Posted: November 22nd, 2014

Communications and Media

Communications and Media

Part 2: Analysis and Synthesis (Due in Section week 7) ?Write an analytical essay (4-6 double spaced pages) that draws on your description of the communication event in part one. Begin by formulating a set of questions to ask about the wider significance of this example of communication. Your paper needs to be more than just descriptive of what the communication example means. It should provide critical insights into or an argument about the importance or significance of this example to society or culture more broadly.
• How might you relate this communication event to other social, political, economic, cultural, aesthetic phenomena?
• Consider what connections you might be able to make between this instance/example of communication and other communication.
• Describe some of the limits to your interpretation and/or challenges to understanding the issues you take up.