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Diversity and the Media Scoring Guide
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Diversity and the Media Scoring Guide
CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Discuss sociological
theories appropriate
for promoting
understanding of a
diversity concept.
Does not list
sociological theories
appropriate for
promoting
understanding of a
diversity concept.
Lists sociological theories
appropriate for promoting
understanding of a
diversity concept.
Discusses
sociological
theories
appropriate for
promoting
understanding of a
diversity concept.
Analyzes sociological
theories appropriate for
promoting understanding
of a diversity concept and
cites support from
scholarly resources.
Discuss how a media
piece may affect or
might have been
influenced by policy
and/or power.
Does not list ways in
which a media piece
may affect or might
have been
influenced by policy
and/or power
Lists ways in which a
media piece may affect or
might have been
influenced by policy
and/or power.
Discusses how a
media piece may
affect or might
have been
influenced by
policy and/or
power.
Analyzes how a media
piece may affect or might
have been influenced by
policy and/or power and
cites support from
scholarly resources.
Discuss how
minority and
dominant groups are
portrayed in a media
piece to understand
influences on
discrimination.
Does not discuss
how minority and
dominant groups are
portrayed in a media
piece.
Discusses how minority
and dominant groups are
portrayed in a media
piece that does not
significantly promote
understanding of
influences on
discrimination.
Discusses how
minority and
dominant groups
are portrayed in a
media piece to
understand
influences on
discrimination.
Analyzes how minority
and dominant groups are
portrayed in a media
piece to understand
influences on
discrimination citing
support from scholarly
resources.
Analyze data that is
appropriate for
supporting or
refuting the central
tenets of a media
piece.
Does not describe
data that are
appropriate for
supporting or
refuting the central
tenets of media
piece.
Analyzes data that are
not appropriate for
supporting or refuting the
central tenets of media
piece or merely describes
appropriate data.
Analyzes data that
is appropriate for
supporting or
refuting the central
tenets of a media
piece.
Evaluates data that are
appropriate for supporting
or refuting the central
tenets of media piece.
Write coherently to
support a central
idea in appropriate
format and with few
errors of grammar,
usage, and
mechanics.
Does not write
coherently to
support a central
idea in appropriate
format. Does not
use correct
grammar, usage,
and mechanics.
Writes to support an idea.
Format is inconsistent,
and contains major errors
of grammar, usage, and
mechanics.
Writes coherently
to support a central
idea in appropriate
format and with
few errors of
grammar, usage,
and mechanics.
Writes coherently, using
evidence to support a
central idea in a
consistently appropriate
format with correct
grammar, usage, and
mechanics.
Write a 6-8-page essay analyzing a chosen diversity issue covered in the media.
In this assessment, you will have the opportunity to take a deeper look at the connection between the media and the cultural diversity of U.S. society. You will discuss how a current program or article in current news media approaches diversity-related issues and explain how we can use the sociological perspective to better understand both the portrayal of diversity-related issues and the media’s broader role in U.S. society. Effectively evaluating the accuracy of the information provided in your chosen media piece will require some additional research and fact checking, something that sociologists also do when they are weighing the validity of opposing arguments.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 1: Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
. Discuss sociological theories appropriate for promoting understanding of a diversity concept.
. Discuss how a media piece may affect or might have been influenced by policy and/or power.
· Competency 2: Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U. S. culture.
. Discuss how minority and dominant groups are portrayed in a media piece to understand influences on discrimination.
· Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
. Analyze data that is appropriate for supporting or refuting the central tenets of a media piece.
· Competency 6: Communicate effectively.
. Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions
Choose a news media piece from a reputable source that is focused on an issue related to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability, or social class. Examples of acceptable media include newspaper articles, editorials, and radio or television news segments. Write an essay in which you complete the following:
· Briefly, in one or two paragraphs, summarize the main events or issues presented in the specific media piece you have chosen and describe how they relate to cultural diversity studies.
· Compare and contrast how minority and dominant groups are portrayed in your chosen media article or program.
. Consider how your source material demonstrates this dominant/minority group differentiation. For example, is there differentiation along racial or ethnic lines, or other variables, such as gender or social class?
· Discuss at least two sociological theories that are most appropriate to understanding the diversity issues in your chosen media piece. Include specific relevant examples from the article or program to illustrate your points. Examples of theories include:
. Functionalist perspective.
. Conflict perspective.
. Labeling theory.
. Marx’s and Weber’s theories of inequality.
. Park’s race relations cycle.
. Gordon’s theory of assimilation.
. Human capital theory.
. Scapegoat theory.
. Authoritarian personality theory.
. Exploitation theory.
. Contact hypothesis.
. Noel hypothesis.
. Blauner hypothesis.
. Culture of poverty theory.
· Do one of the following—choose which is appropriate for your chosen article:
. Discuss how one or more of Merton’s four categories of prejudice and discrimination apply to the media piece you chose.
. Explain whether assimilation or pluralism best describes how race and ethnic relations are presented in your media piece.
· Find and analyze two credible sources of data (statistics) that are appropriate for supporting or refuting the central tenets of your chosen media article or program.
. If data is cited in your media piece, you may go to that source and analyze it yourself; then consult an additional source that supports or refutes the data presented.
. Make sure to include citations for any sources used.
· Discuss how the content of the media piece may affect or might have been influenced by power. For example, consider how individuals in power influence decisions regarding how issues are portrayed.
. This can include corporate executives, lobbyists, special interest groups, or those who own a particular newspaper, channel, or media conglomerate.
· Suggest, in your concluding paragraph, a viable policy strategy—one that could be implemented at the local, state, or federal level—for addressing the particular diversity-related issue presented in your news article or program.
Additional Requirements
· Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
· Length: 6–8 pages, not including title and references pages.
· Format: Include a title page and reference page, and format the paper and your citations according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
· Sources: Cite the chosen article or program and at least two additional scholarly sources.
· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
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