For this assignment you are being asked to keep a journal of your the media you

For this assignment you are being asked to keep a journal of your the media you consume in the course of your everyday life. The journal include all the media you consume (new media, TV, streaming, film…) not just media related to the course.
You would still analyze how labour and class issues are treated in the media but it will be of media that you normally use, view, or read. Of course, this is not enough pages to do a meta-analysis of how the media frames labour. You will need to chose certain examples to examine.
Whatever examples you choose from your journal ask yourself how are class and labour issues addressed. Perhaps they are absent, what effect does this have on how class is perceived. Do you see evidence of Martin’s frames, or the filters of Chomsky and Herman’s propaganda model at work? Do you see patterns in your own media consumption? How do you think this may affect how you view labour and class issues? These are just some questions you could use to begin your analysis.
Details:
Journal:
Keep a well documented journal of the media you consume for one week.
Clearly recorded dates, times, type of content, and a short synopsis. Your journal should have a short blurb (a few sentences to a paragraph) about each entry.
The format is up to you but the criteria is to be comprehensive. Creativity is also encouraged. It can in paper or electronic format.
Analysis (reflective paper):
As noted your journal should have at least a few sentences about each entry. However, there is a separate paper (of approximately 5 pages) that provides an overall analysis of your media consumption. This can be an analysis of trends that you noticed in your media consumption or an analysis of a select number of your entries. Choice of media to highlight and analyze should relevant to course, by that I mean about depiction (or lack of depiction) of class or labour issues and ideas.
Evidence should adequately support your analysis, without undue repetition. Your analysis of your journal should move beyond simply reviewing or describing the media to meaningfully engage important thematic and interpretive issues around labour and class issues.