HUM/186 Media Influences on
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HUM/186 Week 1
Mass Media:
Development and Literacy Assignment Options
(Both Option A & Option B are included in this purchase)
Review the Week 1 readings and videos.
Select and complete one of the following assignment options:
Option A (included)
Word Count: 996 words!
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following
questions:
• What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media
during the last century?
• How did each development influence American culture?
• What is meant by the term media convergence, and how has it
affected everyday life?
Conclude your paper with a reflection on why media literacy is
important for responsible media consumption today.
Format your essay according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Option B (included)
Word Count: 1,059 words!
Choose three cultural products you have viewed, read, or otherwise
interacted that are examples of distinct forms of mass media.
For example, the biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is an
example of a cultural product of the mass media channel of print
publishing and, more specifically, Penguin Books.
Another example is the cultural product The Walking Dead, whose
mass media channel is Television, and more specifically AMC.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word personal essay that describes your three
selected cultural products.
Include a discussion of the following in your essay:
• In what ways did your examples shape, change, or reinforce your
own cultural values?
• In what ways do you think they shape, change, or reinforce the
cultural values of our society, in general?
• What is media literacy and why is it important?
Format your essay according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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HUM/186 Week 2
(All Assignments listed for Week 2 are included in this purchase)
Social Media Platforms and Your Career
Word Count: 795 Words!
Write a 350- to 700-word summary describing using three different
social media platforms with the objective of networking within your
career field. Use your current social media accounts, or create new
ones. Incorporate research regarding how to present a professional
profile on social media platforms, and discuss your experience in the
paper.
Cite at least one resource.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Social Media Paper
Option #1 Word Count: 1,033 Words!
Option #2 Word Count: 883 Words!
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper answering the following questions:
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of easily obtainable
information?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?
• How might knowing these advantages and disadvantages alter how
a person might use social media?
• What credibility issues can arise from information on the Internet?
Format your paper according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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HUM/186 Week 3
Influence of Entertainment Media Assignment Options
Select one of the following for your Week 3 assignment:
Option A Paper #1 Word Count: 357 words!
Paper #2 Word count: 412 words!
Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you investigate the
interrelationship between the entertainment media and culture. Answer
the following questions:
• In what ways have various forms of entertainment media shaped
American culture and its values?
• Are the social influences of entertainment media mostly positive or
negative? Explain.
Provide specific examples.
Conclude your paper with thoughts on whether the entertainment media
are a reflection of or a catalyst for societal behaviors and attitudes.
Format your paper according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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HUM/186 Week 4
Effects of News Media Assignment Options
Word Count: 1,227 words!
Select and complete one of the following assignment options:
Option A
Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay in which you discuss how the
information and news media have affected American culture.
Answer the following questions:
• Does the information media have social responsibility? If yes, in what
ways? If not, why not?
• What is the role of the information and news media in the shaping of
political opinions?
• How have electronic media and their convergence transformed
journalism and news consumption?
Illustrate your responses with specific examples.
Format your summary according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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HUM/186 Week 5
Effects of Advertising Presentation
Choose a product or service from these examples:
• Fast food
• Class of consumer product
• Personal care
• Automobile
Research the Internet to analyze how that product or service has been
advertised.
Prepare a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in which
you investigate the role of advertising in a culture of consumerism. Be
sure to discuss the following:
• Who determines ethical standards for advertising?
• In what ways has advertising affected American culture?
• What are the key persuasive techniques used in consumer
advertising? Illustrate with specific examples, explaining how each
technique works.
Discuss some of the critical issues that may arise from the following
areas:
• Children and advertising
• Advertising in schools
• Health and advertising
• Political advertising
Find one example of a commercial that strikes you as particularly
creative and appealing:
• What are the elements that are unusual?
• What is the target group of the commercial?
• How does the commercial appeal to consumers?
• Why do you believe this commercial to be effective in brand name
recognition?
• How are ethical standards met (or pushed to their limits)?
Illustrate your findings with specific examples. List any references on
the last slide.
Format consistent with APA formatting guidelines.
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