Assignment task
For this assignment task you will need to create a portfolio within which you must include the following elements:
1.Design and make a media ‘product’ which could be presented on a specified online media platform. Your media product should be one of the following:
A podcast
A Vlogcast
{A blog]
{A content analysis of existing media }.
Part 1 ( 500 words)
1.Could you choose one from the two highlighted topics above to write about.
2.Choose any one of the topics below to write about in relation to the above highlighted chosen topics below
Your media product must communicate about one of the following topics to raise awareness of the issues via media platforms. You need to state the media platform(s) for which your product would be suitable (you do not need to post your product on a media platform); your target audience and consider the most effective ways to communicate your ‘message’ to this audience.
Choose one of these topics:
the representation of one social group within media
Media representation of a contemporary social issue (e.g. crime, health, homelessness)
The blurring of the public and private realms in new media
Digital media, social activism and democracy
Alongside your media product you will need to produce a written analysis & commentary (1500 words)
2.Write a commentary in which you discuss the role and impact of media in our 21st Century world. Your commentary must include consideration of the following:
‘Power’ in and around media
Contemporary social issues with digital and social media
A reflection on your own media use based on your media diary over the semester in relation to the themes discussed on this course (you may use the first person where appropriate)
