To encourage you to critically engage various forms of media, you are required to submit a Media Analysis essay (4-6 pages ) that applies the themes and theories used in the course to a movie, work of art, or literature. You must summarize the media, connect it to concrete course theories, and discuss how it portrays the ethnic, religious, or racial group experiences. Graduate students are required to write a 7-9 page paper that follows the requirements of the media analysis paper and integrates a critical discussion of either of the two required graduate student textbooks.
Do not rely solely on the memory of a film or media you have watched sometime in the past. Watch it again with a special ‘eye- that is look at the movie and analyze how this media relates to our course themes, religion, race, and nation. Be open to varied ways media frames a public discussion of a topic. If you use a film critic’s summary be sure to cite the criticism appropriately.