Issues in Children’s Literature, Media, and/or Culture

  Choose an issue or concern that has arisen for you, and develop an exposition of some approaches to that issue. The issue may be quite broad to begin with (for example, the issue of gender in relation to children’s lit; the insider/outsider debate;...

Media

Many experts see the media as biased and more like infotainment. In fact, many people have turned to social networks as an outlet for news instead of CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN and other news stations. Do you see this as an issue? Do you see the news as biased or unbiased?...

Gender, Media, and Communication

1) Analysis/Engagement with the reading: comment on, analyze or offer a balanced critique ofthe readings uploaded. Here, you must demonstrate that you have done the reading and thought about it. Youmay choose to write on one article or more than one. 2) MEDIA:...

Media, celebrities and eating disorders

Do you think the media, and even celebrities, play any role in the increased prevalence of eating disorders and body image disturbance? Please explain your answer.Give specific examples of advertisements (or celebrities behavior) that promote unhealthy lifestyle (as...