Media Messages

Auditory media messages can be...

• Viewed

• Heard

• Read

Visual media messages can be...

• Heard

• Viewed

• Read

Written media messages can be...

• Viewed

• Heard

• Read

What are examples of auditory media messages?

• music, podcasts, radio, speeches

• TV, movies, images

• books, newspapers, magazines

What are examples of visual media messages?

• music, podcasts, radio, speeches

• TV, movies, images

• books, newspapers, magazines

What are examples of written media messages?

• music, podcasts, radio, speeches

• TV, movies, images

• books, newspapers, magazines

Jill saw a poster on the wall at school. It had a close-up picture of fresh chocolate chip cookies on it. It really made Jill want one! What type of media message is the billboard?

• auditory

• visual

• written

When Jake turned on his new e-reader for the first time, he saw a message suggesting that he buy a monthly subscription to a digital graphic novel series. Is the purpose of this media message to entertain, inform, or persuade?

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

When Mrs. Angle woke up and saw that it had snowed overnight, she raced to check her phone. The school system where she worked left a voicemail. Mrs. Angle listened to the voicemail and it said that school was cancelled! Is the voicemail an auditory, visual, or written media message?

• auditory

• visual

• written

The person or persons who are meant to read the text

• characters

• audience

• authorship

• format