Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy

Quote

"News and its images are always selected truth."

Response

This quote says a lot for such a small sentence but it means that the news and media can select how the viewers or audience views the news. They will always show what the want to show that way people will have a false sense of whats actually going on. If a war is going on in another country they will show one side of it because that would be the side they want the public to think they are right in going  in to war and the other side is just ruthless barbarians. The news can manipulate many minds with a single image. They can tear down politicians, athletes, movie stars, even local workers with hardly any hard evidence to back up a single photo.

Article

This is an article about a news station that is based on doing the news about whats really going on in Africa, Asia and other countries but the U.S. won't air because they believe our news stations always covers the whole story in these countries.

Questions

1.What is semiotics? Semiotics is the study of how the reading of signs and symbols together
communicate complicated ideas in the form of codes.

 2. How can teachers capitalize on students preferred literacy behaviors?Use social media sights to them about stuff going on in the world.

 3. According to this article why is it important for students to learn to analyze the news media? It is important because of what the media says is one thing but the truth might be something else, that way they can analyze and discover the truth.

 4. Copy and Paste a West Virginia CSO that a photo analysis activity might address in a content area.
RLA.S.10.1Reading

Students will apply reading skills and strategies to inform, to perform a task and to read for literacy experience by ·         identifying and using grade appropriate essential reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, written application) and ·         selecting a wide variety of literature and diverse media to develop independence as readers.