Media Literacy
1) The first thing I think of when I think about my newfound media literacy, is the way I look at adverisements now. I’m now looking at advertisements with a crirical eye, and things such as a billboards, or commercials, catch my eye more so than they used to.
2) The second thing I feel like I took from the course was the ability to look at media cricically. This goes for movies, pictures, and all other sorts of media. I now look at them differently in that I am not just looking at them for content, but for text, and for meaning. It is different than before in that I can see why someone does something they do, or why a character is portrayed in a certain way, or why a picture has something going on in it.
3) Lastly, I like the ability to use computer programs to create my own media. Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop are usueful tools in creating your own media, and they are good skills to have down the road. Being able to display things in a publisher file, or make a short animation using flash, can help in a variety of ways.
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