TEXT INFORMATION

AND MEDIA
 In this chapter
• DEFINITION
• CHARACTERISTICS
• FORMAT AND TYPES
• SOURCES
• ADVANTAGES
• LIMITATIONS
• VALUE
 TEXT INFORMATION

• A non fiction writing written with intention of informing

the reader about a specific topic.
Characteristics of Text Information and Media
• A text is any media product we wish to examine
• A text is effortful to comprehend
• A text has its limitations too
• Images can communicate everything at once
 PARTS OF THE TEXT
• Titles - allows the reader to identify the over all topic of the text and
understand the main idea.
• Headings - allow the reader to identify specific topics and also divide the
text into sections.
• Bold Print and Italic - use to signal the reader that the word is important
• Charts, Tables and Graphs - use to organized large amounts of info to
small space
• Illustration - helps the reader to understand the information in a visual
way
• Caption - use to explain the illustration
 Text Types And Formats And Sources
• Types
- Brochures, magazines, textbooks and instruction manuals,
news paper article, Encyclopedia
• Formats
- Documentary, news article, interviews, advertisement, images
• Sources
- books, magazines, newspaper, articles
 Advantages
• Availability
- printed materials are already available on a variety of topics and in many different
formats.
• Flexibility
- they are adjustable to many purposes and maybe used in many lighted environment
• Portability
- they’re easily transported to another place without the aid of machine or electricity
• User-friendly
- easy to use, no extra effort to search
• Economical
- inexpensive to produce or purchase
 Purposes
• To bring in a better communication and understanding
between the general public government.

• To help the people know what’s happening in the country

about the economy, social and political situation.
 Limitation
• Text also has limitations.
- The most obvious drawback of text as a knowledge building
and communication tool is that it lacks the inherent
expressiveness of speech.
- The transcript may accurately record the spoken words, but
the strategic and emotive qualities and impact of speech are
diminished on the page.
 Value
• New Information
- informal text contributes to readers understandings of a wide range of topics.
• Varying Formats
- reading informational text provides students exposure to content presented.
This exposure presents text variety and offers.
Ex: graphs, charts, primary sources, brochures, manuals, and other documents.
• Analytical Thinking
- reading information in presentations other than narrative requires that readers
practice different skills of interpretation and analysis.
• Motivation
- kids wants to know the how and why behind things. That’s why informational text is
necessary as it feed kids one by one information to what is happening around them.
 Visual Text
- Is a text we view
- The images work together to create a meaningful patterns, symbols,
ideas and messages for the reader
- The words and images work together to create meaning
Ex:
Movie poster Advertisements
Film Picture books
Video games Paintings
Photographs Music videos
 Selection Criteria for Text Information
• The news should be shocking and surprising
• It should be fresh
• The news should involve well-known person in the public eye
• Time publication