Key Assessment - Portfolio 

Key Assessment- Portfolio 

Title:  Key Assessment

Introduction

This assignment will allow you to discover how media affects the self-image.

The Assignment

For  this assignment you will develop a portfolio of various types of media  (examples are newspapers, commercials, television programs, cartoons,  radio, internet, magazines) that give messages to youth and adolescent  on self-image, and perhaps use stereotypes of gender roles, social  class, and ethnicities to depict typical behavior. Give five examples for each of the assigned age groups, from a variety of media sources. The age groups are:

1. Elementary, 
2. Middle School, and 
3. High School. 

Provide the following information:

- age group (be specific; not elementary but, ages 5-6; elementary includes ages 5 -10 or 11.)

- media  source (examples are newspapers, commercials, television programs,  cartoons, radio, internet, magazines), give exact information such as  date, time, or a link to the specific source

- summarize the media message in three to four sentences

- state the specific impact intended on the age group in three or four sentences

- provide the specific target audience within the age group, for example, gender, ethnicity, income, class

- decide on the age appropriateness of the message based on your readings from this class 

- as an education professional, what recommendations would you provide parents when asked about this particular media message

- provide a resource for families for each example to use to assist them in image related discussions with their child(ren)