EVALUATING MESSAGES AND
IMAGES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
TEXTS REFLECTING DIFFERENT
CULTURES
KRISHNA FAITH M. BEDRIJO
Objective
To analyze media messages and images using
Key Concepts of Media Literacy Framework
Media Literacy
KEY CONCEPTS (Center Media Literacy, 2005)
All media messages are constructed
Media have embedded values and points of view
Each person interprets messages differently
Media have commercial, ideological or political
interests.
Media messages are constructed using a creative
language having its own rules.
All Media Messages are Constructed
What is the message of the text?
How effectively does it represent reality?
How is the message constructed?
Media Have Embedded Values and Points
of View
What lifestyles, values and points of view are
represented in the text?
Who or what is missing?
Each Person Interprets Messages Differently
What message do you perceive from the
text/image?
How might others understand it differently?
Why?
“AKO AY NALILIBOG
NAH!”
VS.
“AKO AY NAGLIBOG
NAH!”
Media have commercial, ideological or
political interests
What is the purpose of the text?
Who is the target of the audience of the
text?
Who might be disadvantaged?
Who created the text and why?
Media messages are constructed using a
creative language having its own rules
What techniques are used and why?
How effective are the techniques in
supporting the messages or themes of the text?
What are other ways of presenting the
message?
Conclusion
Media conveys information, in a form of text or
images, but are perceived quite differently by
people due to their cultural differences, which
encompasses their beliefs and values.