Assignment Description
First: Watch the commercial on being Like a Girl by Always.
Next, do some research on current advertisements in the media:
Spend some time reviewing current advertisements and choose only one (what you present must be some form of commercial advertisement from the 21st century and within the last 10 years). This can be done through various media outlets of your choosing such as online, TV, or print. Also, make sure you have chosen a legitimate advertisement and not an artist’s rendition of an ad, propaganda, or a public service announcement–these do not count. Also, do not choose a video that is a compilation of advertisements–only choose one.
For this discussion, you will need to:
- Present one advertisement from your search by posting either a link (make sure it works so students can access it) or if it is a picture of an ad, please post the picture of your chosen advertisement within your post and not as an attachment.
- Next, you will need to discuss and analyze the message(s) conveyed by the advertisement and in what ways it communicates how men and women are expected to act, feel, and think within society.
- Finally, you will need to discuss points of application to Chapter 3 concerning your advertisement.
- You must relate it to what you learned in Chapter 3 using direct connections and not in general ways
- How do the cultural depictions of males and/or females in your advertisements relate to gender scripts, roles, expectations, and the socialization process? DO NOT just state that they do. Explain HOW and WHY using information from the chapter.
Submission Instructions
Submit your discussion posts using the reply arrow below. Be sure to share complete thoughts and examples, and answer the questions above in a way that promotes further discussion with each other. Then be sure to respond to at least three others in your small group.
**Everyone has already been randomly placed in a group so once you post, you will automatically be placed in your assigned group.
You will then have access to post and respond to only those in your group**
You can write personally in the first person and your posts are expected to be in essay/paragraph form. DO NOT present your work in question/answer (Q&A) format; always essay unless otherwise noted. Keep it conversational and follow the expectations for Class Discussions as addressed in Module 0.
Your original post must be submitted on the designated MONDAY in the course calendar by 11:59 PM EST.
Your peer response posts must be submitted no later than TUESDAY by 11:59 PM EST.
As stated before, peer responses can be done in several ways:
- Respond to another student’s post.
- Respond to a student who has provided feedback on your original post (which can lead to some thoughtful dialogue).
- Respond to another student’s comment.
PLEASE NOTE–Because this is a smaller group you will need to be more mindful of posting sooner than later to help others in your group be able to complete their peer responses.
As always remember to:
- Be aware of and follow the expectations for class discussions.
- Integrate course material from the assigned chapter(s) reading to support and explain your views. The objective of these posts is for you to present an INFORMED opinion and demonstrate comprehension of the course material.
- Make sure you respond to all the questions posed in the prompt.
- DO NOT EDIT your work once you have submitted your work. This is to protect everyone’s work. Simply, post a reply to your original post if necessary.
- Use proper APA formatting when citing your sources (the advertisement and the text) within your posts and providing a reference list. Failure to do so will result in a deduction. Whenever you have a formatting question, please see the post I created about APA formatting on our announcements page.
- Keep in mind: your original post to this prompt is worth up to 7 points and your 3 peer responses are worth up to 3 points. This makes the total points for this discussion worth 10 points.