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ASSESSMENT 1a

Due date:

Presented during week 5 and 6 of semester.

Slides submitted 24 hours prior to presentation session

The task:

*Create a 5-minute spoken presentation: “Critically analysing two different ways a particular animal species can be portrayed in the media”. Total mark: 25%.

*Provide peer review feedback for all presenters in your presentation session and reflect on the feedback you receive (hurdle requirement, not marked).

Purpose:

This assessment will help you develop critical evaluation of how animals are portrayed in the media and provide an opportunity to enhance your presentation and analytical skills.

The brief:

You need to collect 2 different articles around the same species presented differently in the media. The articles need to be current (<2 years old) and sourced from print or online news sources. Choose one of the following below:

1) Cats, companion or feral

2) Pigs, feral or free range

3) Dogs, therapeutic or dangerous

4) Cockatoos, wildlife or pets

5) Horses, brumbies vs equestrian

6) Chickens, commercial or backyard

7) Dogs, greyhound racing or pets

8) Ducks, hunted or wildlife

9) Whales, conservation or hunting

10) Elephant, wildlife or zoo animal

11) Mice, pest or research

12) Other (check with your tutor first to make sure this is a suitable subject)

What is a news article? A news article has a named author and a publishing date and is published on a news site (newspaper, magazine, special information site). Examples will be discussed during the first tutorial. Make sure you save copies of the articles before preparing your presentation, in case it disappears on-line!

You must then put together a 5 min presentation about these articles, in which you briefly describe the two articles and the positions expressed. Reflect on the moral value assigned to these species by the author of those articles. Compare both articles, the different roles the same species plays in our society and then finish with a conclusion that combines both perspectives.

Presentation: Your presentation should provide a critical analysis of the two articles and the two different ways the species are presented.

The presentation should also: provide a little background on your subject or species; summarise where you sourced your articles; the content of the articles (what is it about? what was the intention of the article?); how the articles present the species; what particular biases (if any?) were identifiable in the article; and a clear take home message or conclusion.

Oral presentations should be 5 minutes maximum in length and must refer to the articles and the source details. Your presentation is in the form. of an in-person presentation using PowerPoint (.pptx) to support your spoken presentation, with a maximum of 5 content slides (excluding the title and reference slide). Please refer to the instruction video on how to design your slides.

Session timing: Presentations will take place during week 5 and 6 of semester. You will need to sign up to and attend a 1 hour session during which you will present your work and provide peer review to all the other students in your session.

Details of session timing and sign-up process will be available in week 2 of semester

Peer review: You will provide peer feedback to all the other students in your presentation session, using Feedback Fruits. You will also receive peer reviews of your own presentation. You are asked to reflect on the feedback you received and the strengths and weaknesses of your presentation (300 words). See LMS for further detailed instructions, we will discuss this in class closer to the date.

How you will be marked:

Your oral presentation will be marked using the following three criteria:

· Content – What you say (50% of mark)

· Presentation – How you say it and slides (40% of mark)

· Organisation and completion of task – How it is structured (10% of mark)

These three criteria are explained in the marking rubrics (tables) that have been posted on LMS under the Assessment 1a tab. Please read through the marking rubric so that you understand what details will be used to mark your assessments, and what defines an outstanding piece of work.

Peer review and reflection on your own presentation is a hurdle requirement!

What to submit

Upload your PowerPoint slides on LMS under the Assignment 1a Tab, including a copy of both articles (PDF, Word document or image). Providing a link may not always work, as articles may be behind pay walls or may no longer be available. If you have problems saving an article, you can just copy and paste the article in a Word document.