Media Literacy Final Paper
Brittlyn Flink
Ottawa University, Surprise Arizona
Media Literacy, COM 27501
Professor Chayes
December 14th, 2024
YOUR SUBMISSION WILL CONSIST OF:
A. 3 FULL TITLES AND 3 FULL TAGLINES FOR EACH CONCEPT YOU CHOOSE.
B. CHOOSE 3 OF THE FOLLOWING 12 CONCEPTS THAT MEAN THE MOST TO YOU. WE
HAVE DISCUSSED ALL OF THESE MANY TIMES. DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE TO YOU
PERSONALLY, IN THE BROADER PICTURE, HOW YOU'VE GROWN IN THIS CLASS TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPORTANCE AND IMPLEMENT THEM? HOW WILL YOU USE THEM
GOING FORWARD?
6. DEEP DIVE INTO 'THE MICE AND THE ELEPHANT STORY' POV (POINT OF VIEW),
REALITY, TRUTH, WHO'S TRUTH, POV
11. THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW (QUESTIONS, THE LISTENING, THE INTERVIEWEE,
NOTETAKING, VIBE OF ROOM, RESEARCH)
12. MYTH BUSTING-WHAT IS IT, WHY DO IT, IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS. INCLUDE 23 EXAMPLES.
I suggest that you refer to your 'book' to consider everything we've participated in during our time
together. The interviews; live and Zoom, the class discussions, the small group chats, the debates,
concepts, examples, stories, diagrams. Consider my notes in your submissions. Pull up every bit of
wisdom that I've shared with you and include in your piece.
C. YOUR FINAL 2 FULL PARAGRAPHS
What was the most important aspect (or aspects) you learned in this class. What surprised you? What
was MYTH BUSTING, what did you learn about yourself? How MEDIA LITERATE have you become?
What do you plan to implement going forward from this class?
IN SUMMARY:
1. Three great TITLES AND TAGLINES FOR EACH CONCEPT 3 X 3 (9 TITLES and 9
TAGLINES) Put them with each concept.
2. Choose three concepts from the 12 above to go deep with. 3 full paragraphs (9 full paragraphs in all)
NOTE: ALL OF THESE should address how they relate to MEDIA LITERACY in general and your
personal experiences and beliefs.
3. WRAP UP: Two full paragraphs illustrating what you received from this class. Include TITLE
AND TAGLINE here too.
GOOD LUCK! MAKE YOURSELF PROUD! THIS IS ALL FOR YOU GUYS! NO 15 LB WEIGHTS!
Mice and the Elephant Story
When I first heard the mouse and the elephant story it made me realize that
people can be in the same situation but have different points of views. This is because
everyone has their own perspective of what they see. It made me think about the saying
“Theres three different sides of a story. One person's side, The other persons side, and
the truth.” When I got to thinking all three things could be true it just depends on what
each person experienced.
An example of the mice and the elephant is when I was in high school in band
and some people thought our band director was strict, others thought he wasn't strict
enough and other people thought he was perfectly fine. We all had the same experience
with him (He is the elephant) but we all had different perspectives of him (The students
are the mice).
The Art of the Interview
I only did one interview that I could think of before this class, and I was given questions
to ask. So, when I was in class and heard that we were going to be interviewing people I
was a little excited. I learned a lot on what questions not to ask people, what questions
you can ask but they probably don't want to hear, and how to come up with questions to
ask. I learned not to ask negative questions because it could make the vibe of the room
off the rest of the time. We talked a lot about not asking the basic questions because
they probably hear those questions all the time. When figuring out what questions to ask
you can look up the person and see what things interest you.
What a student in the Media Literacy class at Ottawa University Arizona thought
I liked the class at the beginning but as the class went on longer, I thought it was
getting worse. I am a very structured person and would like to know what we were
doing. So, when I go to class and don't know what we're going to be doing or what we're
going to be talking about. I also wish you would have told us what the oral final was so
we could better prepare. I know you said to know the 33 topics but that's a lot to go back
over in a couple days to get ready for a final.
Overall, I think it was cool to talk about some of the topics we talked about, and I
learned a lot more than I thought I was going to. For example, it was nice to learn what
actually happened with the Stanford prison experiment, I liked learning about how to
interview people effectively and learn what the difference is between Confirmational
Bias and Conformational Bias.
Why my assignment isn't finished
Hello, I'm sorry this final isn't done to my fullest extent. I had family things going on and
then I had to pack because I'm leaving for the airport in the next 30 minutes. I don't
have any more time to work on it. I understand that I won't get full credit, but I figured
something is better than nothing. I hope you have an amazing winter break.