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Wonderful examples of culturally-appropriate messages.
What others might you imagine?
Media construct versions of reality.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-05-05/Kangaroos-trout-and-hockey-sticks-to-help-with-social-distancing-Qfm75LkwBq/index.html
What inferences might we make from learning that telcos are the largest donors?
Media contain commercial meanings.
Media contain social and political meanings.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/corporate-donations-suspended-u-s-republicans-1.5873268
How might we respond if the riot is given a human face?
Media construct versions of reality.
Audiences negotiate meaning.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/police-officers-capitol-riot-hodges-fanone/index.html
Could the GPS and login data be cross-referenced to the locations and chatter that occurred over the previous week?
Media construct versions of reality.
@A_M_L_ #medialiteracy https://twitter.com/MediatedReality/status/1350095519222153218
The more I see these stories, I believe these are the same people who worry that tech ruins kids, so they film themselves destroying an iPad (while kids cry in the background) using either a hammer or shotgun, then post to Facebook about good parenting 🤷🏻♂️ https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231749/parler-interactive-map-video-gps-capitol-attack
