Your final assessment!
This is the last assessment for Unit 2 Media before you begin on Unit 3.
In this task, you are required to design an educational campaign to both:
You may work on this campaign by yourself or with a partner (No more than 2 people!). The campaign may take the form of a:
Your educational campaign's target audience is Australian teens. You need to research and develop a campaign designed to inform your audience of the following information:
This task is designed to consolidate on all the information covered in 'Media and Change' - plus it asks you to extend yourself and do some of your own research and thinking. Before you make the educational campaign, it will be important to carefully look over the assessment criteria below and begin collecting evidence and research to ensure your campaign is backed with examples and confident analysis.
ASSESSMENT:
In this task, you are required to design an educational campaign to both:
- Promote the benefits and potential of new media, and
- Warn of the possible legal, ethical and/or social issues of new media.
You may work on this campaign by yourself or with a partner (No more than 2 people!). The campaign may take the form of a:
- Pamphlet
- Infomercial
- Website
- Podcast
Your educational campaign's target audience is Australian teens. You need to research and develop a campaign designed to inform your audience of the following information:
- A brief history of mass media communication,
- Examples of ways that new media technologies are impacting traditional industries,
- Examples of the potential social, legal and ethical issues of new technology and social media, and
- Examples of humane technology
This task is designed to consolidate on all the information covered in 'Media and Change' - plus it asks you to extend yourself and do some of your own research and thinking. Before you make the educational campaign, it will be important to carefully look over the assessment criteria below and begin collecting evidence and research to ensure your campaign is backed with examples and confident analysis.
ASSESSMENT:
- Has the student(s) explained the history of mass media communication including technological eras, what technological advancements defined each era? (10 marks)
- Has the student(s) given examples of ways that new media technologies are impacting traditional media technologies. Including the benefits of new media technologies or processes and given a specific analysis of how traditional media technologies are being impacted? (10 marks)
- Has the student(s) provided examples of the potential social, legal and ethical issues of new technology and social media - including thorough and detailed explanations of the potential harmful effects of each issue? (10 marks)
- Has the student(s) provided examples of at least 2 humane technology along with an explanation of the benefits of each technology and why it is considered humane. (10 marks)
