The Media Effect: E-Port Questions on Reading in Class
Hello Everyone,
Please finish reading The Media Effect magazines in class with a partner. Then, answer the following questions on your e-port. You are welcome to work together to come up with the answers. You will need to work on this in class, as you may need to refer to the resource for some of the questions. The book can’t go home, as they belong to the District Resource Library. Thank you!
Title: The Media Effect
Questions:
What are some of the positive effects of media?
What are some of the negative effects of media?
How many commercials that kids see each year are for sugary, unhealthy foods?
Why is it important to Google that 88% of Internet searches are done on Google in Canada?
Are all people represented equally in the media? Give two examples of how they are not.
Why do you think it would be important to have more equality in terms of the types of people we see in the media? Is it important to you?
How many different logos were you able to count on people’s clothing in the classroom?
Why do companies put their logo on their products?
What are three of the important questions you can ask about text, audience and production as you look at media, so you can make sure you only pay attention to positive media?
Why is gender-specific advertising a problem?
Why is it important to know where the information comes from when you read the news?
How many cat videos have been posted on YouTube??
What is merchandising? Do you own any merchandise? What is it?
Is there equality in the music industry, another form of media?