Critical Literacy Questions

Task 2: Get Questioning
Using the Critical Literacy Questions, find 4 questions you could ask to find out about:

• Inclusion in a text
• Exclusion in a text
• Representation in a text

Inclusion in a Text:

Question 20: What knowledge does the reader/viewer need to bring to this text in order to understand it?

Question 21: What positions, voices and interests are at play in the text?

Question 24: Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?

Question 27: What view of the world is the text presenting?

Exclusion in a Text:

Question 14: Who is missing from the text?

Question 15: What has been left out in the text?

Question 19: Is the text fair?

Question 24: Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?

Representation in a Text:

Question 7: What do the images suggest?

Question 8: What do the words suggest?

Question 12: Why has the composer of the text represented the characters in a particular way?

Question 27: What view of the world is the text presenting?

Dance Monkeys

How are adults portrayed in this text?

The eldery in this text are portrayed as energetic, and shown enjoying themselves, breaking the stereotype that elderly are unable to have fun.

Somewhere That's Green
How are men and women portayed in this text?The woman singing in the piece sings softly and with a high pitched tone, as to sound more feminine. The man in the video is stereotyped to be working outside the house, while the woman is stereotyped to be working inside the house, completing general house chores and cooking. The woman is dressed in an elegant manner, wearing a long poofy dress, with her hair sprayed back.

I Am So Much Better
How are men and women portayed in this text?
The woman in this musical is able to overcome her stereotype of looking stupid and bimboish, and that she requires a man in her life to be successful. She is celebrating because she has landed herself an internship without the help of her ex-boyfriend. She is loud and expressive, in comparison to the previous text, where the singer is quiet and high-pitched.

11. How are adults constructed in the two texts?
Females should be second to males in both texts. The woman in the first text is portrayed as rather ambitionless while the second breaks the stereotype that blodnes are dumb, and lands an internship to be a lawyer,

28. What kind of social reality do the two texts portray?
Somewhere That's Green
Life wasn't fun people do not want to do things outside of their stereotype.
e.g. men in the garden, women in the kitchen.

I Am So Much Better
Set thirty years after Somewhere That's Green, both genders are now being given the same opportunities.

29. How do the two texts construct a version of reality?
The texts draw from history, using items and places that existed during their time.

34. What different interpretations of the two texts are possible?
Yes, we can view the shift from men being positive to being put down, we can view the shift in society and culture and the values they have on individuals.

You're a Bloody Idiot
Synopsis:
Four men go out to a pub for some drinks, three drinking and one the sober driver. The sober driver snuck out to drink alcohol, then, knowing he was drunk, drove his friends home and crashed. At the end of the advertisement, the 'sober' driver greets only two friends, instead of the three before, and instead of referring to the driver as 'mate,' they refer to him as 'Dave.'

Bloody Legend
Synopsis:
A group of friends are at a party, and someone has been drinking. His friend, worried that the person who was drinking would crash while drivin home, convinced him to instead sleep the alcohol off first.

19. Are the texts fair?
The texts are not fair, as they are targetting young P.I. and Maori men, and are portraying said audiences as the only group to drink alcohol, and are a group which often make uneduacted decisions.

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in the two texts?
The texts stereotype young adults and teenagers as drunk, irrensponsible and not capable of making educated decisions.

23. How do the texts present age, gender or cultural groups?
The first text, You're a Bloody Idiot, encourages the stereotype that young men, especially p.i. and maori are attracted only to alcohol, and portrays women as only sexual objects.

26. Why are the texts written this way?
The texts are written this way to appeal to a specific audience, young men. The second text is written in a different manner to the first, using humour instead of shock value, because audiences have become desensitized to car incidents.

Group work- Critical text analysis

Texts(s):  Eminem - Love The Way You Lie

Topic: Stereotypes

How did your group focus the analysis? (Which aspect did you select to critically examine?) Stereotypes

Which critical literacy questions did your group select to analyse the text(s)? Q. 1   What is the text about? Q. 11 How are adults constructed in the text? Q. 23 How does the text depict age, gender, and/or cultural groups?

Why did your group select those questions? Q. 1   because we can give the information across easily. Q. 11 because this question will let the reader’s know what we are talking about it's also one of the main focus points of the music video Q. 23 because it will help us break down the stereotypes featured in the video.

What did your group conclude from the critical analysis? (So what?) Love the Way You Lie encourages the stereotype that the male is the alpha in a relationship, especially relationships that suffer from abuse and domestic violence. The male is depicted as angry, an alcoholic, and unable to let his anger out in a healthy manner. The female is depicted as submissive, and not only unable to see the abuse that she is facing, but also reliant on the male for emotional support.