Media Literacy

First, let me tell you about Media literacy. It is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Media literate youth and adults are better able to understand the complex messages we receive from television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards, video games, music, and all other forms of media. Kids now a day see of that on tv and internet. It is sad that companies give false advertising to make you believe  the product will make you look skinner or prettier. There are so many advertsiting weight commercials and make up advertisements that are telling you that it would work but really it does not its fake. It is all Photoshop.  In class, I already knew about advertisements getting people well young children to buy things. People ask me to take pills that it will help you or take this and that but come on if it were true everyone in the world would be skinny. That is how I started knowing about false advertisements. Also you end up hearing months later people died because they believed the products from the advertisements are beneficial for you but really they make you sick and unhealthy. Another is McDonald's, that fast food industry puts a clown and gives toys when buying a kids meal. Which we already know how bad that food is but everyone still buys it because its cheap and affordable.  Advertisements are all about getting people to buy things and making money. I believe we should teach Media literacy to children so that they are aware to make choices this will help them with   Develop critical thinking skills, how media messages shape our culture and society, Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do, Recognize bias, spin, misinformation, and lies  and discover the parts of the story that are not being told.  The children might even hear it from other friends. Here is a body image,weight loss photo shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1mo-If2UA

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