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Coming Distractions Questioning Movies
Pub Date: March 2007
Capstone Press   32 pages
Dewey 791.43
Lexile Level: 700L
Reading Level:  Grades 3-5
ISBN: 9780736867665 / 0-7368-6766-X /

Title Summary: Action flicks, romantic comedies, animated classics-there are all kinds of movies to choose from.
So how do filmmakers get you to watch their movie? Well, grab your popcorn. It's time to ask questions about the messages in movies.

Description of series:  Give young readers the tools they need to evaluate the barrage of media messages that reach them every day. Value assumptions, product placements, and cues to act are embedded in each media message. This
fun series embraces media as entertaining and useful but also empowers readers as they learn a systematic way to question pop culture and to recognize how influential media messages are.