The first assignment for this module is a 1500-word critical analysis.
Pick a major event from the last five years and critically analyze it from a range of perspectives.
Deadline: 24th of April 2024 (24/4/2024)
While students can choose from a wide range of local and global events I would recommend checking with me first if you’re going to do something obscure.
The 1,500-word limit is subject to a plus or minus 10% allowance (thus, a maximum of 1,750 and a minimum of 1,350 words). This word count includes citations, but not the reference list.
Harvard referencing must be used.
Media Power and Politics Assignment 2
Critical analysis guide
The event:
Introduction
| What is the topics of the analysis? | |
| What is your main argument? | |
| What is the structure of the paper? |
Why is the event political?
| Ideology? | |
| Rights? | |
| Geo-politics? | |
| Identity? | |
| Resource allocation? | |
| Interest allocation? |
Why is the event news?
Power relationships/Theories of the media (700 words)
| First dimension of power? | |
| Second dimension of power? | |
| Third dimension of power? | |
| Other forms of power? | |
| Moral panic theory | |
| Framing | |
| Agenda setting | |
| Echo chambers | |
| Any other applicable theories? |
How has new technology impacted the way the news was gather, processed, distributed, and received
| Gathered | |
| Processed? | |
| Distributed? | |
| Received? |
Conclusion?
| Summary and what does this analysis tell us about the role of the media in modern society |