What color would you call this? Aqua? Teal? Turquoise? Just look at that vibrant Robin’s egg blue! It’s almost impossible to define it using just one name. Cyan?
This in-between color reminds me of key ideas in media literacy education, along with implications for practice. That audiences are involved in the processes of making meaning is perhaps the most exciting (and daunting) aspect of media literacy education. While it may be contrary to popular opinions about how people of all ages interact with media, we do actively negotiate, interpret, and infer when using, sharing, and creating media.
It’s funny that my time observing colors brings me back to media literacy. What do you see?
Citation: Redmond, T. (2022, April, 5). Aqua & Audiencing. Retrieved from https://theresaredmond.com/photography/aqua-audiencing/
