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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Brain-dead Teen - Critical Literacy | English

What makes this video convincing?

 -   The video looks like it is a real new report with headlines and background music playing. Which creates tension.

 -  They provide evidence on the fact that the girl is braindead, in other words providing viewers with reports from so-called doctors. 

Who published this video?
 -  The Onion News Network

How are teenagers portrayed in this clip?
 -  In the video teenagers are seen as lazy people.

 -  Teenagers are seen as braindead people who can only go on their phones. 

Why has the director cast them this way?
 -  To make fun of the stereotype when teenagers are seen are lazy people who don't do anything. 

In whose interest is this text?
 -  This would likely be for adults and parents showing an example of what could happen to their children.

 -  Teenagers, to show and inform how people of their generation are behaving.

Who is real in the text?
 - Everyone in the video is real but the characters they portrayed are fake. 

What social realities does this video portray? 
 -  In the video, there were clips and images of people protesting. 

 -  There were stereotypes boycotting how a group of people acts based on how they are acting. 

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