Assignment Media Literacy (High School Unit 5): The Language of Politics
Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration
From the Media Education Lab
Analyze policial communication strategies and evaluate the impact of mass media on the political campaign process.
5.1 – Distortion Tactics
5.2 – Shrinking Sound Bites
5.3 – Analyzing the Language of Political Ads
5.4 – Exploring Candidate Mythologies
5.5 – Every Voter Should Know
Activity – Create a Political Campaign Ad: Students select a character from history or literature to be a political candidate, and create a 30-second political TV ad for that person.
Go to: http://mediaeducationlab.com/sites/default/files/H_5.pdf
tag: fake news
Source
http://mediaeducationlab.com/assignment-media-literacy
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