All media messages are constructed.

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Media Literacy Five Core Concepts

1. All media messages are constructed.
2. Media messages are constructed using a
   creative language with its own rules.
3. Different people experience the same message
   differently.
4. Media have embedded values and points of view.
5. Most media messages are organized to gain profit
   and/or power.

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Media Literacy Five Key Questions

1. Who created this message?
2. What techniques are used to attract my attention?
3. How might different people understand this
   message differently from me?
4. What lifestyles, values and points of view are
   represented in, or omitted from, this message?
5. Why was this message sent?

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Five Core Concepts and Five Key Questions
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Media Literacy
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Core Concept/ Key Question

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All media messages are constructed.
Who created this message?
Keyword
Constructedness
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Core Concept/ Key Question

2
Media messages are constructed using a media
language with its own rules.
What creative techniques are used to attract my
attention?
Keyword
Format
7
Core Concept/ Key Question

3
Different people experience the same media
message differently.
How might different people understand this
message differently from me?
Keyword
Audience
8
Core Concept/ Key Question

4
Media have embedded values and points of view.
What lifestyles, values and points of view are
represented in, or omitted from, this message?
Keyword
Content
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Core Concept/ Key Question

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Most media messages are organized to gain profit
and/or power.
Why is this message being sent?
Keyword
Purpose
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Media Literacy
Who created this message?
Key Question
All media messages are constructed.
Core Concept
Keyword
author / constructedness
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Media Literacy
What creative techniques are used to attract my
attention?
Key Question
Media messages are constructed using a media
language with its own rules.
Core Concept
Keyword
Format
12

3
Media Literacy
How might different people understand this
message differently from me?
Key Question
Different people experience the same media
message differently.
Core Concept
Keyword Audience
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Media Literacy
What lifestyles, values and points of view are
represented in, or omitted from, this message?
Key Question
Media have embedded values and points of view.
Core Concept
Keyword
Content
14

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Media Literacy
Why is this message being sent?
Key Question
Most media messages are organized to gain profit
and/or power.
Core Concept
Keyword
Purpose
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