Instructions:
Directly answer one (1) of the following questions using an essay format and clearly indicate which question you are answering.
Answers should be no more than 1500 words in length.
Double space your answer and do not use a cover page.
A bibliography is not necessary (you will be assessed on course materials only).
Citations are required. Lectures should not be cited. Any academic citation style is acceptable.
Choose one question to write：
1. “How other animals and the natural world are represented in mass media tells us more about ourselves than it does about nature.” Carefully explain this statement by directly referencing Jonathan Burt’s assessment of how non-human animals are represented in film and Christine Oravec’s analysis of the Hetch Hetchy controversy.
2.By directly referencing the work of both Christine Oravec and Steve Baker, carefully explain why the framing of news stories is important for activists concerned about animals and the natural world. In your response, also explain the insights that such activists might garner as a result of reading Berger and Luckman’s analysis of institutions.
3.Which book is likely to provide animal rights activists with more helpful insights, Steve Baker’s Picturing the Beast or Donaldson and Kymlicka’s Zoopolis? Carefully explain your answer by directly referencing both.“How other animals and the natural world are represented in mass media tells us more about ourselves than it does about nature.” Carefully explain this statement by directly referencing Jonathan Burt’s assessment of how non-human animals are represented in film and Christine Oravec’s analysis of the Hetch Hetchy controversy.
Only use resources in files （assigned readings in png and the class leture powerpoint).
Please do not use any external sources and do not bring any theories that are not mentioned in the reading and lecture powerpoint to the essay (this means poor quality)
