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GET REAL! Toolkit • Digital Media Literacy Media Literacy Worksheet How media literate are you? Use the media literacy core concepts and key questions to deconstruct a message about body image from any media you use: TV show, movie, video, magazine article, advice column, celebrity interview, advertisement, infomercial, video game, music, blogs, text, tweet, profile photo, selfie or social networking sites. KEY QUESTIONS Who constructed the message? What are the creative techniques, interactive features, or software used to create the message? Do people really look that way? What is the purpose of the message? Does the purpose affect how the message is communicated? What are the embedded values, points of view and/or lifestyles represented in the message? What is left out of the message? How might people interpret the same message in different ways? Why? How might the message make someone feel about themselves? How might the message make someone feel about other people – friends, classmates, family members, someone they see at the store or online, etc.? What does the message mean to you? Does it reinforce or conflict with your beliefs about positive or negative body image? Does it make you want to change something about yourself? What can you do to promote healthy and more diverse body images in media? Adapted from the media literacy framework developed by the Center for Media Literacy at medialit.org Get REAL! about Media and Body Image | California State University, Northridge | National Eating Disorders Association