Midterm exam

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The following three questions will appear on your midterm exam. You will have the choice of responding to one or all three of the questions.

If you choose to respond to only one question, you must write a detailed essay with a beginning, middle and end.

If you choose to write on all three questions, you will have 15 minutes per question to write your responses.

In all cases, it will be up to you to define the scope of the questions, depending on whether you are writing on only one question or all three.



1. Do media in 2011 still depict unhealthy body images?
It will be up to you to define a body of content to analyze with regard to this question, as well as a method of analysis that will help you come to an answer.

2. Do media in 2011 facilitate healthy political discourse?
It will be up to you to define the scope of this question, as well as a method of analysis that will help you come to an answer.

3. Do media depict realistic images of Arabs?
In responding to this question, please compare depictions of Arabs by the US media with depictions of Arabs by an Arabic media organization such as Al Jazeera (www.english.aljazeera.net). As with the other questions, it will be up to you to define the scope of the question, as well as a method of analysis that will help you come to an answer.