AshtonWQ

In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from Dr. Grace's wiki onto this page. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.)

=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion. Note that you don't need the Standards part, though you can include it if you want.)//
 * Goal: T**o convince the CBS News you are the best candidate for the news segment.
 * Role:** You will assume the role of Journalists.
 * Audience:** The audience is CBS News officials.
 * Situation:** The CBS News is looking for a team to cover a news segment on media.
 * Product/Presentation:** You will create a 3-5 minute iMovie presentation mimicking a news report.



=Understanding(s)= //(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace. What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest).)// //Understandings// Media has a purpose in its presentation Media is always selling something Goal: Speaking and listening skills

=Introduction= It has been a tough year, but you did it! You just graduated college with your best friend. You know all there is not know about Journalism and reporting information, but where are you going to find a decent job with this kind of knowledge? The media has been reporting that jobs are scarce in this economy, and you are worried that you aren't going to get a position anywhere with your degree. You have been studying the way media feeds on the populations' interests, tailors their coverage, and works everyone up. So, you look anyway. You scour the internet and the adds looking for jobs that somehow relate to your passion and wisdom of Journalism. Your friend is looking too, you feel a little angst that you might have to compete with your friend for a job. But, you find something that might work out for both of you.

=Task= CBS News is looking for fresh faces to cover a new segment they are introducing on the Evening news. The segment is going to directly focus on major media hype and how people are responding to it. Having just received your degree in Journalism, you and your friend decide to apply for the position. As part of the application, you and your partner are assigned a piece of media that has received some hype on the streets. You have to research what people think of this piece assigned to you and why they think the way they do. If you are hired for the position, you will be given a brief segment on the news and this assignment will be your first broadcast.

=Conclusion= //That's it. You have submitted your application video and are now awaiting the news, pun intended. You have done your best to report on what you were assigned and can only hold your breath while you and your friend anxiously wait. You worry that you forgot to mention something about the t////argeted// //audience, the propaganda used, or the overall purpose and meaning of the media, but you followed your guidelines to a T and subconsciously know that everything is going to be okay. You want to share with the world how media manipulates the viewers in various ways, and this job is the perfect way to do so. Even if the job is given off to someone else, why should you give up? Keep your head strong and know that the media is not in control of you, that you understand how and what they do to get the message across.//