To encourage you to engage
with the broader world, you are required to locate (a minimum of) 2 topical items
you encounter in the media during the semester.
An “item” can be anything from an investigative report in the New York Times to a review of a
television episode that featured rape to an infographic dealing with consent
that you saw on Instagram. The only
requirements are that the item a) is currently circulating, and b) relates to
some form of gendered violence. If you
have doubt about whether or not an item is appropriate, you should feel free to
check with me first.
Once you have located your
item, you should write a brief response (250-500 words) and post it to this blog.
Some
questions to consider when writing your response: What interested you about
this item? How did you encounter it? What cognitive and/or
affective responses did it provoke? How
does it fit in with a conversation we have had in class? How does it help illuminate principles
discussed in one or more of our readings?
You need not answer all these questions; they are merely meant to help
steer you in the right direction.
Be
prepared to spend a couple minutes talking about the item you found in
class. I will be checking the blog regularly and will invite you to speak if I see that you have posted something.
You may submit posts at any
time during the semester, provided that a) at least 1 of your posts appears by February 24, and b) both posts appear by March 24.
Each submission is worth a
maximum of 3 points. I will be using the
following guidelines when evaluating your work:
3
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Demonstrates thoughtful,
critical engagement with chosen text; identifies meaningful links to course
material; offers personal reflection on text that goes beyond ideas covered
in class; contains hyperlinks to relevant content; appealing visual
presentation that makes effective use of multimedia content
|
2
|
Demonstrates some
engagement with chosen text; identifies somewhat superficial links to course
material; offers reflection on text that is limited to ideas covered in class;
contains hyperlinks to semi-relevant content; includes relevant multimedia
content
|
1
|
Superficial engagement with
chosen text that does not draw links to course material; offers no reflection
on text; doesn’t include hyperlinks, or hyperlinks are to content that isn’t
relevant; doesn’t include multimedia content, or multimedia content isn’t
relevant
|
0
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Doesn’t write response
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