The general topic of these essays is "How My Values Have Been Effected by the Media".  But you need to narrow it down by discussing how one idea from either   Each of these ideas is complex and has several facets or components, which are discussed in the readings and on the powerpoint.  Schiller or Gitlin relate to one television show, radio programs,  Web site, magazine, newspaper column, etc. 

In grading the essays, I will be looking for specific explanations about how arguments from the book relate to media that have been meaningful in your own life. 

Your title should be designed to get the reader's interest, e.g., "How Martha Steward Living Shaped My Philosophy of Life" or "Growing Up in the Peanut Gallery."
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Instructions: Open this file in an editor.  Type in your name, your title, and a one sentence answer to each of the 25 points.   Save the file in *.txt, *.html, *. doc, *.wpd  or *.rtf format and submit it to the assignment dropbox by the deadline.
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Your Name: 

Your Title:

1. Introductory Paragraph
1. Introductory Sentence:
   
2. First point about the idea from Schiller and/or Gitlin:
   
3. Second point about the idea from Schiller and/or Gitlin:
4. Third point about the idea Idea from Schiller and/or Gitlin:
5. Transition linking the ideas from Schiller and/or Gitlin to three characteristics or examples in the media product (e.g., three characters, three episodes, the format, the theme and the plot structure, etc.)
   
2. First Illustrative Paragraph
1. Introduction to the first case example or characteristic
   
2. How the first example illustrates the first idea: in paragraph one
   
3. How the first example illustrates the second idea:
   
4. How the first example illustrates the third idea:
   
5. Transition:
3. Second Illustrative Paragraph
1. Introduction to the second case example:
   
2. How the second example illustrates the first idea:
   
3. How the second example illustrates the second idea:
   
4. How the second example illustrates the third idea:
5. Transition:
4. Third Illustrative Paragraph
1. Introduction to the third case example:
2. How the third example illustrates the first idea:
   
3. How the third example illustrates the second idea:
   
4. How the third example illustrates the third idea:
5. Transition:
5. Closing or Summary Paragraph
1. Overview of how the cases fitted the abstract ideas:
2. What was most important about the first example:
3. What was most important about the second example:
4. What was most important about the third example:
   
5. Concluding comment on how the examples fit the theoretical ideas: