Media Culture and Society

Length: 2000 words
Submit via Turnitin (link will appear) in the ARTS1090

Task Description

For the Final Essay assignment you are required to select one (1) of the four (4) essay questions below. In your response to the question you must research and critically examine the main concepts and the core argument(s) related to the to the way we explored these issues in the course. You should demonstrate your engagement by working with the central concepts and ideas from the lectures and readings in order to critically evaluate the relationship between media and everyday life implicated by your selected question.

Essay Questions (Choose only one (1))

When representing a distant crisis, or distant suffering, impacting those outside of our society, do the media promote compassion and a sense of responsibility toward them? What could be done, from the perspective of media and everyday life, to promote this response?
Explore the relationship between social media use, self-branding and entrepreneurialism in everyday life. How is it changing the nature of creative media work?
Are the algorithms and platform strategies of large social media companies experienced by people within their everyday lives? Do the strategies and tactics people use to engage with these aspects of media circumvent the need to regulate them? Why or why not?
Select a particular type of media content (e.g. news, sport, advertising) and analyse how media convergence has altered the way people engage with it from the perspective of everyday life. Has it changed significantly or not?
Assessment Criteria:

Demonstrate a deep understanding and ability to apply academic theory and concepts in the analysis of media and everyday life
Be able to research your question using academic sources appropriate to the study of media and everyday life
Be able to express your ideas clearly in writing in a manner that engages the reader.
Be able to reference your ideas using the UNSW Harvard in-text referencing style.