What is Analyze?
In media literacy, ANALYZING media content is the process of asking questions about a piece of media in order to identify authorship, credibility, purpose, technique, context, and economics. This includes (but is not limited to):
Understanding who created a piece of media/information by identifying:
The author(s),
Whether the author(s) are credible/knowledgeable about the topic,
What their intent might be by creating this piece of media–what they want people to think, know, or do in response to this media,
What biases the author(s) has and how that bias is reflected in the content they created.
Understanding how the media is constructed by identifying:
Techniques used to gain/keep attention,
Techniques used to make one think/feel a certain way,
Examining the language of the content,
Identifying how economics might impact the decisions made when creating a piece of media.
