Final+Project--Cultural+Critique


 * Cultural Critique Project**


 * Purpose:** Choose a specific form of media and prove to your peers that this is EITHER HELPFUL or HARMFUL (or fair/unfair) to “society” by analyzing the patterns and interpreting the meanings inherent in this form of media.


 * Possible topics:** A particular television show, movie, video game, advertisement(s) for a certain product, a magazine, etc.

NOT “reality television” BUT “The Bachelorette” NOT “video games” BUT “World of Warcraft” NOT “teen magazines” BUT “Teen Vogue” NOT “television news broadcasts” BUT “FOX News Channel” or “MSNBC” NOT “ads for Body moisturizers” BUT “Dove ‘Campaign for Real Beauty’ ads”

Brainstorm some possible media that you would like to analyze for your cultural critique:

· an __introduction__ (1-2 paragraphs) with a thesis statement (your claim as to whether your specific medium is helpful/harmful, fair/unfair, etc.), · __body paragraphs__ (at least three) that show evidence to support your claim, · a __concluding paragraph__ (one paragraph) that proposes a specific, real-world action to be taken to address your thesis, and · a __works cited page__ that documents the sources (at least three) used in your paper Thesis statement draft 5 points Introduction draft 5 points Body paragraph draft 5 points Peer editing draft 5 points Final paper (including works cited) 60 points  Total project 80 points
 * Final product:** A well-researched paper in MLA format that includes
 * Grades Points Possible**