
This guide was made to help students in the Media Literacy course through the process of creating their podcast assignment.
The goals for this podcast are:
- To highlight a woman or non-binary person in media in a way that hasn’t been previously done
- To use the potential reach of a podcast to shed light on how media have historically stereotyped women and nonbinary people
- To figure out who the audience of your podcast would be and how best to reach them with the product you produce
- To use the power of sound to entertain and to inform
The purposes of this assignment are:
- To identify “found” audio materials and use them thoughtfully and creatively
- To learn how audio editing can alter the meanings of media messages
- To work collaboratively in a group
The tasks for this assignment are:
- To identify relevant materials for your podcast
- To develop a production schedule
- To create your podcast
- To write a reflection paper on the experience
Suggested timetable for podcast
March 3: Assignment given
Week of 3/6: initial meeting with group
Week of 3/13: collect all audio materials, conduct any interviews, put on group Box; meet with group to storyboard materials
March 17: spend half of class time in Digital Design Studio editing
Week of 3/27: rough cut of podcast
Between 3/27-3/30: meet with group to make final edits
March 31: podcast due; podcast reflection due on Canvas
April 7: podcast listening in class