Requirements: The Visual Media analysis includes a critical understanding of the connections between the text, the ad’s target audience, and how the ad appeals to the audience through the use or twisting of cultural myths, values, or beliefs, The analysis is thought provoking and appropriate. The author’s interpretation is clear and has been supported by the analysis. Specific examples are appropriate and clearly develop the thesis. Strong textual evidence supports the argument.
Assignment Description For this project, you will produce a media critique that analyzes how a specific magazine or television advertisement uses cultural myths, values, or beliefs to appeal to the target audience of the ad. You may choose to write about an advertisement that appears in any type of magazine. You should take into account the type of magazine in which the advertisement appears, and how that helps to define the target audience. As an alternative, you could choose to examine a television or radio advertisement, but if you do, you will need to have some way to save or copy the ad so you can view it as many times as you need to, or you might be able to find a copy of the ad on YouTube or the company’s website. As an alternative, you might pick an ad that is repeated frequently and take very good notes when you watch it. Your commercial needs to be LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD. Otherwise, you will not be able to fully understand the cultural references made within it. Your critique will be based on your analysis of how the advertisement uses cultural myths (or twists), values, or beliefs to subliminally tell the audience what it means to be normal, a man, a woman, an American, or any other value that the commercial presents. Consider carefully whether the advertisement you analyze makes assumptions about its target audience and then uses those assumptions to appeal to certain values. Your job is to make the connections between the text, its target audience, and its appeals through cultural myths (or twists), values, or beliefs. After you analyze the commercial, you will discuss the implications of your findings. In other words, answer the following question about the myths, values, or beliefs that you discovered in the ad. What are the consequences of reinforcing these types of myths, values, or beliefs in society? The consequences maybe positive or negative (most likely they will be negative though). The implications section is where your sources will most likely fit best. However, you may integrate your sources anywhere in your essay. Use the Richland Library databases or online databases to find credible sources. This essay is your interpretation, so be assertive and use a declarative voice to make your argument.
A media critique is traditionally organized in the following way:
1. Summarize the ad–a strict summary no analysis (1 paragraph).
2. Introduction (1 paragraph) a. Hook b. Introduce something about media c. Provide context for your analysis: the target audience and when and where it was displayed, if that is important to your interpretation. d. Introduce myths and the consequences. e. End with your thesis.
. Analyze—provide evidence to support your argument from the ad. In other words, describe what actions or words in the ad prove your thesis or claim (2-3 paragraphs).
4. Say something about the implications of your findings. The implications section is where you will probably include your scholarly sources (2-3 paragraphs).
5. Conclude. Refer back to the ad and why your thesis matters (1 paragraph). Remember that you MUST refer to the commercial in EVERY paragraph! Don’t focus so much on the “issue” that you forget to explain how the ad supports your claim.
Minimum Requirements Length: 3-5 pages, not including the Works Cited page. Style: Essay needs to conform to MLA standards, including double spacing in Times New Roman font, and must include a Works Cited page with correct in-text (parenthetical) citations for all quotes, paraphrases, and/or summaries. Sources: Two outside sources are required in addition to your commercial, for a total of three sources. Sources must be peer reviewed academic articles from reputable databases.
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