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Media & Our Emotions

How does media make us feel, and why?

Every swipe, scroll, and click exposes students to content designed to make them feel, think, and act in specific ways. Help students explore the relationship between media and emotions by identifying how content creators influence their feelings and choices through rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos).

Objectives

  • Analyze how media makes them feel and why
  • Recognize how content creators influence our emotions and choices
  • Identify different techniques used in media creation, especially ads/commercials

Vocabulary

Media · Content Creator
Media the books, TV shows, video games, apps, and other ways we get information and entertainment
Content Creator a person or group of people who make and share media for others to see
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20 mins.

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