Media & Money: Crash Course Media Literacy #5
Media isn't just movies and newspapers and TV shows, it's also a part of society that involves a lot of money. And all that money has implications for the media that gets created. Media...
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Did you know Finding Dory made 486 million dollars in 2016? Or that Barack and Michelle Obama received 65 million dollars in advance of writing their newest books? Or that Beyonce made 105 million dollars in 2017? Those are the big bucks, people. Sure, media is a form of communication and the foundation of our shared culture. But it’s more than a collection of songs and books and movies and newspapers. It’s also a lot of money. The media is a big collection of massive, money-making industries. That means most of the media you digest was made by specific people with specific paychecks. And that money has a specific impact. Understanding how and why media is produced, the business of it all, is key to the full media literacy picture. If last episode was abou...
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Did you know Finding Dory made 486 million dollars in 2016? Or that Barack and Michelle Obama received 65 million dollars in advance of writing their newest books? Or that Beyonce made 105 million dollars in 2017? Those are the big bucks, people. Sure, media is a form of communication and the foundation of our shared culture. But it’s more than a collection of songs and books and movies and newspapers. It’s also a lot of money. The media is a big collection of massive, money-making industries. That means most of the media you digest was made by specific people with specific paychecks. And that money has a specific impact. Understanding how and why media is produced, the business of it all, is key to the full media literacy picture. If last episode was abou...
