The Media - Does It Influence Us?

The media is all around us. How does it affect us? We will read texts about about the media, as well as watch videos concerning different aspects of it and think about how it influences us.

Why the Media?

Different media are all around us. Constantly. Wherever we turn, we see pictures, read news and other types of information, as well as watch videos, TV shows and films. Is this a good thing? Are we affected by this? It is important to reflect on these things in order to be able to be critical and not automatically fall for everything that you see or read.

During this unit you will read different kinds of texts, as well as practise your listening, writing and speaking skills. Certain lessons everyone will be working on the same assignment, and other lessons there will be different tasks to choose from.

Can We Trust the Media?

What do you see on this picture? What are your thoughts about it?

The Power of Advertisements

 

Watch the YouTube video. What are your reactions? Is photoshopped bodies something that we see in our daily lives? If yes, where? What do you think of photoshopped pictures?

The 'ideal' woman 

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Social media

What do you see on this picture? What are your thoughts about it?

Five social media musts for teens

Uppgifter

Teens and smartphones (extra reading)

teenagers-and-smartphones-reading-comprehension-exercises_89545 (1).docx

Write your answers to the text "Teens and smartphones" here!

The Power of Advertising (in the classroom)

The Power of Advertising.docx

Homework Friday Week 38

Put the link/adress to your advertisement here. :)

The media is all around us - pros and cons

We have now read/listened to "The media is all around us" (Wings Red, pp. 10-12). What are the pros and cons of the media being all around us? Are there mostly pros or mostly cons? Try to list the pros and the cons. Be prepared to talk about your thoughts.

What media do you use?

1. What media do you use (TV, radio, Internet, newspapers, social media etc.)? What media content/Internet pages or apps do you use more specifically? Why?

2. What media can you trust, in your opinion? Why?

3. What media is less credible (trustworthy), according to you? Why?

Reading and writing (Wings Red): The Outside Chance

Read the text.

1. What happens in the text?
2. "[I]f you want something really badly, you'll probably get it. But you'll probably get it in a way you don't expect." In what way/s does that apply to this story? Explain!
3. Is there a moral (something to be learned) in this story, do you think?
4. Do you think that many people would have done the same as the narrator (then one who is telling the story) did if they had the chance? Why/why not?

Reading and writing (Wings Red): Famous magazines

Read the short texts about the magazines!

1. Describe three of the magazines. When where they founded? What kind of magazines are they?
2. Which of the magazines would you like the most, do you think? Explain why!
3. Do you think that young people today actually read magazines? If you think they do, why is that? If you think they do not, what media do they use instead? Why, do you think? Is this good or bad? Discuss!

Reading and writing (Learning English Teens BBC): FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

Read the text!

1. Complete the worksheets!
2. Write about FOMO. Is this something you or your friends have experienced? Do you think it is a problem in today's society? If yes, in what way? If no, why not?
3. Are there pros and cons of being connected/online all the time? Explain and discuss!

fomo_-_exercises_0.pdf

fomo_-_text_0.pdf

fomo_-_exercises_1.pdf

Reading and writing (LA Times): Are video games bad for kids?

Read the text! Look up words that you don't understand! Answer the following questions:

1. According to the text, what do many parents think about their kids' gaming?
2. According to the text, what are the pros of gaming?
3. What is the writer's opinion of his son's gaming? Explain!
4. Do think that video games are bad for young people? Why/why not?

Column_ Are video games bad for your kids_ Not so much, experts now believe - Los Angeles Times.pdf

Reading and writing (The Guardian): An impossible standard?

Read the text! Look up words that you don't know!

Answer these questions:

1. What experiences do the different girls in the article have with social media? Are the experiences good or bad? In what way? Explain!
2. Do you think that social media put a lot of pressure on girls today? If yes, in what way? If not, explain your thoughts!

Girls and social media_ 'You are expected to live up to an impossible standard' _ Society _ The Guardian.pdf

Writing: Social media - important or just a pain?

Write a text where you write about the following:

- Describe the social media that you use. What social media do young people use in general, in your opinion?

- Discuss what you think are the pros and the cons with social media! Explain your thoughts and give examples!

- Discuss: Is social media important to you and other teenagers that you know? Why or why not? Give examples! What do your parents think? Why, do you think?

Title of your text: Social media - important or just a pain?

Think about the structure of the text!

- Introduction: a question or thought that catches the readers interest.

- Middle: the answers to the questions (explain and give examples!).

- End: a summarizing thought, or something you want to leave the reader with.

Write 250-500 words!

Writing (extra): Advertising

Write a text where you include this:

- Describe the advertisements that you see in your everyday life.

- Discuss if you think that advertising influences you when it comes to products like clothes, make up, technology, games etc. Explain and give examples! If it does not affect you, why not?

- How about other people? Do you think many people in society are influenced by advertising? Why/why not? Explain and give examples!

- If you think this affects us, what can we do to "fight against" this power of advertising? Give examples!

Title of your text: Advertising - powerful or not?

Think about the structure of the text!

- Introduction: a question or thought that catches the readers interest.

- Middle: the answers to the questions (explain and give examples!).

- End: a summarizing thought, or something you want to leave the reader with.

Write 250-500 words!