Task: Makes links between lectures, readings, individual assignments, and activities; reflects on contribution to individual learning.

• A summary of unit content, themes and connections will be provided in our tutorials.
• You can think of the reflection as an answer to the question: “What – and how – did you learn in Media Challenges this semester?” It’s a good idea to choose one or two weeks/topics to revise in detail, so that you can give specific examples of things you learned or how you participated in the unit.
• Your own experiences of, and contributions to, Media Challenges; unit concepts; examples that illustrate unit concepts; and references. Your own intellectual positioning within the theme(s) you are writing about.
• Write in the first person
• Presentation requirements: Uses a reflexive, academic writing-style, with APA referencing style.

Criteria for marking:

• Make good links between lecture topics, readings, tutorials, online sessions, and knowledge gained in our Unit
• Reflect on contribution to participation and assignment/project outcomes
• Use of language is good with appropriate use of vocabulary and concise and clear expression of ideas
• Well-structured reflection with evidence of proofreading and attention to detail
• Correct use of APA referencing style.

Lecture topics to talk about: Cultural diversity, gender and media policy; social media platforms and content moderation

Readings:

Cultural diversity, gender and media policy:

Representing Gender. (n.d.). In Alison Harvey, Feminist Media Studies (2020th ed., pp. 58–83). Polity Press.

Social media platforms and content moderation:

Nagel (Ed.). (2020). Social Media Platforms as the Shapers of Sex. In Tiidenberg, Sex and social media  (First edition., pp. 51–78). Emerald Publishing. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/monash/reader.action?docID=6238637&ppg=66

Please include the readings in the reference list