Identifying Media Tactics
Identifying Media Tactics
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:
21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking skills and communicate effectively.
Directions
Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________
Teacher-Graded Activities
Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make sure you have met the expected criteria for the assignment. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher.
1. Forms of Media
a. List as many media forms as you can. Provide an example of each medium you list.
Type your response here:
Media Type
Example
Magazine
New York Times
TV show
60 Minutes
Social Networking
Facebook
Campaign Ad’s
Democrat election
Radio
KQED
Telephone
When 800 numbers call to advertise
b. After you have listed as many media as you can, consider their purposes. Which media primarily serve to inform the public? Which primarily serve to entertain? Which to persuade? Group the media you listed above by purpose.
Type your response here:
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Magazine
TV show
TV show
Social Networking
Social Networking
Social Networking
Radio
Campaign Ad’s
Telephone
c. As you were grouping the media into their functional categories, did you think of any you had not considered? Did you find any media for which these functions (informing, persuading, and entertaining) overlap? Why might that overlap pose a problem? Consider the ways in which content suitable for one purpose might be altered to suit a different purpose.
Type your response here:
No new media sources popped into my head during the activity. Many of the functions do overlap for one given media source, this might pose a problem because then people get confused and instead of makig their own educated decition on a given topic, there
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:
21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking skills and communicate effectively.
Directions
Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________
Teacher-Graded Activities
Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make sure you have met the expected criteria for the assignment. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher.
1. Forms of Media
a. List as many media forms as you can. Provide an example of each medium you list.
Type your response here:
Media Type
Example
Magazine
New York Times
TV show
60 Minutes
Social Networking
Campaign Ad’s
Democrat election
Radio
KQED
Telephone
When 800 numbers call to advertise
b. After you have listed as many media as you can, consider their purposes. Which media primarily serve to inform the public? Which primarily serve to entertain? Which to persuade? Group the media you listed above by purpose.
Type your response here:
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Magazine
TV show
TV show
Social Networking
Social Networking
Social Networking
Radio
Campaign Ad’s
Telephone
c. As you were grouping the media into their functional categories, did you think of any you had not considered? Did you find any media for which these functions (informing, persuading, and entertaining) overlap? Why might that overlap pose a problem? Consider the ways in which content suitable for one purpose might be altered to suit a different purpose.
Type your response here:
No new media sources popped into my head during the activity. Many of the functions do overlap for one given media source, this might pose a problem because then people get confused and instead of makig their own educated decition on a given topic, there