Activity:

Before you begin this assignment, review all the course materials again, especially Chapters $1$ and $2$ of Saylor's Understanding Media and Culture.

A$.$ Ponder what you have learned about these four basic roles that media fulfill in society:

Entertaining,

Educating and informing

Serving as a public forum

Acting as a watchdog

B$.$ Choose a radio show, television broadcast, video, internet site, newspaper, podcast, or other form of mass media that you would like to write this paper.

C$.$ Briefly summarize a specific episode, article, etc., from the radio show, television broadcast, video, internet site, newspaper, podcast, or other form of mass media that you chose.

D$.$ Answer the following questions. Each response should be a minimum of one paragraph.

To which of the four roles that media plays in society does your selection correspond? Explain.

Why did the creators of this specific message present it in this particular way and this particular medium? Explain. Did this message appeal to you? How and why?

What events have shaped the public's adoption of your chosen medium?

How have technological transitions shaped the industries involved in the medium you have selected?

How has your selection personally shaped you?

Requirements:

The introductory paragraph$($s$)$ should contain a thesis that summarizes your main idea or position on the question posed to you in the assignment prompt. What is the point you intend to make in your answer?

The middle paragraphs should provide information, examples, and details to support your main idea or position. This is where you should show use because statements and detail what you know or think about the topic.

The concluding paragraph$($s$)$ should summarize the major points that you raised about your main idea or position on the topic.

Support your comments with relevant quoted, paraphrased, and summarized information from your research.

Use APA to cite the sources of the information that you used in assembling ideas for your argument.