Teen Sexual Health

Teen Workshop Modules

Media Literacy: Understanding 'Media'

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Procedure:

1. Introduce the theme of the workshop: an exploration of what messages the media gives to youth, why the media does this, and how these messages affect people's sexuality and sexual health.

2. Ask the participants:

What is media?
Who is it made for? Whose attention does most media want to attract?
Why is media made? What's its purpose?

3. Summarize the following information:

Media: is a word used to describe all means of mass communication such as television, movies, the internet, billboards, newspapers, magazines, radio, and newsletters. It's a tool that people use to communicate messages to the general public. Just as there is great diversity among people, there could be great diversity in the messages sent through the media. However, which messages are sent is decided by the people who pay for the media. These messages are created by people and meant to help the people who pay for the messages achieve their goals. It's important to be aware of this so that you can be a smart consumer of media.

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