Assignment Instructions/ Description
part 1
the year is 1923. you are a roving reporter from
another planet you are from venus. you have made your first visit to planet
earth and are exposed, through the media in existence at that time, to the
various ethnic/cultural groups inhabiting the planet.
your assignment is to write a report about the
people you were exposed to through the media and through observation. you are
to make no contact with the earthlings. this report is to be taken back to your
home planet and used to educate the people about the inhabitant of the planet.
remember, you are strictly advised to only report on the characteristics that
you were exposed to through the media and through oberserbvation of their
interactions. you are not allowed to speak to any inhabitant. you are asked to
form an opinion of the group based only on your media exposure.
no personal contact is allowed! only what you
see and hear in the media and through observation. media may include film,
radio and print.
part 2
the year is now 1965. you are now on your second
visit to earth and your assignment remains the same. you are allowed no
personal contact, only distant observation and through available media. how has
the representation and social behavior of the group that you wrote about in
1923 changed? do you now have a different perspective of earthings? what can
you now say about these people in the year 1965?
part 3
the year is 2018; your third visit to planet
earth. your assignment remains the same as your two earlier visits.
• examples of the cultural groups could be:
blacks, asiand, latins, islamic, women, gays/lesbians, native americans, and so
on.
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