Contemporary Issues/ Media Literacy: Your Generation Advertising Journalism Honors Language and Composition

What is Media Literacy?  According to the Center for Media Literacy it is,  the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.

Media Literacy Promotes:  THINKING!

Why do we care?  It directly affects you every day of your life  It promotes better citizenry  It helps you develop critical thinking skills that translate to your reading and writing

Areas we will cover:  The generation gap  Awareness of our world as:  Consumers and  Citizens  Advertising  Journalism

Something to get us started:  A video about media in the 21 st century A video about media in the 21 st century A video about media in the 21 st century

Whoever controls the media controls culture  Do you agree? Justify your response.

Watch the following video  TV comes to Bhutan Bhutan  What is your reaction to this video?

Some fun facts from various sources:  Your generation:  Makes up 26% of the population  Are active hands-on learners  Have weak interpersonal skills  Are socially conscious  Are team oriented  Are stressed  Have been “overparented”, but  Have a good relationship with parents

Some fun facts  Your generation:  Is optimistic  Volunteers  Tend to vote Democrat  Assume technology  Are patriotic, but  Unwilling to join the U.S. Army

Generation Gap  What is it?  Take the following quiz:  8/the-decade-that-was-50-fill-ins/ 8/the-decade-that-was-50-fill-ins/ 8/the-decade-that-was-50-fill-ins/

Generation Gap  Read this article from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review comparing your parents’ generation to your own Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Is your brain different from mine?  What do you suppose some experts say?  Read this article for homework. this article this article  Answer one of the discussion questions and post it on our Ning site.

Homework  Interview someone from your family – a mother, father, aunt, uncle, grandparent – from a different generation and ask how their generation differs from yours. (may be , live interview or phone call)  Gather your notes and write about the following:  Report on what the difference is  Agree or disagree and explain why  Hand in – typed. Must include who you interviewed.

For Thursday in class  Split into groups  Each group is assigned a category  Research and find the answers for each generation  Share Friday in class