Imagine that you are a consultant who is hired by a media institution (e.g. advertising firm, TV network, film production company, etc.) or artist to evaluate and provide feedback on media they produced that generated backlash. You have been tasked with explaining to the organization/individuals that hired you, why a specific media artifact (e.g. advertisement, TV show, film, music video, news story, etc.) is problematic or insensitive and thus potentially marginalizing to a specific group of people.
Your task:
•Select a media artifact that was/is either widely viewed as controversial/ problematic or one that could be interpreted as such
•Impact statement: Write an introduction that provides information about the social demographic that is key to the media artifact under discussion. What challenges has that group faced when it comes to representation in media?
•Media artifact description: Provide a brief description of the media artifact. For this, focus on the denotative meaning.
•Identify problematic elements: Highlight the specific problem areas within the media artifact and draw upon relevant concepts and scholarly readings introduced in the course—or elsewhere, with approval—to explain why those features are counter intuitive towards efforts at diversity and inclusion and/or marginalizing to a specific group.
•Advice: Provide advice on what should be done to avoid future mishaps, while also being attuned to diversity and inclusion
•References: Include a list of the sources you used.
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