Media studies

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/media-studies

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the research focus?Examines the production, content, reception, and societal effects of various media forms
2. Why do people study TV and movies?People study them to see how they shape our ideas, feelings, and actions, and to learn how to spot tricks or bias.
3. How do computers and the internet change media studies?The internet made new kinds of media like social networks, so scholars now study how these online tools share information and influence people.

Interdisciplinarity: Combining knowledge and methods from multiple academic fields to study a subject.
Media Literacy: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication.
Rhetoric: The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, and the study of its principles.