Welcome back!

January 5, 2015

Journal

Write about your Christmas break.

You may include illustrations.

Current events

Any news to share?

Goodbye 2014….hello 2015

Fill out the survey about your 2014 and what you want out of 2015.

Intro to Advertising

Brainstorm

Make a list of all the various mediums of media.

Which form(s) of media do you interact with the most?

What is the purpose of each type of media?

Who is the media's typical audience?

Assignment

Keep a media log for the next couple of days.

A day due Friday

B day due Monday

Write down each type of media you come in contact with (tv, movies, radio, magazines, billboards, Internet-website/social media, etc)

In your log include the following:

1. Type of media

2. Title (show, name of magazine, etc.)

3. Author

4. Content/main point –Be Very Specific

Back to business

Discuss…

Do you agree or disagree…media creates our reality?

Think about fashion, language, stereotypes, etc.

Check this out

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ0_6wJq9q4

Now what do you think? Can this translate to other types of media?

Why do media do this?

What about this?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/media/generation-like/from-the-merchants-of-cool-to-generation-like/

Is advertising a powerful thing?

Brainstorm again

List various media venues on one side, then list the target audience, who has ownership/bias, pros/cons

Can ownership/bias censor content?