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video, TV,movies, newspaper, audio (podcast), YouTube, posters,internet,books, and magazines b To inform people of whats going on around them. It is also to pres wade and influence.
 * __Step one __**
 * 1) **Create a list of all the types of media you and your partner can think of. If you are on your own, you may need to check out other 8th graders work as the week progresses.**
 * 2. Identify the purposes of all media messages – for example to entertain, to inform etc.**

Political- Government can censor things so that it makes them look good. They stretch the truth to make it look more interesting, so that they get bought. Social - Censor what they say to make them sound better and to make people look good. Not to ruin their reputations. Economic- Make a product look good so that you want to buy it. Bribing the media to make them do what you want.
 * 3. How is the media influenced by social, political and economic factors? What other influences do you think media is affected or influenced by?**

So when you don’t tell the whole truth, to make them look like their decision was right. Example like in the you tube video when the united states didn’t tell the whole truth, they didn’t say how many civilians died. They made it seem better than it actually was. __Step two __ For the Iraqis it made America seem bad, for the Americans it made it seem like we were helping when we might have, but the Iraqis weren't a big part of the situation.
 * 4. What do you think are the effects on those groups of people who are not represented by these media stories and those who portray them?**
 * 1) **How are both sides of the war (i.e. Iraqis and the Americans) portrayed in these images and video?**

Government- federal government, and parliament democracy Religion- Muslim and Islam Major cities- Baghdad, Mosul, Basra Social structures- ethnic groups are the poor, and the rich and government
 * 2. Your group will now undertake research on the Internet to gain a brief overview of the Iraqi culture. Consider information such as major cities, religion, government, social structures.**

One makes America look good the other one makes us look bad, but it is the same picture one is an Iraq flag, and the other is an American flag, same idea, both putting a flag on a statue One makes it look like there is a huge group, while the other is the truth of just a couple people they have different perspective One is close up so you can tell they are journalists, while the other is far away so you cant tell.
 * 3. Using the** **Presentation (Resource 1),** **compare the images portraying the same event. Point out the similarities and differences between them.**

For the Iraqis it makes us look like liars, and bad in a way, even though we were helping. For the Americans we zoomed in and showed different angles to make it look like it was there idea and we were just helping, when in reality it was our idea and they were just agreeing to this**.**
 * 4. What choices were made in depicting this event in a certain way (i.e. through photographs, video, or written articles)?**

Now it makes me feel bad for the Iraqis, and it looks like our government are liars and can no be trusted. I feel ashamed to be a part of this even though all I did was live in America.
 * 5. How did this information affect your understanding of the event?**

So the media zoomed out enough so you couldn’t tell it was mainly journalists, but then they zoomed in so it looked like a large crowd. They showed them the people jumping on the statue and taking it down but they didn’t show the army gathering the people. It makes America look like good guys and that it was Iraq’s idea and we were just helping, when it was actually our idea and they were just going alone with it.
 * 6. What choices were made by the media in how they captured this event? What elements did they choose to omit or select to show? What do you think the intentions were by portraying the event this way?**

To make it look like it was their idea. To make it look like they wanted our help.
 * 7. Why do you think the newspaper images were doctored?**

It made us want to help more.to make us look good.
 * 8. What purpose did it serve?**

America because we look like good guys, they do nothing for Iraq, just make Americans look like liars.
 * 9. Who gains from altering these images?**

Yes, because it made us want to send more soldiers over to help, we might have an enemies with Iraq now.
 * 10. Do you think an altered image can change history, and if so, how?**


 * __Step 3 __**** (slide three) **


 * 1. Consider how the Newspaper Editors have chosen to portray the war in Iraq. Consider elements such as**


 * a) Image size- the image is really big on the american paper, it makes t look like they are avoiding the actual problem. The other paper has a small picture but a lot of words so it probably has more information.**


 * b) Use of color and font size- the font is really big on the American paper too it takes up the whole page, it also has nothing to do with the war I think, but you cant really tell because it doesn’t make sense. The other is small and it makes sense.**


 * c) Dedication of space to a particular article – consider the size of the article. Does this give it more prominence?**
 * The American one is all about the picture, while the other takes more space to cover the story.**


 * 2. Who is the audience of the newspaper?**
 * The citizens of the country.**


 * 3. Consider the ‘other’ side of the story. Who is not being represented in these newspapers? What ramifications does this have for ‘their’ side of the story?**
 * The American one is mainly going to make the Americans look better, Iraq is being represented but not with their own opinions. It makes them seem un-smart and unable to fend for themselves.**
 * The other newspaper makes it seem like americans are bad, even though they might be able to help. The americans are not being represented in the other beacause they are just trying to help.**


 * __ Step 5 __**

__Analytical Writing Task__

The last task for this Webquest is an individual analytical writing task. **Each student is to write their own essay answering the following question:**

"//Truth is always the first casualty of history//"

Assess how the media assists in shaping and influencing the way events are portrayed and recorded. Consider how a government or country's actions can be supported and 'legitimised' through the media. What impact do these perspectives have on historical accounts and sources for a particular event? Use the knowledge and sources you have analysed in the Webquest to support your answer. Post your essay on your webquest wiki page, and please provide images that you feel represent your experience with this webquest (Introduction, 1 body paragraphs - 11 sentences, conclusion). The media is a big part of shapping the way we see the history. The media can affect the way we look at our government. In anaimal farm they sent snowball out to convinc ethe other animals that what the pigs were doing was right. The same thing is happeniong today. Even though they were just trying to help the Iraqis, the media affects the way we see our history because it makes us believe that what they are doing is good and we believed that it was the Iraqis idea to take down the statue.

The medias “believe”, they make us believe, that what we are doing is right, they make us believe that it was the Iraqis idea to tear down the statue, they make us believe that they tell the whole truth. When the Iraqis tore down the statue the media only showed the group of people ,with the help of the united states they tore it down. They showed the “big” group of people gathering to help. They showed us the happy people jumping on the statue. In reality the media lied they did not tell the whole truth. The group was actually gathered by the army, it was mainly made up of journalists. The media zoomed in enough to make it look like a big crowd, but zoomed out enough so you could tell it was journalists. It makes us believe we our doing the right thing. It makes us think that Iraq is not able to fend for them selves. The media lies to us to get us to believe them. In Animal Farm snowball convinced the animals that it was okay for the pigs to sleep in their beds, and to drink beer. They believed that it was the right thing to do.

Starting this war might have been a good idea, but going to Iraq and making it bigger than it needed to be was not. It makes me ashamed to live in america with all of the lies and bad things that they do and don’t tell us. My dad has been deplouyed two times in my life both for almst a whole year. My dad has missed almost two whole years of my life and is about to get deployed agaion next year. It makes me sad and angry that they are sending him out again to fight in a war made up of lies and beleifs.

OR Find and describe 3 examples from Post WWII US History that demonstrate the concept of different perspectives. How did the United States sway public opinion with the use of media in those examples? Make sure and show other perspectives of the events you choose. For example, you could discuss how the United States portrayed the Cuban Missile crisis and then take a look at it from either the USSR's or Cuba's perspective. Use a wiki table, prezi, or PPT to compare and contrast those differing perspectives for each event you choose.
 * __Finally__**......Submit your Working Document and Analytical Writing Task to your teacher by end of class Thursday, January 19th.