Creating Media
The Final Media Project is designed to demonstrate your understanding of how to create a mediated message with a specific purpose. Constructing mediated messages is a process that involves having knowledge of the issue that exists and knowing the characteristics of those you wish to reach with your message. For this project, you will use the issue that you chose in Week One to create a mediated message for an audience of your choice. You will be required to place the messages in several platforms, consider the intended impact of the message on the audience, and also contemplate the impact of the message on the unintended audience.
You must create your project using Microsoft PowerPoint. View the JRN101 Final Project Overview for more information on creating your presentation.
For the Final Media Project, you must:
? Identify a national or international political, social, or economic issue.
? Discuss the presentation of the issue in current media systems and the issues associated with the message.
? Identify the target audience the mediated message you intend to create about the issue.
? Choose one mainstream and two social media outlets for which the message will appear and discuss the rationale for choosing each media outlet.
? Create a message for a real-world, mainstream media outlet (i.e., television, newspaper, radio).
? Create an initial message for two types of social media that will be used to further the mediated message.
? Adhere to the Final Media Project Template in the presentation and narration of the project.
The Final Media Project must:
? Include at least 15 narrated presentation slides.
? Be a minimum of 10 minutes in length.
? Includes images, charts, and graphs that illustrate the issue and will be included in the mediated message.
? Use at least six sources of information formatted according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Exploring the Impact of Mediated Messages
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Prepare: If you take a poll and ask others if they feel they are influenced by media, the majority will probably answer "no." In reality, we are all impacted by mediated messages whether we realize it or not. Read Chapter 13. Potter (2014) discusses several types of effects which we will explore in this discussion.
Reflect: After reading the chapter, try to think of one example that illustrates each media effect from all of the media (informative, entertainment, and persuasive) that you have engaged in throughout the course. Think about the audiences for which the messages were intended. You also may wish to think about unintended audiences and possible effects of the messages on them as well.
Write: Once you have thought of an example to illustrate each effect, choose two of them to discuss in at least 250 words. In your post, clearly explain the effect in your own words and how the example illustrates that effect. In your post, you must include at least one in-text citation from the reading material related to each effect and you must also include an image or link to the mediated message that you are discussing. At the end of your post, include your name and a full reference for all sources cited in the body of your post. All citations and references must adhere to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Check It! Your post must be submitted through Grammarly prior to submission.
Respond to Peers: After you have written your initial post, read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two others about their examples of the effects they choose to write about. Your responses should address them by name, be between 100 and 150 words in length, and you must include your name at the end of each response.