What kind of implicit messages do you see in different types of media?

When you think about literacy, you probably think about understanding the written word—analyzing figurative language, understanding plots and characters, evaluating evidence that supports arguments, and learning other skills. But, being literate also requires that you understand, interpret, and evaluate what you see and hear, as well as what you read. This is called media literacy.

What is media, anyway?

An image of various types of media reaching out from a laptop computer.

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In this context, media refers to books, magazines, newspapers, television programs, advertising, movies, songs, websites, and anything else designed to deliver a message to a large audience. When people talk about media literacy, they are talking about learning to understand what these messages really mean. This lesson will help you take a closer look at a few different types of media, but you can apply what you learn here to almost any type of

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