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What is most important for students to understand is that all media messages are constructed by people for a purpose… every message has a motive, and ascertaining what that motive is will help students become active, critical viewers. Re-published from Action! in the Classroom, by Daniel R. Greenwood, 2003, Roman & Littlefield, Publishers

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 Elementary school examples

 Compare the two magazines › Answer the 5 questions about it › Compare and contrast among them  Examine together – Wisconsin teacher strike

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 What about the medium - Can that influence our perception of the message?

 Video showing how images are retouched  mo-If2UA&feature=related mo-If2UA&feature=related

Source: The Impact of Retouched Photos on Body Image Disorders impact-of-retouched-photos-on-body-image-disorders impact-of-retouched-photos-on-body-image-disorders

 More retouched photos  of-retouching-20-photos/ of-retouching-20-photos/

 AdSense › Google collects data for mining and resale › Examples: Amazon book recommendations, Facebook ads  Subliminal Advertising › 10-best-subliminal-ads-ever-made/ 10-best-subliminal-ads-ever-made/ › subliminal-messages/ subliminal-messages/  Product Placement

 Center for Media Literacy  Cyberwise