Media Analysis Project - Thesis and Outline

EXAMPLE

MAP PROJECT

OUTLINE & THESIS STATEMENT:

Use this as a helpful document. Follow the information on this outline to help you develop your own MAP project.

• Your outline should provide a great deal more information than this example. This is only to get you started.

• Include a rough idea of at least 2 of the 4 academic sources you will be using for full points. Come to the ADOBE Week 4 and 5 sessions for more assistance in this area.

• Use the video tutorial for your media type choice (ex: television, film, website, etc) to get ideas of what to look for. The etextbook only gives background/comprehensive information, but will NOT walk you through how to conduct your analysis. (Upper Left corner box of main course pg)

GRADING RUBRIC – how to get points (see full detailed grading rubric attached to Week 4 announcement and the outline template below)

Outline & Thesis Template 

1. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

   1. Identify your media choice.

   2. Why you have chosen this type of media?

   3. What will you prove about the VISUAL ELEMENTS & CUES used in this media choice?

***Last sentence of the introductory paragraph is the thesis statement:

1. 1. DO NOT USE THIS THESIS, BUT DEVELOP YOUR OWN IN THE SAME MANNER:

      1. THESIS statement example: “Using the six perspectives, this paper will identify how the media producers of The Big Bang Theory purposely use visual cues to emotionally engage the viewers to be accepting of technologically-intellectual social culture.” Ask yourself….what will this paper show readers about how the visual elements are used to send a message to the viewers?

1. BODY / PARAGRAPHS ( Begin each paragraph with a main point, provide SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from your media that demonstrate that point, and conclude with a sentence regarding how this supports your main thesis statement.)

   1. PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that attracted you to this piece of media? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

   2. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that demonstrate this perspective? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

   3. TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that demonstrate this perspective? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

   4. ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that demonstrate this perspective? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

   5. CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that demonstrate this perspective? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

   6. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

      1. What are the main visual elements that demonstrate this perspective? (Use the suggestions from the MAP video tutorial on the main course page for additional help).

      2. Give SPECIFIC VISUAL EXAMPLES from the media to support your points: see box of what a “specific visual example” is at the end of this outline template.

      3. Option: provide support from academic sources to prove your point. (Try for at least one quote per perspective from a scholarly source).

      4. Be sure to point out how this paragraph/point proves your main thesis statement.

1. CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH

   1. Restate your thesis statement.

   2. Review the main proving points (not details, but an overall summary oh what you learned).

   3. Provide a closing argument for your readers regarding what you have proven about the VISUAL messages sent to viewers in this media choice.

Grading Rubric