Media Topic Information

Learning Objective: Students will provide examples of how media reflects the values, ideas and opinions of a culture, and how it influences culture.

Media Types:

• Print (books, newspapers, magazines, ads, newsletters, brochures, billboards, posters, and photos)
• Broadcast (Television & Radio)  & Film (VHS/DVD)
• Internet (any type of the above media that is found on the web)
  • *Social (user/consumer-generated content using web-technologies like social networks (MySpace), webblogs (Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), social bookmarking (Delicious), wikis (Wikipedia), multimedia-sharing (YouTube, Photobucket)

 Topic Ideas:

Print (magazines, billboards, etc)
Advertising & Body image, Advertising & teen behavior, effect of TV media on teens, television & society, tobacco and alcohol ads in print, subliminal advertising, billboard advertising, 

Broadcast (TV & Radio & Film)
Censorship, TV and move ratings, advertising & antidepressants, 

Internet (& Social Media)
Virtual Worlds, Online Gaming, Censorship, Identity Theft, Social Networking & Crime, Cyberbullying, Sexual Predators Online, Internet Filtering in Schools, Military & Social Networking, Military and Online Gaming, Instant Messaging, Online Romance, Web & Video Blogging, 

Guiding Question:
Fill in your statement below with your topic and culture you will be discussing (i.e. American, teen, teen female/male, or other culture.  

How do/es ___________________________________________reflect the values, ideas and 

opinions of __________________________ culture, and how it influences culture?

Consider:

Media Type (Print, Broadcast, Internet)
Influences (Owners, Target Audience, Advertisers)
Messages (Reflection of Culture, Influence on Culture)

Thesis Statement: The answer to your guiding question.