For this assignment, pick a media event to analyze based on the social construction of reality. The authors of the textbook are interested in the ways that media constructs, regulates, and maintains the social relations among people. The ways in which relations among individuals are constructed, and in which reality is constructed by socially integrated individuals, are never fixed, but instead are conditioned by the varying circumstances of history.
Using the ideas of structure and agency, analyze a media event to determine how media coverage did or did not construct, regulate, and maintain the social reality of the audience. Questions to keep in mind include:
In order to back up your claims, be sure to define and incorporate terms from the module lecture pages, as well as from the textbook readings and the sources you find. Support your claims with external evidence from at least three reputable sources.
Your paper must:
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