Grades 10 – Graduate level/Adult education. This audiovisual media literacy educational resource focuses on video media. Videographic materials often communicate messages visually. Articulating precisely how this is done, through both visual and narrative information, requires critical media literacy skills. Through watching and analyzing these videos, students will explain underlying messages and attitudes within the videos.
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