Media and language

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 3

Language and media

(How) can media and the news influence our thinking?

Advertisements

00:35

Which words and sentences made the add more powerful?

This is a good car.

yes

no

how does the advertisement make you feel about the product?

00:52

Which words and sentences were used to make it powerful?

How does this advertisement make you feel about the product?

What language is being used?

What is the ad trying to do?

Headlines

00:16

The headline:

Mcdonalds says they are not bringing the Mcpizza back and people are upset.

00:32

"just read my headline and skim the first paragraph, that works better for me"
Why does the news say that?

Worksheet headlines

In duos, make the worksheet about headlines.

When you are done:

- Look up the news, can you find any examples that are similar?

- Which words make the reader happy? Sad? Angry?

Advertisements

- make a group of 2 or 3

- Spin the wheel and get an every-day item

- Using the language we have just learned, make the best advertisement for this item

- Make it as dramatic as possible, be creative!

Headlines

- Work alone or in duos

- Look up headlines from the news

- Make a clickbait version, a powerful version and a factual version

- Look for a clickbait headline and read the article. Why is it clickbait? Can you make a better headline?

Presentations