MS20.3
Critically interpret a variety of media texts for message and meaning.
Indicators for this outcome
(a) Examine the purposes and audiences of a variety of media texts (e.g., news articles, poems, films, television shows, songs, advertisements, games, emails, packaging, clothing and blogs).
(b) Examine traditional and contemporary media texts that present different viewpoints and perspectives on issues related to:
  • identity (e.g., experiences, traditions and worldview);
  • social responsibility (e.g., environmental sustainability, relationships and treaty rights); and,
  • social action (e.g., advocacy, stewardship and volunteerism).
(c) Explain ways that individuals, society and culture shape and are shaped by the language, text forms and content of media texts.
(d) Interpret the interrelationship between the message, the audience and the medium.
(e) Analyze media texts for explicit and implicit messages, concepts, viewpoints, themes and tone.
(f) Discuss consumer responsibilities (e.g., think critically, ask questions and verify information) when engaging with media texts.
(g) Consider how historical, cultural, political and social contexts influence the presentation and interpretation of ideas, information and issues in texts.
(h) Analyze and compare different media texts to explore how similar ideas, information or issues are communicated.
(i) Examine representation (e.g., language, culture, ability, mobility, sexual diversity and gender) in media texts, including the perspectives, beliefs and biases that are evident in the texts.
(j) Interpret and discuss the use of language and techniques in a variety of media texts, considering the personal, cultural, political and historical contexts in which they were created.
(k) Discuss legal and ethical issues (e.g., authorship, copyright, ownership, public domain and cultural appropriation) associated with media texts.
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