Media

LiteracyUniversity Arkansas Students

What is Media Literacy? A set of perspectives that we use to

expose ourselves to the media and interpret the meaning of the messages we encounter

What does that mean?

Your ability to:

Understand how media messages shape our society

Recognize what the media producers want us to believe or do

Evaluate media messages based on our own experiences, skills, beliefs, and values

For example:

Proactiv acne face wash commercial

Celebrities= $$

Good lighting

Good editing

Experience, knowledge, and skills help

you see what they are using to try to

persuade you to buy this product

Exposure

What types of media is in your life?

Facebook?

Internet?

Magazines?

Songs?

Television?

Media is all around us whether we are aware or not

Sources of Media

Television

Radio/ Music

Magazines

Physical

Stores

Billboards

Internet

Social Media

Body Image

What is body image?

What we look like

How we dress

How much we weigh

And so on…

Media- positive or negative?

Online Clothing Stores

Models:

Perfect hair, skin, makeup, nails, body, ect

Producers of these websites show:

In order to wear our clothes you must look

like this

Buy products in order to look like these

models

Before & After Photoshop

Online Clothing Stores

Size XL yoga pants from

Victoria’s Secret are 34 inches

in waist

www.usatoday.com says

average women’s waist size is

37.8 inches

Smaller than average woman

Effects

Dissatisfaction with the body

Low confidence

Low self-esteem

Eating Disorders

Plastic Surgery

Magazines

MagazinesEffects:

Negative Self

Image

Eating Disorders

Unrealistic Ideals

Dissatisfaction with

your body

Unrealistic

expectations to

your peers

Television

Most of the people you see on television

are perfect

Hair, makeup, clothes, bodies, etc.

This sets up unrealistic expectations

Young boys and girls want to look like their

favorite TV characters

Young boys and girls think that this is how

everyone is supposed to look

Television

Effects:

Unrealistic expectations

Low self-esteem and confidence

Eating disorders

Television

Social Media

Twitter?

Instagram?

Facebook?

Example

Why does this matter?

Why it matters con’t

Effects

Video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRlpIk

H3b5I

Music

Songs from every genre of music are

singing about body image.

Telling women what to look like and men

what to look for

Perfect bodies=happy lives

Effects

Low self esteem in women

Poor self value

Men are more judgmental when it comes

to women

Unrealistic expectations

Conclusion

Media can have many effects on us

Become Media Literate