Assignment Content Review  the Week 1 readings and videos. Special notes: Media and the media are plural and take plural verbs. The use of personal pronouns "we" and "you" are unacceptable in academic writing except when otherwise indicated. The use of the first person "I" is not called for in this assignment. Select  and  complete  one of the following assignment options (note: title your essays by their subject, not the name of the assignment): Option A Write  a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following questions: What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last 120 years or so? Discuss at least five forms of major mass media  in order of development . Choose from movies, recorded music, radio, television, video games, internet streaming, and social media. Newspapers may be included but only those developments in the last 120 years or so. We are not requesting the history of mass media, mass media developments before 1900, and identification of communications devices that are person to person and not mass media such as the telegraph and telephone. What innovations did each provide to consumers (what was new about them)? How did each medium change the lives and behavior of people after its introduction? What is meant by the term  media convergence , and how has it affected everyday life? Conclude with a reflection on why media literacy is important for responsible media consumption today. Format  your essay according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Spelling and grammar check your work. Note: your first paper will be annotated with regard to formatting, spelling, grammar, and usage, for which you will not be penalized, but you are responsible for applying these notes to subsequent assignments. Submit  your assignment to the Assignment Files tab. Option B This option may be written in the first person. Choose  three different kinds of cultural products you have viewed, read, or used  that are examples of distinct forms of mass media. This does not refer to social media platforms, networks, or periodical publications (newspapers, magazines, etc.); it does refer to individual products by name like specific books, TV shows, movies, video games, recordings, etc. you have enjoyed. For example, the biography  Alexander Hamilton  by Ron Chernow is an example of a cultural product of the mass media channel of print publishing. Another example is the cultural product  The Walking Dead , an AMC TV show. Write  a 700- to 1,050-word personal essay that describes your three selected cultural products. Include  a discussion of the following in your essay: In what ways do you think they shape, change, or reinforce the cultural values of our society in general?  In what ways did your examples shape, change, or reinforce your own cultural values? You may use the first person to describe. What is media literacy and why is it important? Format  your essay according to appropr.

1. Assignment Content
Review
the Week 1 readings and videos.
Special notes: Media and the media are plural and take plural
verbs. The use of personal pronouns "we" and "you" are
unacceptable in academic writing except when otherwise
indicated. The use of the first person "I" is not called for in this
assignment.
Select
and
complete
one of the following assignment options (note: title your essays
by their subject, not the name of the assignment):
Option A
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following
questions:
What were the major developments in the evolution of mass
media during the last 120 years or so? Discuss at least five
forms of major mass media
in order of development
. Choose from movies, recorded music, radio, television, video
games, internet streaming, and social media. Newspapers may
be included but only those developments in the last 120 years or

2. so. We are not requesting the history of mass media, mass
media developments before 1900, and identification of
communications devices that are person to person and not mass
media such as the telegraph and telephone.
What innovations did each provide to consumers (what was new
about them)? How did each medium change the lives and
behavior of people after its introduction?
What is meant by the term
media convergence
, and how has it affected everyday life?
Conclude with a reflection on why media literacy is important
for responsible media consumption today.
Format
your essay according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines. Spelling and grammar check your work.
Note: your first paper will be annotated with regard to
formatting, spelling, grammar, and usage, for which you will
not be penalized, but you are responsible for applying these
notes to subsequent assignments.
Submit
your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Option B
This option may be written in the first person.
Choose

3. three different kinds of cultural products you have viewed, read,
or used
that are examples of distinct forms of mass media. This does
not refer to social media platforms, networks, or periodical
publications (newspapers, magazines, etc.); it does refer to
individual products by name like specific books, TV shows,
movies, video games, recordings, etc. you have enjoyed. For
example, the biography
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow is an example of a cultural product of the
mass media channel of print publishing. Another example is the
cultural product
The Walking Dead
, an AMC TV show.
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word personal essay that describes your three
selected cultural products.
Include
a discussion of the following in your essay:
In what ways do you think they shape, change, or reinforce the
cultural values of our society in general?
In what ways did your examples shape, change, or reinforce
your own cultural values? You may use the first person to
describe.
What is media literacy and why is it important?
Format
your essay according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines. Note: your first paper will be annotated with regard
to formatting, spelling, grammar, and usage, for which you will

4. not be penalized, but you are responsible for applying these
notes to subsequent assignments.
Submit
your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.