Evaluating+Media

When you get information on the web, you need to think critically about where that information is coming from. The website Understanding Media provides some helpful guidelines for evaluating media.

This listprovides some of the "Core Concepts" of media literacy.

Use the following forms to evaluate websites. You may want to focus on just one aspect, or you may want to answer all five questions. (Questions are drawn from the five "Basic Questions" on the Understanding Media list.)

Basic Question 1: Who Sent Me This Message? Basic Question 2: What Is This Message's Intention? Basic Question 3: Where Was This Message Placed For My Consumption? Basic Question 4: Why Was This Message Sent? Basic Question 5: How Do I View This Message and How Might Others View It?