Reflective Assignment $215\%$

Assignment Overview:

The importance of media literacy in our interconnected world is critical to a global citizen. Knowing how media is used to influence us is fundamental to understanding how the world works the way it does, and why. In this reflection assignment, you are being asked to consider how dominant culture impacts your actions through media and what you can do about it$.$

Instructions:

Answer all of the following questions:

Recount an action you have taken that directly results from messages you encountered in the media$$it could be from a movie, a series, advertising, a news cast or a social media post.

Describe the media content or message that motivated you to act

Critique that action using media literacy:

Who controlled or produced the media content that influenced you?

What was the agenda behind that content?

Would you do the same again, now that you have thought about the agenda of the media source that inspired your action?

Upload to the Reflection Assignment $2$ Dropbox

Formats:

You can submit this reflection as a written, one$-$page document which does not exceed $500$ words

You can record your reflection and upload the audio file. It should be $3$ to $5$ minutes long. Do not exceed $5$ minutes.

You can answer the questions in a graphic or artistic representation, as long as the images are accompanied by written or recorded explanations that address the criteria of the rubric. The design should fit on one page, and recorded explanations should not exceed $2$ minutes in total.

Tips:

You are being asked to do $3$ tasks: describe, recount and critique. The most important element is the critique, which will indicate that you understand how your actions can be influenced by media messages$$and who controls those messages.

Your answers to these questions need to use concepts and terminology from the following modules from the OER textbook and lessons:

Media Literacy lessons $1$ & $2$

OER chapter on Critical Media Literacy and Social Media and Disinformation

If your action was something you regret, how could you resist the negative influence of media in future?

If your action was something you don$$t regret, can you say that you were fully aware of the power of media on you, at the time?

Having reflected on the influence of media on you, does that make you want to resist that influence? Why or why not?

Remember, media disproportionately reflects dominant culture and values. These have a powerful impact on how you see yourself and what you think is important$$whether you are aware of it$,$ nor not! Awareness is the first objective of critical media literacy.

Marking Rubric $-$ Reflective Assignment $2$

GNED $500-$ Global Citizenship $-$ School of Adva