Author: dlechner

Slice the Media Pie: Read pages 10 & 11 in your book. Go to http://imgflip.com/piemaker and make your own “media pie”. Add these slices – Internet, phone, books, movies, newspapers, games, television, magazines, music. Add any more that you can think of – or divide some  these (for instance internet could be Facebook, Snapchat, email, Zoom and Twitter). […]

Message Overload: Read pages 26 & 27 in your book. Keep track of all the ad messages you see from when you wake up to when you go to sleep on one day. What are all the messages trying to sell you or say to you? How do you feel about what the ads show […]

Take it Apart: Read pages 28 & 29 in your book and then think about the Lures of Advertising! How do ads for makeup lure you? With promises of beauty, of course. How about when an influencer says that they love a product? Take a look at the poster below. The artist made the “Lures […]

Be a Spam Blocker: Read page 35. Cut out some ads that appeal to you in some way and make a collage out of them. Scan it or take a photo of it and upload it in the comments to share with the rest of us.

Stereotype Search:  Read page 46. A stereotype is a mistaken idea or belief many people have about a thing or group that is based upon how they look on the outside, which may be untrue or only partly true. Stereotyping people is a type of prejudice because what is on the outside is a small part of who a […]

Community Media Survey: Read pages 72 &73 and then create a survey to give to your  friends, family, teachers, neighbors etc. A community survey can bring to light people’s experiences with media and their opinions about it. A survey can show what they think about media, what they think should be changed or improved about it, […]

One Idea – “The Golden Eaglet” (1918) In the early days of girl scouting Juliette Gordon Low used the storytelling power of moving pictures to get the word out about the benefits of bringing girls together for leadership, fun and sisterhood. Taking inspiration from The Golden Eaglet, promote your own Girl Scout experiences by scripting […]

Zeroing in  on your Cultivate Commitment – Read pages 90-91. Cultivate better use of media in your own life. There are plenty of ways to do it! Which will you choose? The challenge and choice is up to you. What has inspired you most along this journey? What opened your eyes, surprised you, made you mad, […]