IF3063QA Media, Crime and Race Assignment Brief | LMU

Assignment Details

Find a newspaper article related to one of the themes covered in the module

• ‘Race’ and Racism – any aspect related to the module
• Islamophobia/Anti-Semitism
• Racism/prejudice in Education
• Media Representations
• Crime and Deviance 

Assignment instruction

• Critically analyse the depiction of race and crime in a chosen media piece using at least one theory from each mediatheory group: Representation, Audience, Industry, and Language (RAIL).
• Your chosen media piece which must be approved by your lecturer must be an article (must be no more than 750words), or video (must be no more than 30 mins), or film (must be no more than 30 mins), or advert ( must be nomore than 90 seconds), from a mainstream media source, e.g., broadsheet newspaper (e.g. The Guardian, TheIndependent, The Observer, The Times, The Telegraph, The Conversation), or TV (e.g., BBC, ITV, Netflix, Sky, etc).
• Email it to your lecturer for approval before 5 pm on (week 8), including a few sentences explaining why you have chosen the article or Video – wait for approval before beginning your preparation
• If you do not meet this deadline, you will have 10% deducted from your final grade.
• Your critical analysis, which must be submitted as one piece of work, will consist of the following.  (a)   poster   +presentation (discussion) (b) learning log

IF3063QA Assignment Task

Design a poster for the article

1. Poster presentation/summary – 2-3 minutes

Using your poster, present your chosen media piece to your tutor & colleagues in real time. You should do the following:

• Summarise the main content and important points from the article or media piece and state why you found it interesting.
• In your speech, state whether you agree or disagree with the author/content of the media piece and why.

2. Discussion – 3-4 minutes

• Your tutor will engage in a discussion with you about your media piece and ask follow-up questions.
• Make sure you choose a media piece that you are interested in, can be easily discussed and which will lead to a lively and interesting discussion of race and crime.

Your assessment will take place during your scheduled class time.  If you are late or do not attend, you will have to apply for mitigating circumstances and resit.

Structure of poster: 

Your poster should have the following sections.

1. Title

2. Overview - Examples of what you found (results), including 

A. Key points – e.g., why you think the media piece is important to HSC
B. Why did you choose the media piece

3. Analyse the media piece using the mentioned theoretical framework(s). How do segmentation, regulation and ownership affect the article production based on your chosen theories?

a) Representation
b) Audience
c) Industry
d) Language

4. Your conclusion and recommendation – be sure to include the HSC implications of the media piece

Include a Learning log of your learning on the module to be submitted as a Word document appendix (maximum of 750 words)

Use the template below to outline four learning events/points during the module (750 words)