The image I have selected is a cigarette package that was discarded on the streets of Saint Germain, featuring a distressed infant with a cigarette in its mouth. Unfortunately, the media is unable to load due to the size of the file.
Five key questions of media literacy:
Who created this message?
- Health associations
What creative techniques are used to attract my attention?
- advocacy, expertise, family values, fear,
How might different people understand this message differently than me?
- some people may not know who had the message placed on the box and think it is a joke/meme and not understand the value of consequences. Or, some people may believe that this issue only effects people with children.
What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?
- Family and children
Why is this message being sent?
- to encourage smokers to acknowledge the effects and risks of smoking.