COMM 1006: Communication and media

This assignment help will assist you with the following assessments for this course:

• Continuous assessment: short answer questions
• Essay
• Project

Remember to always read the Course Outline and course website for the assessment instructions. You will also find information in this guide on how to: 

• Plan Your Search - PDF (275.61 KB)
• Find Information

For Assessment 1 you will be assessed on your understanding of the first five weeks of course content. The assessment requires you to write three short answers that will be workshopped during tutorials and/or with peers online prior to submission.

Take a look at the following video on writing assignments at university.

• Writing your assignment

Check out this page for help understanding and breaking down your assignment questions. 

Building upon your previous assessment, your second assessment involves writing an essay. This short video goes through the process of planning and writing an essay.

You need to use credible academic sources to support your essay. These sources are also known as "scholarly", "peer reviewed" and "refereed".

The Library Collection is a good place to start your search for scholarly material. You can use it to find eBooks, journal articles, reports, videos and more.

• Use the Refine my results section to limit to peer-reviewed content (credible academic sources)
• Here is an example search to get you started:

"fast fashion" AND people AND environment

Check out this short video on Scholarly Sources (2 min 22 sec) for more information.

For this assessment, you will produce a media project in a format of your choosing to explain how memes can be used as a form of media activism. 

Some formats might include:

Below are some resources to assist you with your choice and creation:

Software for creating videos and presentations:

• Animation foundations: Storyboarding
• Kapwing is a free, simple to use content creation platform
• Make a video recording using Zoom
• How to film yourself speak
• PowerPoint School is the largest platform over the Internet for sharing and creating presentation slides and resources
• Prezi - Also works with Zoom and MS Teams

Resources for finding music:

• The 20 best royalty free music sites in 2022
• 7 Best places to get free music for your podcast
• Legal music for videos

Resources for creating your own blog or magazine design:

• How to choose the best blogging platform in 2022
• Magazine design start to finish: The cover

For your project, you will choose a meme collection that has three or more interrelated images to demonstrate how original ideas can be adapted to produce new and varied meanings in the context of media activism.  

Take a look at the following resources on memes and how they can influence society as well as users' behavioural activities on social media platforms:

• Know your meme: Internet pop culture is the new language of activism (Curtin University)
• Multimedia tools: What are memes? (University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College)
• ‘OK Boomer’: how a TikTok meme traces the rise of Gen Z political consciousness (The Conversation)
• Viral culture, memes in society and politics: An interview with Anastasia Denisova (Westminster Papers in Communications and Culture)
• What are memes? (University of South Florida Library Guide)
• What makes a meme go viral? (SciShow Psych, YouTube)
• What makes a meme work? (TED-Ed Student Talks)

You can search the library collection for further information on memes. Here is an example search to get you started:

• meme AND "media activism"

Once you've found some sources to use in your assignments, it's important to evaluate them for accuracy, credibility and relevance to your needs.

The following offer more information and tips on undertaking this key step:

• Study Help: Evaluating information - video (3 min 17 sec) 
• Evaluate (guide page)

Need advice on writing or presenting? Not sure how to organise your ideas? The Study help: online resources hub has tools to help you with your Assignments and succeed at university!

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