Needs and Wants:
How to Critically View the Media
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

The latest video Xbox game, Wii, Spongebob Square Pants talking dolls, a fancy car, a new outfit - all things we want. How do we know we want them? Where did we hear about them? Can you tell the difference between wanting and needing something? How do commercials help us want things? The Bennu's introduce students to watching TV with our Brains not just our Eyes and analyzing how to be an educated consumer of the media.