ERIC Number: EJ776537
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Sep
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Scrutinizing the Cybersell: Teen-Targeted Web Sites as Texts
Crovitz, Darren
English Journal, v97 n1 p49-55 Sep 2007
Darren Crovitz explains that the explosive growth of Web-based content and communication in recent years compels us to teach students how to examine the "rhetorical nature and ethical dimensions of the online world." He demonstrates successful approaches to accomplish this goal through his analysis of the selling techniques of two Web sites targeted to a teen audience and his description of a project in which team members devise ways to teach students to consider the language and design elements of a selected site.
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Ethics, Adolescents, Safety Education, Advertising, Consumer Education, College Students, English Instruction, Media Literacy
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Language: English
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