blog #2

McDonald's "happy meals" The happy meal is a selling device targeted strictly at young children. As most corporations know and love, parents are willing to do just about anything to make their kids happy. When a child see's these advertisements for the happy meal they have to get one! parents generally give in despite knowing what they might now know about McDonald's food.

The first MTN visit I learning what questions to ask about pieces of media. I also learned that media is the singular version of medium. In the second visit we learned how to make a story board and set up our media shot by shot! I don't know what clip I am gong to use and I cannot access youtube.com so I cannot look for one. Media literacy is important because it will help you appreciate movies, and other media. You are also exposed to what adds try to tell you. This will help you make a decision about if you should listen to that specific add is trying to convey