Traditional and New Media

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LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY

Which social media

platform would you use
to check information on
viral news that broke the
internet?

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CENTRAL QUESTION

How does the type of media channel

affect information dissemination?

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UNIT STIMULUS

Social Media Handles

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UNIT STIMULUS

Social Media Handles

1. Pick a social media celebrity, find his or her social media handle
or username, and follow him or her.
2. Look for the celebrity’s usual activities, content, and audience.
3. Write a one- to two-paragraph description of the social media
celebrity.

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UNIT STIMULUS

Social Media Handles

Example:
BTS – BTS has over 70 million followers on
Instagram. The group has posted about one
thousand images, and its audience consists of
fans called “armies” and others who love K-
pop music. Follow their Instagram
@bts.bighitofficial to be updated on the news
about new songs or if you just need to look at
good-looking men with great fashion styles.
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Pre-1700s

Pre-Industrial Age

● also known as the prehistoric age

● cave painting was the earliest example of media
discovered and believed to be around since 35,000
Papyrus
BC
● other examples of media in this period are the
papyrus and codex

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Codex
1700s to 1930s

Industrial Age

● responsible for the widespread dissemination

of information
● the most notable invention is the printing
press
● other inventions were the telegraph and the
telephone, which allowed real-time Telegrap
communication across great distances h

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1930s to 1980s

Electronic Age

● allowed mass media to take form

● the invention of the transistor
● responsible for the widespread dissemination
of information

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1900s to 2000s

Information Age

● the birth of the internet

● the invention of computing devices such as personal computers,
smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices
● most notable for the use of social media websites

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Which Type of Media Am I?

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KEY MOMENTS

The Hornbook

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