Select a media text — for example, film, television show, advertisement, video game, song, magazine, newspaper, internet site, etc. — and write a four- to six-page double-spaced (1,000 – 1,500 word) critical analysis of your selected media text that utilizes any one or a combination of the theoretical perspectives explored in class (Marxist, organizational, pragmatic, rhetorical, cultural, psychoanalytic, feminist, queer, reception, sociological, erotic, or ecological analysis). It is better to choose from a small number of theoretical ideas that you explore in depth rather than taking a cursory approach. There are two key aspects to doing well on the essay: 1.
