1. Which of these websites/social networks do you use? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which do you never use?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which would you trust the most?
4. What makes you think that the fi gures given are reliable? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 85D Understanding the different purposes of media Key Skills
Success criteria
I can identify whether a piece of media is meant to inform, persuade or entertain.
I can explain how I know the purpose of diff erent pieces of media.
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There are three main purposes of media: to inform, to persuade and to entertain.
Decide what the main purpose of each of the following pieces of media is. Then write what made you decide.