These pages will hold all of the
English material that I have created during the spring semester of 2003 (it
will also be the only page that will be mechanically correct. Don’t expect any other pages to have any capitals
on them). Descriptions from the class website.
Project 1- Description
Write an essay
in which you examine the impact a media outlet has on a particular demographic
group. Consider how the media company’s capitalist objectives have
affected this demographic group as suggested in The
Communist Manifesto. Explore how this media outlet maintains its grip
on the demographic group and keeps them from advancing to a higher social
class.
Project 2-
Description
Select a
mediated segment and examine the assumptions guiding its presentation. By
investigating the visual imagery, you should determine the motive that a media
company has behind the images. In other words, why did the media outlet
pick these images?
Project 3- Description
Project 3
contains the annotations of the sources you plan on using for the paper itself
(Project 4). Each annotation in the Annotated Bibliography should be 150
words long. The Annotated Bibliography should also include a thesis
statement and a paragraph summary of the Research Paper.
Project 4- Description
Examine a
third media outlet or commercialized segment in the context of a social
issue. Essentially, you will analyze its behavior in the context of
that particular social issue and support your claims with authoritative
research. Since the audience is the everyday consumer who uses
this media outlet regularly, you should create a fair argument by
supporting your claims with the reliable evidence you have found in your
research. With this paper, you are basically arguing a
specific position about this media outlet's dealings related to this
social issue.
Requirements
Cover
Letter
Projects
1-4
2
Journal Essays
2
Response Papers
3
Discussion Board Postings
3
Free Writes
Audience
Select one of the authors
we’ve read this semester as the "reader" of your online
Portfolio. (Refer to the Course Calendar for authors we’ve read.)
Description of Portfolio
The cover letter is one of
the most important pieces in your portfolio since it is the first thing your
audience will read. You will select one author that we've read this semester
and write an argument to him or her concerning information literacy and the
media Panopticon. Your cover letter should persuade the author to consider your
position and should also draw a conclusion regarding these claims. Since you're
writing to a specific author, try to be objective, yet convincing in your
argument. The pieces you select for your portfolio should support your
argument/position. The cover letter may be of any length.
Again, the cover letter is
the entry point to all your selected essays. Use various links - by
highlighting key phrases - within the cover letter and the entire portfolio to
connect to (revised) projects, critiques, DBs, and free writes that will
support your argument to this author.
Research
The portfolio must conform
to the MLA-style documentation format that we have used this semester. For
example, your critiques must have appropriate parenthetical documentation and
you should also make sure that all works cited (including those in journals,
responses, DBs, and free writes) are listed on your Bibliography page
Online portfolio
"architecture"
You will use the cover letter as the gateway for your hypertext essays. It should appear on your English 102 page. Use various links within the cover letter to connect to a few (revised) assignments, free writes, DBs, journal essays, response papers, annotations and projects that highlight the general theme of your portfolio.