Once children learn media education skills, they will begin to ask questions and think about the media messages they watch, read, and hear. Any media message, whether it's a magazine article or a TV talk show, is created by a team of people. Those people write it, decide what pictures to use, and what to leave out. All of these things give the message a purpose. Each media form uses its own language.
Newspapers make headlines large to attract readers to certain stories.
Media with sound may use music to make people feel a range of emotions. When children learn about these techniques they are able to understand how a message is delivered instead of only being affected by it. No two people experience the same media message in exactly the same way. How a person interprets a message depends on things unique to that person's life. These can include age, values, memories, and education.