Need Media Analysis Project

Need Media Analysis Project

The paper must be formatted as follows: 1 inch margins, double-spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman font with page numbers.   The paper must have an APA formatted title page and a reference page that are NOT included in your total page count.  You must have 3-4 pages excluding the title page and the reference page.  Please see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.pdf  for how to design your reference and title pages.  Note:  You do not need an abstract or appendices for this assignment.

All submissions must be in Microsoft Word Format.  Apple Pages cannot be accepted at this time.

Media Analysis Instructions

Before reading the instructions below, please note that this assignment is NOT a summary paper.  You are required to use critical thought and your paper should be much more than a description of a movie and regurgitation of facts from the text.

Your grade for this paper will be based on how closely you follow the formatting requirements and the following instructions.

1. Find an article, video, book, movie, documentary, television show, blog, or some other media source in which the main topic involves addictive substances.
2. Closely read, listen to, or watch your selected media and pay attention to how the substance is portrayed. Pay attention to the following suggestedthemes/ideas:

• The popularity/prevalence of the drug in mainstream culture (or in certain subcultures).
• The physiological, behavioral, and emotional effects on user.
• The positive and/or negative consequences of use (on the user, and her or his family, friends, co-workers, etc.).
• The impact of the drug on society/community.
• The stereotypes associated with the substance.

3. Compose a 3-4 page analysis comparing the way the media source portrays the substance with the way the text and outside source(s) portray it.  Specifically, address how accurate or inaccurate the media source portrays the substance with regard to topics/themes listed in point (2) above. You must address a minimum of three topics or themes.Use the text (Ksir & Hart, 2015) and at least one peer-reviewed article to back up your claims. You must cite your sources.  Include in your paper an overall analysis of the media source backed by your findings.