Media+Explorations

These are like mini-investigations, where you will demonstrate your skills and understandings and where you'll build on these things to help you write a simply stunning Investigation.

Exploration 1: Photojournalism 1. How far, and in what ways, has one documentary photograph or the work of one photojournalist effected social change or changed the ways in which individuals view the world? 2. To what extent is one documentary photograph or the work of one photojournalist ethical in the ways it represents ‘reality’ (in terms of realism of presentation, involvement in the situation presented)? 3. How far has the work of one photojournalist or movement challenged and changed the conventions of the form and why has this occurred? · You must use both primary and secondary sources to support and extend your response. · You must make explicit reference to the four media concepts (representations, conventions, audiences, organisations) as a framework for your critical analysis of texts and issues. ** Criteria for Judging Performance **
 * Task: Choose one of the following**
 * Form:** Written Report or Multimedia (website)
 * Length:** a maximum of 7 minutes (or 750 words prose writing equivalent)
 * Plan Due:** Week 6
 * Report or Website Due:** Week 8
 * Weight:** 10%
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 * **// Research Skills //** || || || || || ||
 * · How relevant and appropriate are the sources found and used by the student? || || || || || ||
 * · How appropriate are the student’s methods of recording and collating results? || || || || || ||
 * **// Understanding //** || || || || || ||
 * · How well does the student identify the intended audience and articulate the purpose of the text? || || || || || ||
 * · How well does the student define the implicit and explicit meanings of the text? || || || || || ||
 * · How well does the student identify the facts, opinions, bias, value judgments, breadth of representations, and/or propaganda aspects of the views expressed? || || || || || ||
 * **// Analysis //** || || || || || ||
 * · How insightful is the student’s analysis and interpretation of the information gathered? || || || || || ||
 * **// Communication //** || || || || || ||
 * · How clear are the student’s conclusions in the analysis of the media text? || || || || || ||
 * · How coherently, logically, concisely and articulately does the student formulate a response? || || || || || ||

Exploration 2: Documentaries  · You must use both primary and secondary sources to support and extend your response. · You must make explicit reference to the four media concepts (representations, conventions, audiences, organisations) as a framework for your critical analysis of the film text, other media texts and issues · Narrow down your research so you focus on specific groups of people (e.g. the Australian government, the US government etc, young people, women’s magazine readers etc) and specific responses (increased knowledge, increased concern, changes in personal behaviours, legislative changes)   Here's a good site for some news articles relating to the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/
 * Task: In what ways has the documentary //An Inconvenient Truth// changed how peoples’ response to ecological issues?**
 * Form:** Written Report (see framework for details)
 * Length:** 750 words
 * Plan Due:** Week 8
 * Report or Website Due:** Week 10
 * Weight: ** 10%