It is recommended that your Final Essay follows closely to the following outline:
Introduction (300-400 words)
Introduce your media text, technology, service or tool, (we referred to this in our tutorial discussion as our object of study), and give the reader the necessary background information they will need to conceptualize this media object throughout your paper. Introduce your thesis (given to you in the instructions), or the argument you plan on executing throughout your analysis and shape this overall argument, which will be proven throughout your analysis. If you wish, you can define Myth and Instrumentarian Power in this section by quoting Zuboff and Mosco. By the end of this section, your object of study, as well as the objectives of your analysis/thesis should be abundantly clear to the reader.
*A note on sources: if you are bringing in outside sources to introduce your object of study, do so in this section. After your Introduction, your outside sources are no longer important or necessary to completing the remainder of the Essay.
Theoretical/Course Foundation (400-500 words)
Introduce your four course concepts, which you will use to analyze your object of study in the next section. If you have not already established definitions of Myth and Instrumentarian Power, do so here. Where and how did these concepts arise throughout the course? Who or what were the key figures in making these topics prominent or noticeable? What foundational theoretical concepts does your reader need to know about your chosen course themes as they move forward to your analysis? All relevant course material(s) needed to complete your analysis should be outlined in this section. Establish your outlined theory and/or theorist(s), authors, course readings, lecture material, etc. These are the foundational tools you will need to complete the analysis section of your essay. Build-up your key theoretical or course-related tool(s), which you will make reference to when linking course concepts to your object in your analysis. After this section, there should not be any new ideas/information pertaining to your course theory that your reader is not already familiar with.
*As outlined in yesterday’s discussion, essays that do not bring in material from Zuboff or Mosco for support will likely receive an inferior grade. At minimum, your paper should aim to incorporate at least six course readings, comprised of Zuboff, Mosco, and your four readings to support your course concepts.
Analysis (500-600 words)
Use your chosen theory or course concept(s) established and summarized in the section above to analyze your chosen media object of study. Show your reader why the course foundation(s) you established is necessary to proving your thesis to be correct. Draw explicit linkages between your course foundation and your analysis of your media object of study. Do NOT bring in any new information or concepts that have not already been established in your Introduction or Course Foundation sections. Prove to your reader why the argument you established in your Introduction is correct. The reader should be clear of what your conclusions are, and how your media object of study and chosen course foundation(s) established these conclusions.
Conclusion (100-200 words)
Reiterate your proposed argument or objective, and how the body of work throughout allowed you to arrive at this conclusion. Briefly recap why and/or how your chosen course foundation(s) was important in confirming your conclusion about your media object. There should not be any new information or arguments detailed to your reader in this section.It is recommended that your Final Essay follows closely to the following outline: