What is a text?

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What is a text?
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vS8ymca2Drho

• Which of these counts as a media text?

Media Text any form of reproduced communication,
from a book, film, or CD, to an ad, a toy, or a
T-shirt.
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Adam Wrestch

• University of Toronto (2008) Bachelor of
  Education
• Taught in London, United Kingdom, for 5 years. I
  taught media studies and media production for 3.5
  years.
• I was born and raised in Toronto.
• I started teaching at SCAS in October 2013, and
  Ive taught ESL here.
• Email adam.wrestch_at_tdsb.on.ca
• Website http//awrestch.weebly.com/

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I mean business...

• NO cell phones
• Be on time for lesson. Every time you are late or
  not in class, means less learning you will
  accomplish.
• Food and drinks water only
• It is all about respect
• DO NOT take advantage of my kindness.
• Be ready to learn

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Expectations At the start

• I usually start my lessons with a small but
  important activity. The purpose of the activity
  is to
• Help you understand what you will be doing in the
  rest of the lesson.
• Review what you have learned before and that
  youll continue learning.
• Get you to understand Why you are learning what
  you are learning

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Expectations Group Work

• I use a lot of group work to help you understand
  ideas and what I am trying to teach you.
• Challenges and disagreements.
• Helps build your skills.

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Expectations Participation

• If you come to my class, be prepared to work and
  participate.
• Smile
• Dont let me or your team or yourselves down.
• You may be asked to leave if you are not fully
  participating in the lesson or positively
  contributing to the learning.

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Expectations You cannot hand in your work late!

• It is expected that you hand in your work on
  time.
• 10 per day it is late.

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Learning Goals

• To know what media studies is.
• To understand the importance of studying the
  media.
• To be able to reflect on how you consume the
  media and the role media products have in
  society.

Text, Media Studies, Purpose, Audience, Product
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What is Media?
7-minutes

• In your groups, I want you to create a mind-map
  of what is media. You will be brainstorming.
  Lets look at the success criteria...
• Look at how a brainstorm is organized?

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To know what media studies is.

• Leader
• Manager
• Note Maker
• Reporter
• Supporter

• Level 2 - Your groups will be able to identify
  different types of media products. (e.g., Music
  Videos, etc.)
• Level 3-Your groups will be able to identify and
  explain the purpose of the different types of
  media. You must give examples. (e.g., Music
  Videos To promote a musician. For example,
  Rihanna, etc.)
• Level 4- Your groups will be able to identify and
  explain in detail the purposes of the different
  types of media your group will be able to come
  up with a definition of media studies. (Media
  studies is...)
• How is that type of media used? (e.g., for
  entertainment, for information, to be able to
  relate to it.)

Text, Media Studies, Purpose, Audience, Product
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To know what media studies is.

• Two definitions
• Media Studies is the study of the mass
  media/popular culture e.g. magazines T.V film
  radio comics popular music websites computer
  games
• Mass media The methods of communication used to
  reach large numbers of people at the same time
  TV, newspapers, radio, magazines, films, books,
  the internet, etc.
• Simple definition it is how we communicate in
  the 21st century!

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To understand the importance of studying the
media.

• Lets look at how I organized the course last
  quad. http//awrestch.weebly.com/
• Ive organized this course around media texts
• Your first test is on Tuesday February 11th
  This week and next week will be introduction to
  media vocabulary.
• Your will be learning how to write a letter of
  complaint about offensive advertisements.

There will be a lot of READING, WRITING, SPEAKING
AND LISTENING!
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To be able to reflect on how you consume the
media and the role media products have in
society.

• After we read this Why the Mass Media Are
  Important You will do the following
• Task
• How would you summarize these roles into one
  sentence.
• In your groups, think of 3 media products, and
  explain what role they play in society/world.

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6 Key Roles of MediaSummarized

• The media supply information about important
  events both at home and on the other side of the
  world.
• The media influence what we talk and think about.
  
• The media allow us to expand our personal
  experience.
• The media show us the images we come to accept as
  normal.
• Advertising and public relations messages reach
  us through media in order to persuade us.
• The media entertains us.
• Read Why the Mass Media Are Important handout
  for more detail.

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Consolidation

• Why is it important to study media? Can you see
  the purpose of being in this course?

http//mediasmarts.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/les
son-plan/Lesson_Media_Minute_intro_what_is_media.p
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Text, Media Studies, Purpose, Audience, Product