On the Road Again Media Matters Summer Reading Volunteers America's First Ladies FOAL Officers Children's Programing Library Instruction Internet Programs Fox Valley India Assoc . The Appleton Public Library and the Appleton Area School District will present a media literacy course called Media Matters this fall at the library to help you make your way through the media maze. Michael Bergen, master teacher emeritus with the school district and veteran media educator, will present the six-part series free of charge to the general public. The classes are limited to 20 participants.
All media are constructions.
In this session participants will examine how print and electronic media are constructed and how that process influences what we perceive as reality. Participants will examine creating or constructing a film sequence, a commercial, a cartoon, a press release, a news article, a feature article and an editorial. Participants will view clips of film sequences, ads, commercials, a cartoon, news articles, editorials, magazines and newspapers to examine how the media reconstruct reality. Participants will examine how form and content and audience expectations limit creativity in the various formats. Audiences negotiate meaning in the media.