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Are You a Critical Thinker?

Are You a Critical Thinker?. You are if you:. Seek the truth Keep an open mind Analyze things from all sides. What is democracy?. Democracy. A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, and utilized in free publicly held elections. Government by the people;

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Are You a Critical Thinker?

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  1. Are You a Critical Thinker?

  2. You are if you: • Seek the truth • Keep an open mind • Analyze things from all sides

  3. What is democracy?

  4. Democracy • A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, and utilized in free publicly held elections. • Government by the people; • -DefinitionWebster’s dictionary-

  5. What is media? A medium is a means of communication A mass medium is a means of mass communication

  6. What is the relationship betweenmedia and democracy?

  7. Move On PAC Voting Ad

  8. Writing on the Wall(share your thoughts) • Entertainment is… • Journalism is… • Advertising is… • The difference between the real world and the media world is…

  9. Times square photo

  10. Times sq photo with whited out ads

  11. The Corporate Flag of America was created by the AdBusters Media Foundation

  12. Advertisement? Advertisement?

  13. Personal Media Survey Right now, try to estimate how many minutes and hours you spend with each of the following media during a typical week. • ____ Watching television (cable, broadcast, movies played on a VCR/DVD, etc.) • ____ Watching movies at a theater • ____ Listening to the radio/internet radio • ____ Listening to music recordings (CD’s, iPod, MP3 player) • ____ Reading newspapers • ____ Reading magazines of all kinds • ____ Reading books (texts for class or for pleasure) • ____ Using computers (Myspace, Face Book, YouTube, Surfing the Web,) • ____ Playing video games (X-box, PS2, Nintendo, Wii or portable systems) • ____ Using Cell Phones (Talking, Texting, playing games, watching media) • ____ TOTAL • Taken from Potter, W.J. (2001). Media literacy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

  14. TV Statistics • The average American watches TV for 4-5 hours a day. • 98.2% of households have at least one TV in the home. And 66% of US households have three or more TVs. • The average American youth spends 900 hours in school per year and 1500 hours watching TV! • The average child sees 20,000, 30-second TV commercials per year. Compiled by TV-Free America

  15. How do television stations generate revenue (make money)?

  16. TV

  17. Newspapers

  18. Magazines

  19. Here are just Some News and Information Related holdings of the 6 media giants ABC Networks and Over 34 other local/international TV and Cable Networks 28 Radio Stations 30 Magazines and News papers CNN / 25 other Networks Time Magazine / and over 43 other magazines 29 book publishing houses Over 48 music recording labels Over 120, publishing houses, magazines, book clubs, and news papers world wide. RTL Broadcasting (Europe's largest media outlet). New York Post and over 50 worldwide Newspapers. Fox as well as 49 Stations and networks in the US and over 40 channels in Europe CBS and 20 other networks 40 TV stations Over 35 Radio Stations TDI Worldwide outdoor advertising NBC Networks and over 50 other channels, TV stations and Networks

  20. Thanks to: Amy Bach YMDi (www.ymdi.org) New Mexico Media Literacy Project Carlos Pareja Board and Staff of Manhattan Neighborhood Network Interns and Volunteers of MNN Youth Channel Youth Media Impacting Communities (YMIC) Josh MacPhee Jamie Runyan Nickie Robare

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