Reading+the+Media+SS


 * Resources:**
 * Magazines for teens
 * World Newspapers and Magazines for Teens
 * RefDesk World Newspapers


 * A.** Choose an advertisement from a magazine or newspaper that interests you or is particularly striking in its impact on you. Make sure it contains words as well as images. Name the product:

Context: magazine for movie releases and reviews Link: @http://www.boxoffice.com/
 * B.** Describe briefly the context in which you found it, e.g. upmarket magazine for girls, sports magazine, newspaper, etc. Provide a link to the advertisement.

C. By paying particular attention to the visual images in the advertisement and the way in which these link to the written words, write a paragraph explaining how you "read" the advertisement. You may find it useful to consider some of these factors: Paragraph Here: For this assignment I chose a speaker ad by the company QSC. The main purpose of the ad is to sell more of the product. The colors in this ad would reds and blacks on a white background. The framing for this ad would be the speaker in the left 3rd, logo on the bottom 3rd, and the company logo on the bottom 3rd. The composition would be that the modern text goes with the ad for a modern speaker. The size of the contents is fairly spread out the middle left of the ad has the speaker and almost the whole right portion of the ad has the text. I believe that this ad is not an absolute close-up, but it is a medium shot. The subject matter would be the speaker, logo, and the text that attracts the consumer and informs you on what you are looking at or possibly buying. The setting of this would just be a white wall that this new wall speaker hangs on. The lighting would be very bright to bring some extra contrast on this white background, and there is a shadow from this bright lighting. The pose would be the speaker tilted to its right to show off its side and its front. The text would be the modern font in the logo and in the text that informs on the right of the ad.
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 * D.** Think about the connotations that you find in the images.
 * 1) Do you find these appealing? I find this image appealing, the ad is very suttle and informs me about the product well.
 * 2) How do you feel they will appeal to other people, of different ages and gender? I believe that this ad with appeal to many others no matter what gender and what age, but adults will probably be more appealed.
 * 3) How do the images relate to the product that is being sold? The image relates to what is being sold by having a photo of the product and text to inform the consumer and sell more of the product.

You will hear the expression that people are said to be "reading the media". Talk about why you think the expression" reading" is used here, when you usually associate it with written words. Answer here: I believe the term "reading" is being used even thought it is not written, because you do read media. Media could include things even as little as ads. You do read ads for what the product is, the uses for the product, and even the things that make the product stand out. To do this you have to read the media.
 * E. Connotations here:**