Purity is Corruption
Media Literacy
Dictionary.com described media as the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines that reach or influence people widely. Media can also be described as having to do with communication as a whole. It is the gateway for data from producer to consumer. Media is used every day to relay messages to different cultures throughout the world. Being media literate is being informed and interpreting the contents of media on a deeper level. Being media literate is being able to sit down and watch an advertisement and to really break down what is really being said. The term media literate means understanding and being able to comprehend the media, which means mass communications like television, radio, movies, music, magazines and so on. It is being able to understand the messages promoted through the media and the tools of persuasion used to do so. I have become more media literate by understanding these four key concepts of media: that media constructs reality, it has its own forms, codes and conventions, it sells ideas and values messages and it is a business and has commercial interests. After understanding this I expanded my learning by looking at all aspects of the media (TV, movies, ads, radio, and so on) and learned the best ways to deconstruct each one.
Make Love Not War
Black Lives DO Matter
But the logic of oppression will always place the burden for civility on the victims of oppression, never itself. In Ferguson this means restricting protesters to a few normalized avenues of addressing their grievances, which almost always are prescribed and deemed reasonable and legitimate by the very same racist legal system which kills black youth. Even then, if black Americans effectively exercise their legal rights, this too is met with brutal repression. Let’s channel our sorrow and immobility into power and action. Let’s step into solidarity to fight for the humanity and civil rights of Black people and communities. Let’s be the change we want to see in the world.
Sunday, Aug 9, 2015, 06:30 AM
Ferguson, MO, United States
We matter.
I can't breathe.
These words are worldwide nowadays, yet the justice STILL isn't served.
Something has to change now or
My Reflection
When I was first assigned 12th Grade British Literature, I thought I was in for long strenuous hours learning about Shakespeare and all of his works along with the boring and confusing tasks of deciphering tone, mood, and Shakespeare’s overall meaning. Now that may sound interesting to some, but I feel that literature is deeper than that. Media literacy was not what I expected, but it went beyond my expectations. It changed the way I viewed certain subjects. I learned to not be so general and straightforward when I’m trying to figure out and explain the theme of a particular piece. I learned that sometimes the meaning of things isn't always right there in your face. This class opened my eyes to how biased media can be when portrayed to the public and left me with the decision to do my own research before I believe the first thing I hear. Every other Language Arts class that I took never focused on the current events and how they effect our every day lives. I chose this class as my favorite out of all of my years of Literature because it focused on the younger generation. Most of the older generation talk about how uninformed we are, yet they never try to teach us the correct way to be informed without being completely biased. My Media Literacy class has really changed my life in major ways and "put me on game" about the world's corruption. I wouldn't change a single thing about my experience taking this class because I felt that it was perfect just the way it was presented to me.