Any media-borne image or message can be analyzed in terms of its nature, including its symbolism and its effects. It can also be analyzed as a text, which refers to
A. literary works and other print media.
B. anything produced by mass media having commercial value.
C. anything that can be read or processed, interpreted, and assigned meaning by anyone exposed to it.
D. anything that can be read but whose interpretation is determined by the producer of the text.
E. our capacity to codify information.
Answer: C
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