Question: Select and complete one of the following assignment options to explain the formative influence of mass media on American culture.

Option A Write a 350- to 700-word summary 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? Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Option B Choose three cultural products you have viewed, read, or otherwise interacted that are examples of distinct forms of mass media. Write a 350- to 700-word summary that describes your three selected cultural products. Include a discussion of the following questions:

• 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? Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.