Reflecting, Responding and Analysing
Overall Expectations:
The Critical Analysis Process
Specific Expectations:
Use the critical analysis process to deconstruct, interpret, and assess media art works created by recognized artists, and record and organize their findings using a variety of tools and formats
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Camera Shots
- Kellogg Special K Ads
- Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
- Sex in Advertising
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- Watching the Elections
Overall Expectations:
Identity and Values
Specific Expectations:
Analyse the ability of historical or contemporary media art works to influence community or societal values (e.g., the impact of propaganda art, such as that of the Chinese Cultural Revolution; the impact of the documentary The Final Inch; the influence of contemporary advertising)
Analyse how the process of critically analyzing media art works has affected their perception and understanding of different communities, cultures, ideologies, and/or social groups (e.g., how analysing media art work posted on video blogs has expanded their knowledge or changed their perception of people who are from different cultures or who advocate different ideologies)
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Bias in News Sources
- Buy Nothing Day
- Celebrities and World Issues
- Challenging Hate Online
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
- Images of Learning
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
- Perceptions of Youth and Crime
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- Watching the Elections
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Foundations
Overall Expectations:
Responsible Practices
Specific Expectations:
Explain ethical and legal issues associated with media arts, particularly with respect to social justice and equity issues (e.g., issues of access, inclusion, cultural appropriation), and use ethical and legal practices when creating, presenting, or promoting media art works
MediaSmarts Resources