In this activity, you will first describe how critical analysis skills have affected your framework of perception. Next, you will describe how examining your bias might change how you interact with popular culture. Finally, you will explain how critical analysis skills can impact your academic or professional life.
You are not required to address each item below the rubric criteria, but you may use them to better understand the criteria and guide your thinking.
1. Describe how critically analyzing popular culture has informed your individual framework of perception.
A. Consider how it has altered the way you perceive the community around you and/or the world.
2. Describe how examining your bias may alter the way you engage with popular culture personally or professionally.
A. Reflect on your own bias and then consider how an awareness of one’s bias can change how you interact with popular culture.
3. Explain how critically analyzing popular culture can influence Criminal Justice.
A. Consider how studying popular culture might inform your understanding of the next big topic of study in Criminal Justice
