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Assignment 1 - Critical Inquiry Paper
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This is a collaborative project that you’ll work on with a classmate. Each collaborative team will be pursuing a response to the same question, for example: “How is sexual behavior portrayed in the media?,” “How are drugs portrayed in the media?,” “How are lower income people portrayed in the media?”, “How are biracial people portrayed in the media?” etc. You and your partner will select a single medium to explore, either one of those media covered in the textbook or one not directly addressed in our readings. The two of you should consume a number of messages within your given medium and met to work through the critical process: describe, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and engage. In a jointly authored report, you should describe, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and ultimately engage the messages within your medium. This paper needs to be 4 - 5 double-spaced pages in length. Brief examples of working through the critical process are modeled in each chapter’s “Media Literacy and the Critical Process” boxes. Due: 1/23
Assignment 2 - Voices of Discovery Reflection Paper
- As part of this course, you will be participating in a six-week small group session that is coordinated by the Center for Multicultural Excellence. You will have the opportunity to be in regular dialogue with people who differ from you in terms of nationality, race/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. A celebration on the evening of Wednesday Feb 28 will mark the conclusion of your small group's time together. A reflection paper of 2-3 double spaced pages is due 3/1.
Assignment 3 - Critical Inquiry Rewrite & Presentation
- Often in communication, professionals are asked to write and rewrite many times. Therefore, this assignment gives you an opportunity to return to your first paper, incorporating learnings from the course into a final written version (6 - 7 double spaced pages) and 10-minute class presentation.
Assignment 4- Leaders of the Day
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Working with three of your classmates, create an in-class presentation of material from the assigned chapter of the Media and Culture textbook. You will be responsible for a 10-to-15 minute presentation of the assigned material, followed by a 20-minute led discussion/activity with the class. Presentations should (a) illustrate the main purpose and argument of the reading; (b) point to and comment on two to three important passages and two to three key terms; and (c) propose at least two topics for discussion. Although you will cover some key aspects of the material, this is not meant to be just a summary of the assigned reading; it should function as a guide to the pivotal issues raised in the readings and as a catalyst for generating class discussion. You will prepare an outline and place it on the class blog by midnight the night before your assigned class.
Copyright 2007 Lynn Schofield Clark
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Leaders of the Day: varies (consult schedule)
1/23: Critical Inquiry Paper due
3/1:Voices of Discovery paper due
3/8: Critical Inquiry rewrite due
1/30: Midterm
3/15: Final
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