Description of Assignment:
Early in the semester and in preparation for your final project, you will choose one media figure to follow. The chosen media figure should be active on at least one media platform, giving you the opportunity to theorize their use of media and its effects. Your research may be done individually or with 1-2 other students and will culminate in a final traditional academic research paper (with multimedia elements) or a creative project such as a video essay or podcast (with a written Artist’s Statement).
The Media Figure Project is worth 25% of your total final grade.
Early in the semester and in preparation for your final project, you will choose one media figure to follow. The chosen media figure should be active on at least one media platform, giving you the opportunity to theorize their use of media and its effects. Your research may be done individually or with 1-2 other students and will culminate in a final traditional academic research paper (with multimedia elements) or a creative project such as a video essay or podcast (with a written Artist’s Statement).
The Media Figure Project is worth 25% of your total final grade.
Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Articles
Search Hints:
Conduct searches on specific theories related to social medial. Additionally, explore research that looks at celebrities and social media use.
Conduct searches on specific theories related to social medial. Additionally, explore research that looks at celebrities and social media use.
- Ebsco search for Communication/Media StudiesSearch across the following databases: Communication & Mass Media Complete; Academic Search Premier; MLA International Bibliography; Humanities International Complete; SocINDEX with Full Text; and APA PsycInfo,
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to change the databases being searched.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
- Science Direct This link opens in a new windowAccess to full text of over 2,500 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the areas of: Biochemistry; Business and Management; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Psychology; and Social Science. Includes recently-accepted articles in press.
- Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. (See further details.)
- All the content in Science Direct is scholarly/peer reviewed
Background information on the Celebrity
- Explore news coverage of the celebrity through the resources on the Newspaper guide.
Books
Selected Resources
- The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory by Robert S. Fortner and P. Mark Fackler (2014)