HOME ASSIGNMENTS

Complete the following three elearning activities and one discussion forum entry (in the order suggested here because you will need the information from "How we know things" for the discussion forum).

TO GET THE CREDITS AND THE GRADE, MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

1. ALL THE ELEARNING ACTIVITIES

2. ALL THE DISCUSSION FORUM ENTRIES

3. THE FINAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE IS 30 JANUARY 2023.

FINAL ASSIGNMENT 

MEDIA TEXT ANALYSIS – WRITTEN WORK (deadline: 30 January 2023)

- 5 to 7 pages (around 1500 words)
- use academic style of writing
- include a theoretical approach/framework plus reasons for using it
- use at least 2-3 citations or paraphrases from literature (books/papers on media literacy)
- link the citations and paraphrases into your writing so that it makes sense and reads well
- use appropriate citation formats (e.g. APA or MLA styles – links are below)

MLA FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDE

APA FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDE

- avoid plagiarism (read what constitutes plagiarism – link is below)

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

STRUCTURE OF THE WORK

Introduction:
description of the text/video/audio, underlying media literacy concept used in the work, include reasons for choosing the specific media text
 
Main part:
media text analysis – keep a clear structure, always provide reasons for the gained insights and used approaches
 
Conclusion:
summarize the most important information (What do the insights gained from the analysis reveal to us?)
 
Upload the written analysis into the IS (Homework Vaults - “Media Literacy – Written Work”) - the link is below:

Media Literacy – Written Work

EXAMPLES OF GOOD-QUALITY FINAL ANALYSES:

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.

https://is.muni.cz/el/fss/podzim2022/ZURb1609/um/week_12_and_13_materials/497513-Groetsch_Sophie_Eva-Final_Paper_ML_Sophie_Groetsch_Gender_Stereotypes_in_BG.docx

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.

https://is.muni.cz/el/fss/podzim2022/ZURb1609/um/week_12_and_13_materials/496810-Havlicek_Vaclav-Media_Literacy_-_written_work__Havlicek.pdf