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To help you meet the demands of the ever-changing 7 ever evolving communication platforms that are available to you, you need tools to evaluate how these texts that contain words and images communicate their messages to you explicitly as well as subliminally. Every piece of text carries a message, and every message carries a Meaning that may be true or false. As a regular consumer of text and receiver of information, you need to be more aware and critical about what you accept as a matter of truth or fact. Consider the following set of examples. What message do they communicate? In evaluating texts with words and images, here are some Questions you can ask: 1. Whats the message? 2. Whatis the Purpose of the message? 3. How is the message conveyed by the text and/or image? 4. Whois the target audience of the Message? 5. What is the effect of the me: i ssa, nnn receiver? 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Ultimately, multimodal texts influence your attitudes, decisions, ang behavioy Knowing how these texts use specific words and images can help you evaluate the soundness and relevance of the message being communicated. (CQ) Discussion 1. What is the purpose of the writer for includin to Fight ISIS on Social Media”? 2. How do the infographics help readers understand the message better? 3. How do the words and images used in the infographics work together to communicate a message? 4. Whyis it important for readers or viewers to be critical? 19 infographics in her essay “How @® REFLECTION Have you ever experienced believing in a message shared on social media that ~ eventually discovered to be false and misleading? What is it about? Why do you ink people spread false information on social Media? 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Who is the target audience of the message? e, What is the effect of the message being conveyed in this manner to the receiver? 3, Present your output in class.