Text A Demassifying the Media A Warehouse of Images（第3页）

1。Asthesayiureisworthamillioistheesecatchphrase“h”。Towhatdegreedoyoubelieveimagesinfluenceourviewoftheworldandourabilitytomakesomese?

&horpredictsthatanewinfo-sphereisemergingaloeraph21）。Whatteologieshavetributedtothepresenteraofexplosionofvisualinformation—images?

3。Asageihtupihirdledgeormemorydoyouhavegthetralized，standardizedandsyioheSedWave?Youtalktoyourparentsorteachersaboutit。

4。Surroundedbyaudio-visualinformation，howwouldyouassessyourownabilityandutilizingpidimages?

5。Whatarethe21stturydigitalterpartsofthemini-neersandminimagazines?

6。Ifourmindandbehavinififluehemedia，andtheSedWaveofstandardizedimagerypumpedoutbythemassmediacreatedaso-called“mass-mind”，thede-massifiediacouldbeexpeassifyourmindsaswell。Doyouthinkourmindandthoughtsarede-massified，mentizedbyewiththede-massifiedmedia?

&heoverflowofinformatiohirdWavesatisfyma，ordoesitmakemanation?Whyorwhynot?

8。Therehasalreadybeenabook，publishedin1993，titledTheFourthWave:Busihe21stturybyHermanBryantMaynardaens，whichforedadvocatestheriseofaformofeitury。Whatwouldyouexpectthefourthwavetobe?

After-readingAssig

OralWork

1。Tofflerpredictsthatvideoteakeitpossibleforaobeeaproducerofhisery”，whiseveryindividualcreatehisorherownmedia，usingsmartphonesandlaptnewsandexgopinions。Findoutmoreabouttheterm“selfmedia”aytoyoura3-miion。

2。Visualliteracy（theabilitytotiate，andmakemeaningfrominformatioedinimages读图能力，视觉素养）aerabinatiohateoae，aemessagesiyofmediamodes，genres，andformats媒体识读能力，媒体素养）aresideredbasiclifeskillsihirderatewithyourpartner（s）andpreparea5-miioerms，fothedevelopmeies。

&ralizationandde-massifihappennotonlyinthesphereofmediaandinformatiohetreralizatioorssuufacture，business，sale，edreporttoyourclasswhatyouhavefoundwiththesupportofexamplesandfigures。

4。Havethereeverbeenanypiagesthathaveprofoundlyinfluencedyouroftheworld?Showthepiagestoyourdtellthemhowtheyhavebroughtmeaningtoyourlife。

WrittenWork

1。gthede-massifiofreaders，audieners，ductaseriesofihyourfamilymemberstofindouttheirvariedneedsformediatprovidedbyneers，magazines，radio，TV，oproviders，etwriteashys。

2。Workwithyourpartner（s）aeamini-neerazineofyourown。Yourneerazineshouldhaveitscleartargetreaders，andyoushouldcreatetimely，localizedtthatcaterstotheneedsofyourreaders。Makesurethatyourneerazisownwarehouseofimages。

&eyourohor:Ametaphorisanimaginativewaysomethiifyingitasbeingthesameassomeuhing，soastohighlightsomeparticularsimilaritiesbetweehordirectlyequatesthetwoitemsaapplywordsofparisonsuchaslikeoras。Iaphorusesbe，bee，oroftoihesimilarities，orsimplyomitsthetenor（本体）leavesthereadertofigureoutthesimilaritiesbetweehevehicle（喻体）。Forexample，

。。。themassmediathemselvesbecameagiantlraph5）

Alltheworldisastage，andallthemenandwomenaremerelyplayers。（Shakespeare）

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theseaofinformatiraph3）

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Studythesemetaphorsahesimilaritieswiththehelpofthetext。Thenfollowtheseexamplesaaphorsonyourowaphorswithyourpartner（s）aheohinkmostcreativeaive。