media source in your group?

−Which media source did you decide was most reliable?

−Were these two the same? Why or why not?

−Did you rearrange any of the other cards? What do you think about this?

QUESTIONS FOR CLASS QUESTIONS FOR CLASS DISCUSSIONDISCUSSION