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Tuesday 5 February 2019

Critical Literacy 1


  • What makes this video convincing?
They made it seem like an actual news story. They added interviews with the parents and doctor. The doctor had an x-ray and was using scientific words about Caitlin being antisocial and on her phone.

  • Who published this video?
The Onion, which is a youtube channel.

  • How are teenagers portrayed in this clip?
They're portrayed as rude and unresponsive when they're on their phones and that they are brain-dead.

  • Why has the director cast them this way?
It makes it funny and believable.

  • In whose interest is this text?
Parents because they could relate to the teenager in the video. Teenagers as well because not all of them are constantly on their phones so they could find it funny because maybe they know someone like that.

  • Who is real in this text?
The Doctor because they had the doctors office and the x-ray so it seemed really real. He was also dressed as a doctor so it was convincing.

  • What social realities does this video portray?
Kids constantly being on their phones and not paying attention to anything else as well as being antisocial.

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