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As we move into more in-depth discussion of media literacy, we will continue to engage in a process of reading the media around us: CREATE AWARENESS, ASSESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, REFLECT COMMUNICATE, and ACT about media of all kinds. This includes print media (books, journal, newspapers, magazines, ads), visual media (art, films), and digital media (websites, databases, online magazines). This project will ask you to engage in the process to explore your use of the popular reference website, Wikipedia.

To prepare for the written portion of the assignment, choose a subject about which you consider yourself knowledgeable. Find the Wikipedia entry on that subject and print it out. (It helps to pick out a subject that has a relatively short entry; this will make the rest of the project much more manageable.) Be sure to name the topic and provide the link to the Wikipedia page in your document.

 

As you assess, evaluate, and analyze the article you’ve chosen, you will use this entry to follow a process of media criticism, as laid out below. PUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS IN ESSAY FORMAT (not list format, although you may follow the list as a guide).

 

Assessment Questions: Before you analyze your article (but after you decide on a topic), answer the following questions. Your answers will prime your brain for a more critical consideration of the article.

Why is this person, event, invention (or whatever) of such significance that it merits inclusion in an encyclopedia?

How would you break it down? What would the different sections be?

What sort of images would you include in your article?

What parts of the article might be potentially controversial? Why?

Where would you go to find and verify information for your article?

EvaluationPaying close attention, taking notes, and researching the subject under study.

How long is the entry? Does the length seem surprising or not? (Look up a couple of articles on similar topics to help you answer this question.)

How is the entry divided into subtopics? List them.

When was it last updated? See the very last page of the entry for this information.

What information seems to be the most recent? How can you tell?

What kind of visual information (photos, graphs, tables, etc.) is included? List visual elements and explain what each adds to the entry.

Who are the experts cited in the body of the entry (if any)? List them.

Analysis & InterpretationDiscovering and focusing on significant patterns that emerge from the description stage. In the interpretive stage, we try to determine the meanings of the patterns we have analyzed. The most difficult stage in criticism, interpretation demands an answer to the “So what?” question.

What information in the article did you find the most surprising or enlightening? What information seems outdated or in need of updating? Are there aspects of the subject that seem incomplete?

Look again at the selection of topics and subtopics and how these are organized. Which aspects of the subject are emphasized by this organization? Which aspects are de-emphasized? Are there any aspects of the subject which are not adequately reflected in this organization? Which of the subtopics is most likely to be considered “controversial” by readers? How does the article treat this subtopic? What elements make the article appear to be biased toward one side or the other of any controversy? What aspects of the article contribute to a neutral point of view?

To what extent do the images selected either complement or undercut the text? Which aspects of the subject are emphasized by the images? Which aspects are de-emphasized?

What conclusions can you draw from your efforts to “fact-check” the entry? How thoroughly sourced is the entry? Are there comments which really need to be cited but are not? Which aspects of the article contribute to its general credibility? Which aspects make the article seem less credible?

EvaluationThe fourth stage of the critical process focuses on making an informed judgment. At this stage, we can grasp the strengths and weaknesses of the media under study and make critical judgments measured against our own frames of reference—what we like and dislike as well as what seems good or bad about the stories and coverage we analyzed.

How useful is this article? To whom would it be most useful? For what purpose(s) would it be most useful?

Where might this article fall short? Where would someone need to turn if he or she needs more information?

How successfully does this article maintain the Neutral Point of View, which is one of the pillars of Wikipedia culture? (“This policy states that their missions are best served not by advancing or detracting from particular points of view on any given subject, but by trying to present a fair, neutral description of the facts—including that various interpretations and points of view exist.”)

Taking ActionFor the final stage of this project, you will make changes to the article, following the stepsoutlined below.

Choose one aspect of the article which, in your judgment, needs to be expanded or changed in some way.

List specific sources you will use in compiling information to expand the entry. For each source, list specific bibliographic information as well as specific facts or quotes you want to include from the source. Write a short (200 word) reflection on this new information.

 

A Reminder about Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is not tolerated—PERIOD. If any part of your project is plagiarized, you will earn a zero on this assignment and automatically fail the courseDon’t copy and paste things—that is plagiarism!

It is important that you give proper credit (in-text citation and works cited page) when you quote or paraphrase from the text. Again, if you ever have any questions about citing and quoting, just ask!

 

Timeline:

Monday, June 22: introduction to project

Tuesday, June 23: peer review workshop activity in class

Wednesday, June 24: Wikipedia Project due in Dropbox before classtime. No late work will be accepted.

 

Evaluation:

Your Wikipedia Project is worth 15% of your final grade and 100 points. Satisfactory completion of the assignment depends on your attention to the directions and details of the assignment.

 
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