What questions come to mind as you watch/read/listen? What political or economic values are communicated in the message? What judgments or statements are made about personal or social relationships? What is the cultural context or worldview?
Assignment Question Concept A.: Media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules.’ Each form of communication –Whether newspapers, TV game shows or horror movies—has its own creative language: scary music heightens fear, camera close-ups convey intimacy, big headlines signal significance. Understanding the grammar, syntax and metaphor system of media language, especially … Read more