Monday, February 11, 2008

Reflecting on the Context of a Media Source

How does CONTEXT affect the way you understand and appreciate a text?

Context is defined as the circumstance that forms the setting for an event, statement or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

When you take ideas or statements out of context, they can be understood in a totally different way. You have to know what was said before the statement and what was said after the statement.

Think of a time someone overheard what you said, but didn't get the whole story and misunderstood you. There was misinformation.

Write a blog entry about how important it is to know the context that something is said or written in.


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