Media Analysis
List several skills you have in media analysis:
Some of my skills in media include: identifying different media conventions such as colour and fonts, identifying the purpose and the main message of a piece of media and identifying the purpose of a media.
List what ideas do you struggle with when it comes to media analysis?
Some ideas that I struggle with include: I am not able to identify some types of persuasive techniques such as weasel words and plain folks. Also, I need to work on making my media more persuasive using impactful types of media conventions and persuasive techniques. Lastly, it is difficult sometimes to incorporate some media conventions and techniques in a media product.
Describe the process of selecting an appropriate piece of media for your text. Did it work well?
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The piece of media that I chose for my text was an advertisement because I found that it would be the clearest way I can get the purpose of the product across.
To create this add, I first chose the videos and images that I feel will clearly get the message across about the book. I wanted the audience to be able to look at the add and they would get a glimpse of what the text may be about. Next, I chose a symbol that could convey the messages and views of the author of the text across. After gathering the information, I choose the layout and sequences for my text, images and videos and put it all together. I think that the advertisement worked well, because it was able to get the main message across, while also catching the attention of the audience. To improve for next time, I will make sure there is enough time for the viewers to be able to read the quotes and reduce some noise background in the view to make it more crisp, that way it may be able to catch the attention of the audience with a greater
effect. Consider your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Choose one of these skills and explain how it helped you in the creation of this media product. I think my reading skills helped in the creation of this media product because by reading and taking my time to understand the text, I am able to find the deeper meaning behind it. Next, I am then able to use this knowledge to find pictures, videos and text that successfully tie together to get the main message across. Subsequently, using the ideas discussed before and the media conventions and persuasive techniques, I am successfully able to create a media product that will be attention grabbing, get the main idea across well and persuade the audience to want to read that book.
There are three methods of persuasion when speaking or writing to an audience: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Ethos uses a type of socially recognized authority as its voice. Logos uses logic and reasoning as its tool. Lastly, Pathos uses emotional attachment. For instance, the advertising industry primarily utilizes Ethos and Pathos reasoning and qualities, particularly a Matthew Mcconaughey Lincoln Motor Company commercial, and a Safe driving bonus check Ally Insurance commercial.
Advertisers often use three types of persuasion to sell their products or get their points across. Also known as the three parts of rhetoric, pathos, logos, and ethos are used to persuade or inform the audience. Pathos is the appeal to emotion, ethos is the appeal to ethics or the ethical thing, and logos is the appeal to logic and reason. These three types of persuasion can be very effective depending on the topic of debate and the audience. Two commercials that use these persuasion devices are Geico Insurance and Chevrolet Company. Car companies often use these rhetorics to persuade the audience to buy their company’s car.
The three techniques of persuasion, logos, ethos, and pathos, are the basis that all advertisers use while creating an advertisement. Using logos is Using pathos is primarily to create an emotional response from the audience.
Firminger examines the ways these magazines represent young males and females. She reveals that these magazines talks about the physical appearance of young girls but also their sexuality, emotions, and love life. The author informs how the advice given by the magazines is negative. The author also argues that these magazines focus more on their social life than how their academic performance
Persuasive speaking is a topic I have always been interested in, the way some orators are able to influence their audience by using Aristotle’s Ethos, Pathos, Logos appeal, seems to be a very important skill for any individual that is looking to have an impact when speaking to an audience.
What captures the average person’s eye when they view advertisement? For some, maybe its bright, and popping colors or creative slogans, or even a celebrity in the ad. Although these are the most common ways to draw attention, there are three different persuasive methods that these are categorized into. The methods are pathos, ethos, and
persuasion on people you need to be familiar with the structure behind a persuasive message. It is important to identify which route is beingused (central or peripheral) and understand the effect of the communicator,the content of the message, the method of communication, and the reaction by the audience. Counterarguements in making a public commitment strengthen out resistance to persuasion.
While working or while looking for work there are certain skills sets that are universally important. No matter what job or career path you have chosen these skills make it easier to obtain your goals, whatever they may be.
Stereotypes is a big issue within the media industry. Representation within the media is to show someone or something, using a process of depicting, descripting and symbolization. Stereotypes, as described by Stuart Hall, is the “production of the meaning of the concepts in our minds through language which enables us to refer to either the ‘real’ world of objects, people or events, or indeed to imaginary worlds of fictional objects, people and events”. In his research Hall has suggested that there is two systems of representation, the first system regarding direct associations of events, people and objects that have certain mental representations and concepts that people have in their minds. Meaning is therefore
Overall the advertisement has been presented in a powerful Semiotics fashion, in a written and visual content.
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In the end this assignment was one that was not only eye-opening, but also one that had some personal fulfillment was well. I was able to truly access my own personal usage and see not only how it compared to others but also show me that I needed to really think and question myself about if I truly need to use Media as much as I currently do. Along with this the Media silent day also showed me that we don 't need to be connected with the media for our lives to function normally and that in fact we as humans can be much more productive without it, something that I was able to experience first hand over these 5 days. What I learned about my media consumption I know I will carry with me not only throughout this year but hopefully my entire life as well.
‘The media’ can be defined as a group that creates pieces of information and circulates it to the public. In this question, ‘shape’ can be defined as what greatly influences ‘who we are’, which can be defined as the values, heritage, behavior and interests of our society, which, in other words, is everyone. The media is particularly influential in our world now, especially since a large number of people consume the media due to the fact that the media is commonly found in our society. However, the media’s messages are almost never impartial, due to the fact that everyone has their own opinions, including the media. Therefore, I believe that the media is able to shape most of the people who consume it, as the media is able to shape society’s
Being able to construct media in an intelligent way is crucial to becoming prosperous in my field. While, it is not possible to ever obtain “perfect media literacy,” it is achievable to improve your level of media literacy thus to be a wiser media user (Pavlik). As described by Emine Sur, Ünal Emre, and Iseri Kamil: