Editorial Cartoons:
In Class Learning
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Analysis Options
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Preferred/Negotiated/Oppositional Readings
Preferred Reading – This is when audiences respond to the product the way media producers (author/ director/ artist/ anchor/ etc) want/expect them to. Negotiated Reading – This is when a member of the audience partly agrees with part of the product, but disagrees with another part. Oppositional Reading – This is when the audience are in complete disagreement with the product’s message or setting. For any reading: 1) Articulate the producer's opinion (the theme). /2 2) Explain how you inferred that this is their theme. /3 3) Explain if your reading was oppositional, negotiated, or preferred (/1) and explain with two specific references to the text and two specific references to your life or previous knowledge why you read it this way. /4 |
Major Questions to ask when analyzing editorials
1. What news story is the image about? (W,W,W,W,W,H) ( /2) 2. How does it use image (colour, line, content, words) to illicit a reaction (perhaps emotional) in the viewer? (/3) 3.Describe the target audience? How do you know? OR What or who is being criticized? How do you know? (/3) 4. What is NOT being said? In other words, how is it more complicated than it appears? (/2) /10 |
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