Category: Communications&Media

How is this subculture empowering for individuals involved – or why would someone get involved with this subculture?What communication practices (including style, music, etc.) drive this subculture?

Ensure that all of the following questions are answered and also provide a summary

How is this subculture empowering for individuals involved – or why would someone get involved with this subculture?

What are 5 key characteristics of this subculture? (What are they all about? Find good pictures.)

What communication practices (including style, music, etc.) drive this subculture?

How do these communication practices shape meaning for the individuals in the subculture?

In what ways is this subculture a reaction against or a deviation from the larger culture?

How were ethos, pathos, and logos used (or present) during the speech? Which speaker was the stronger speaker in their ability to use the five canons of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals? Why do you believe so?

Compare & Contrast

You are to view two different speakers giving a speech on the same topic. You will examine the speaker’s use of the five canons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.

How effective is the speaker in keeping in mind the topic, audience, and occasion. Pay attention to the speaker’s use of language; how effective are they at using their language? From what you can observe, are they catering to a specific audience? If so, who?

How were ethos, pathos, and logos used (or present) during the speech? Which speaker was the stronger speaker in their ability to use the five canons of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals? Why do you believe so? What could the speakers have done differently (feel free to critique), which cannons or three appeals could have been more present or used more strongly?

This paper will be 3-5 pages double-spaced using 12 point and Times New Roman font.

The two speeches are by

Malala Yousafzai – The right to learning should be given to any child

&
Emma Watson at the HeForShe Campaign 2014

Evaluate 2 different computer systems – check your local newspaper advertisements or online computer shopping sites for these systems.

Macbook pro vs surface pro

Compare 2 computer systems that you might like to purchase:

ü Evaluate 2 different computer systems – check your local newspaper advertisements or online computer shopping sites for these systems. For example: an HP compared to a Dell or Gateway system or compare laptop computers to desktop prices and features or compare Macs vs. PC computers

ü Compare the CPU, Memory, Hard Drive, DVD drives and software included in the system, plus, any additional peripherals (such as speakers, free printer or scanner), warranties, etc.

ü Put these two systems into a table (instructions will be given in class and is also part of our application assignments)

ü Add a header that includes your name and the date; and a footer that has the page number

ü Add at least two footnotes which include the sources of your information using the Footnote command in Word

ü Tell me which system you like the best and why. For example: price is better, reliability, speed, special features, technical support, guarantee, etc.

ü The paper needs to be 2 pages in length and needs to be created using a word-processing system.

How are algorithmic gatekeepers affecting the news you receive?What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

Digital Disconnect

Watch Digital Disconnect (https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/2730809/5601026) on Kanopy and provide at least FIVE takeaways. To get to the video: Library Resources> Databases A-Z> K> Kanopy>Digital Disconnect. The abridged version (~37 minutes) is fine, the longer version is better.

Provide substantive responses that demonstrate you have viewed the documentary, such as:

What is the impact of targeted advertising on newspapers and traditional media?

What is your take on the PRISM program?

How are algorithmic gatekeepers affecting the news you receive?

What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

What is the impact of targeted advertising on newspapers and traditional media?What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

Digital Disconnect video

Watch Digital Disconnect (https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/2730809/5601026) on Kanopy and provide at least FIVE takeaways.

Provide substantive responses that demonstrate you have viewed the documentary, such as:

What is the impact of targeted advertising on newspapers and traditional media?

What is your take on the PRISM program?

How are algorithmic gatekeepers affecting the news you receive?

What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

Discuss how reality TV might be considered harmful, referring to the reading from week 5 (attached) and also drawing on your broader understanding of issues and readings within the topic.

Television studies
Write 800 words answering the following question.

Discuss how reality TV might be considered harmful, referring to the reading from week 5 (attached) and also drawing on your broader understanding of issues and readings within the topic. No independent research is required, however additional readings from the topic may be referenced.

What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex?What examples do you see in your daily life of people challenging the historic list?

Gender Performance

After studying the assigned reading Sociology: The Social Construction of Gender and considering the concept of “gender as socially constructed,” answer the following questions and prompts.

A) How does media create meanings about gender?

B) Provide examples of how this is manifested in our everyday lives.

C) Provide a link to a commercial/ad that stereotypes gender. Even though it is natural to find humor in some of these portrayals, in what ways is this problematic.

Also, consider that sex is a system of classification based on biology and physiology, while gender reflects the cultural meaning that is ascribed to a person’s sex, thus resulting in labels of “masculinity and femininity.” Furthermore, our biology is not distinctively male or female and a significant number of people are born “intersex” with variations in chromosomes or sexual organs. Most biological researchers agree on the estimation that intersex people are about as common as encountering someone with green eyes.

It is important to understand that masculinity and femininity are not oppositional, although it seems to be portrayed so in media. In Western society (such as in the U.S. and Western Europe) we typically adhere to certain ideas and values that define masculinity and femininity as we perform the roles. What if the list was different? All of us, in honesty, could reveal that we interchange among the qualities. Take a look at the list and answer the following questions:

Masculinity

strength
dominance
aggression
independence
empowerment
active
rational thought
production
breadwinner
subject
outdoors
technology

Femininity

weakness
submission
compliance/vulnerability
dependence
disempowerment
passive
emotion
consumption
nurturer
object
indoors
nature

Provide answers to the following questions or prompts in your assignment submission.

D) How is the list being currently challenged?

E) What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex?

F) What examples do you see in your daily life of people challenging the historic list?

G) What about examples in media of characters or people challenging the list?

H) Finally, do you agree or disagree that gender is socially constructed? Provide evidence that backs your opinion.