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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.

Discuss specific artists, if you choose that method as your approach. Remember to cite sources to support your work with credible sources.

360 Degrees of Music

After reading the Digital Turn case study 360 Degrees of Music, view the short supplemental videos and prepare a 1-2 page opinion piece on this business practice and its impact on artists. In your opinion piece, make at least one reference to each of the videos to support your work.

Discuss specific artists, if you choose that method as your approach. Remember to cite sources to support your work with credible sources.

Explain what “initiating” is and then provide specific examples from the film that demonstrate how this part of the theory works.

Film Analysis Paper

Explain what “initiating” is and then provide specific examples from the film that demonstrate how this part of the theory works.
Analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class.

Discuss what are commonalities of movements and people who are represented throughout the decades? Are these songs anthems for each decade or do the stand the test of time with other generations? Are there common threads that connect some decades with others?

Music and Influence

Discuss what are commonalities of movements and people who are represented throughout the decades? Are these songs anthems for each decade or do the stand the test of time with other generations? Are there common threads that connect some decades with others?

Identify events in each decade

Explain how events are connected to what the song represents
show how lyrics are used in the messaging (if full lyrics are used in the paper, they must be attached as an appendix and do not count in the 3-4 total pages)

What ways can you see this as being a positive force in an individual’s life – and in what ways can it be problematical?

Choose one of the following to answer as thoroughly as possibly, using evidence from our readings to support your own critical thinking:

In our chapter “What Is Culture?,” a couple of the hallmarks are that culture “provides its group with a notion of identity” and that it “gives us a sense of pride.” Feel free to engage one of these ideas or both as you answer the following: In what ways can you see this as being a positive force in an individual’s life – and in what ways can it be problematical?

In our reading “From Culture to Hegemony,” we are introduced to the complex notion of hegemony, which is a power relationship in a culture where certain groups have dominance over others. In what ways can a culture support hegemony?

In our reading “From Culture to Hegemony,” we are introduced to the complex notion of hegemony, which is a power relationship in a culture where certain groups have dominance over others. In what ways can a culture support hegemony? Think of examples from your own awareness and experience.

Identify the challenges and milestones related to its development and how the selected media became part of contemporary American society.

Summative Assessment 2: Contemporary Media Forms

Research your selected media, and consider the following:

Evaluate how the media developed over time, and explain its evolution in the United States.
Identify the challenges and milestones related to its development and how the selected media became part of contemporary American society.

Create a horizontal or vertical timeline using a timeline template in Microsoft® Word, Canva®, or a program of your choice.

Why will people say things to people online that they would never say face to face?Do different kinds of management approaches affect the way my co-workers and perform our job duties?

Examples might be drawn from personal experience

My partner and have such different reactions to texting during dinner, what’s up with that?

Why will people say things to people online that they would never say face to face?
Some of my classmates are willing to share all kinds of personal information in class but that makes me uncomfortable.
Other example might relate to professional concerns
Am better off joining a work group that is high performing already, or joining a work group that has problems that might be able to fix?

Do different kinds of management approaches affect the way my co-workers and perform our job duties?

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Identify at least 2 important examples of each media type in your response. For example, if you selected TV and movies, you could identify specific TV shows or movies in your response.

Summative Assessment 1: American Mass Media and Culture

Assignment Content

American mass media and culture are deeply intertwined, and it is hard to imagine an aspect of American culture that is not influenced by mass media. Spirituality, politics, and even our language are influenced by media. In this assignment, you will investigate how 2 different types of media have impacted American culture.

Choose 2 types of media from the following list:

Newspapers
Magazines
TV
Movies
Radio
Internet

Write a 600- to 900-word paper that examines the impact that the 2 types of media you selected have had on American culture since 1970.

Include the following in your paper:

Describe how the 2 types of media have influenced American culture since 1970.
Identify at least 2 important examples of each media type in your response. For example, if you selected TV and movies, you could identify specific TV shows or movies in your response.

Cite sources to support your paper.