This paper gives you a chance to demonstrate your understanding of course concepts in our unit on texts and meanings and apply them to media texts of your choosing. You will write a 5 – 6 page paper that responds thoughtfully to one of the following prompts. Your papers must be in 12 point Times font, with margins of no more than 1 inch, double-spaced. Choose any one media text

This paper gives you a chance to demonstrate your understanding of course concepts in our unit on texts and meanings and apply them to media texts of your choosing. You will write a 5 – 6 page paper that responds thoughtfully to one of the following prompts. Your papers must be in 12 point Times font, with margins of no more than 1 inch, double-spaced.
Choose any one media text (e.g: a television or radio show, a film, a song, a videogame, a website) and make an argument about how it implicitly advances a specific ideological belief or position.
Choose any one media text (e.g: a television or radio show, a film, a song, a videogame, a website) and make an argument about how it implicitly challenges and contests a specific ideological belief or position.
Choose any one media text (e.g: a television show, a film, a song, a videogame, a website) and make an argument about how your chosen entertainment medium contributes to “the public sphere” and “citizenship.”
Your text MUST BE from the last four years (made in 2017 or after).
Your essay must:
have a title page
have a separate bibliography that uses an academic citation style
not make claims about authorial intent – this is about meaning and representation, not uncovering propaganda. All media contain representations of belief systems, values and worldviews whether or not media producers do this intentionally.
Choose one prompt and respond to it with a clear, identifiable thesis. Your analysis should use the representations of class, race, gender, sexuality etc. that you observe in a media text to make an argument about the text’s OVERALL IMPLICIT meanings.
You should NOT choose a media text that we have already discussed in class. Success on this assignment will require top notch analysis, not mere plot or character description, as well as a clear demonstration that you understand representation and ideology. Furthermore, “implicit” means not-directly-stated, so steer clear of explicit statements. Essays that focus on celebratory opinion, solely narrative summary, or have a thesis centered on whether something is “real” will receive less than satisfactory scores. You may discuss a text’s narrative, however, top grades will only go to essays that analyze more than just the story and incorporate consideration of how other formal elements convey.