Assignment Overview The importance of media literacy in our interconnected world is critical to a global citizen. Knowing how media is used to inuence us is fundamental to understanding how the world works the way it does, and why. In this reection assignment, you are being asked to consider how dominant culture impacts you through media and what you can do about it. Instructions Answer each of the following questions: 1. Recount an action you have taken that directly results from messages you encountered in the mediait could be from a movie, a series, advertising, a news cast or a social media post. Describe the media content or message that motivated you to act Critique that action using media literacy: 0 Who controlled or produced the media content that inuenced you? 0 What was the agenda behind that content? 0 Would you do the same again, now that you have thought about the agenda of the media source that inspired your action? Formats: Tips You can submit this reection as a written, onepage document which does not exceed 500 words You can record your reection and upload the audio le You can answer the questions in a graphic or artistic representation, as long as the images are accompanied by written or recorded explanations that address the criteria of the rubric Upload to the Reection Assignment 2 Dropbox You are being asked to do 3 tasks: describe, recount and critique. The most important element is the critique, which will indicate that you understand how your actions can be inuenced by media messagesand who controls those messages. If your action was something you regret, how could you resist the negative inuence of Tips You are being asked to do 3 tasks: describe, recount and critique. The most important element is the critique, which will indicate that you understand how your actions can be inuenced by media messagesand who controls those messages. If your action was something you regret, how could you resist the negative inuence of media in future? If your action was something you don't regret, can you say that you were fully aware of the power of media on you, at the time? Having reected on the inuence of media on you, does that make you want to resist that inuence? Why or why not? Remember, media disproportionately reects dominant culture and values. These have a powerful impact on how you see yourself and what you think is importantwhether you are aware of it, nor not! Awareness is the rst objective of critical media literacy. Your answers to these questions need to draw on concepts and ideas from the following modules from the OER textbook and lessons: 0 Media Literacy lessons 1 & 2 o OER chapter on Critical Media Literacy and Social Media and Disinformation