AP Language and Composition Summer Reading
In preparation for next year, please read the following:
Assigned texts:
Primary Text: “The Medium is the Message” by Marshall McLuhan
“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato
Television, Disordered Eating, and Young Women in Fiji: Negotiating Body Image and Identity During Rapid Social Change by Anne Becker
“We are a Camera” by Nick Paumgarten
“Should We Be Forced to See Exactly What an AR-15 Does to a 10-Year-Old? by Susie Linfield
“It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.” by Kim Phuc Phan Thi *please also look up the iconic photo referred to in this piece
For the above texts, please write a 1000 word evaluation of a form of media and its power to both amplify a message and be its own message. In this response, show your understanding of McLuhan’s theory plus two other texts above and include examples from your chosen medium.
Please have this ready to turn in for the first day of class.