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First Media Item A Title
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What issue is the topic of this media item? Explain how you know.
What is the creator's viewpoint on the issue? Cite visual and/or text details from the media item to support your response.
Does this viewpoint reflect a commitment to free trade or to protectionism? Explain your answer and include evidence from the media item to support your response.
Do you agree or disagree with the viewpoint expressed in the media item you chose? Explain why or why not, using facts from the lesson regarding the topic.

Second Media Item Title
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What issue is the topic of this media item? Explain how you know.
What is the creator's viewpoint on the issue? Cite visual and/or text details from the media item to support your response.
Does this viewpoint reflect a commitment to free trade or to protectionism? Explain your answer and include evidence from the media item to support your response.
Do you agree or disagree with the viewpoint expressed in the media item you chose? Explain why or why not, using facts from the lesson regarding the topic.

______ __ ____.__ _._ _.__ _______ ___ _.___ _____.______ __ 'a""' J __.. ___I___.___ Steps: 1. Choose two visual, text, or other media items that express opinions about trade agreements, barriers to trade, or free trade. The media items can be the same or different formats but should be from within the past year. Be sure to include both media items and directions on how to access them with your assessment. 2. Analyze the messages. For each media item, respond to the following questions in complete sentences. Use details from the media item and information from the lesson to justify your responses. 0 What issue is the topic of this media item? Explain how you know. 0 What is the creator's viewpoint on the issue? Cite visual andfor text details from the media item to support your response. a Does this viewpoint reflect a commitment to free trade or to protectionism? Explain your answer and include evidence from the media item to support your response. a Do you agree or disagree with the viewpoint expressed in the media item you chose?I Explain why or why not, using facts from the lesson regarding the topic. 3. Check your work. Review your work for completion, clarity, spelling, and grammar. Your submission must include your media items and access directions and detailed answers to the analysis questions for both media items. 0 Need help? Select here for some tips. 1ll'ifhat can I use for "media items?" This can be any visual, spoken, or text communication that is publicly available. It could be a meme, a political speech, a news article, or more. The requirement is that both items must address some topic related to international trade agreements, regulation, or barriers to trade. For example, maybe Congress is debating a new tariff on foreign-made semiconductors. You might find a speech excerpt from a senator supporting the change and perhaps a meme that is against it. The items do not have to be on the exact same trade issue. 1li'il'hat are some examples of media formats? Your items can be text andfor visual in nature. Remember, you must provide the source or information on how to access the source with your assessment. A few examples include: - AdvertisingTV commercials and online ads are a great resource. You can see political messaging in ads in various news websites and social media. They could be campaign ads or an attempt to convince you to have certain views on a trade issue. Memes could fall into this category. Be sure there's a clear message related to trade in the advertising and that you can identify the needed information on it. - Political cartoonsPolitical cartoons commonly address a variety of issue topics, including trade agreements or barriers. They are available from a variety of sources. For example, visit 3 Political Cartoons and use the search function to find cartoons related to trade. - Debatesfspeeches of elected officials or candidatesElected officials or candidates who speak in public express views on various issues, including trade. You can select an excerpt of a speech or debate long enough for you to identify and analyze in detail. You can find transcripts of debates and speeches on various news websites. Videos of these events are often archived on government and news websites. Thus, the original video can be the source if you point out the section you are analyzing with time stamps. (This is the time span of the video you are analyzing, such as 1:424:21}. Is there one place you can go for a variety of media on specific topics? Absolutely. There are some websites that specialize in compiling political messaging and providing context for it. Great examples for this purpose are [3 AllSides and B Factcheck . How can you figure out the message in your media items? Review the lesson and your notes for details on trade regulations, barriers, and agreements. Compare those details to your media item. For images, take time to think about every aspect of itfigures and colors used, any captions. For speech/text, read each sentence and think how you would explain its meaning to someone else. Ultimately, you are looking for what the authorlcreator thinks about the trade issue. Do the items I choose have to be extreme opposites, one for and one against the same issue? No, they do not. You are only looking for two examples of messaging on a current trade issue or separate trade issues. ideally, yes, it would be interesting for you to find items that have different perspectives. That does not mean they have to be in total opposition, though. For example, one speech could argue for higher tariffs on steel while a cartoon calls for an embargo on importing any major commodity that is produced in the United States. These are not opposite views; rather, they are addressing different trade topics, one more broadly than Nib nrlrlitinn nnn it: mnrn nxtrnmn than the: nthnr in nnnrnnnl'i