Healthy Minds

Creating Media

Students design and create their own counter-adverts challenging a deceptive or harmful media message. Covers counter advertising concepts, deconstruction examples, and practical campaign production.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Define what a counter advert is.Deconstruct and discuss sample counter adverts.Create a counter advert.In today's lesson you will have the opportunity to challenge deceptive or harmful media messages by creating your own counter advert

Outcome 2:

Counter adverts are imitations of adverts that deliver more truthful or constructive messages using the same persuasion techniques as the original adverts

Outcome 3:

By creating counter adverts, you can apply media literacy skills and creativity to communicate positive, hu

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