Communication

In a 1-2 page journal entry, analyze the influence of social media on your own personal perspective. Requirements: -MLA format -500-600 words max -Submit as Word “docx” attachment (do not submit in the text box)

The episode 15 million merits can clearly be read as a Marxist critique of Western notions of the American Dream (if you work hard enough in America, you can succeed). More on Marxism https://youtu.be/fSQgCy_iIcc  explain the society portrayed in the 15 million merits. What is the purpose of the show? The cleaners? The audience (cheering and booing) (and more) also what is the meaning of the ending

This is a creative and hopefully fun assignment to apply what we’ve learned throughout the quarter to analysis of the music you know and love. Create a playlist with links to YouTube videos that fulfill each of the categories below, and write commentary on each track in the form of a paragraph (minimum 250 words each) analyzing the musical form, technologies, cultural significance, visualization, and/or why you think they fit the assignment. Where relevant, reference course readings and discussions in your analysis. Although the descriptions of each track will be brief, I expect a high level of analysis and insight in the writing on each track. The songs/videos you include cannot be ones you have already posted to course discussion boards. It is less important that you get the assignment “right” in terms of selecting songs that fit the categories and more important to develop the quality, precision, and depth of your written analysis interpretation of the tracks. It’s likely that there will be ambiguities about whether a song counts for a category or not, but your written analysis should make the case for how it fits or how it stretches the boundaries of the categories to expand our understanding of the category. If only a portion of a song fits a category, it can still count. But your analysis should focus on the parts of the song that are relevant to the category. You are welcome to include songs in languages other than English, as long as you give some kind of explanation of the lyrical content and musical context. Part of the assignment is for you to figure out how best to demonstrate each category and find songs that do so. None of the songs on your playlist should be tracks that we have listened to/viewed in class. You will be graded on the basis of the songs you write about, so if you want to make a longer mix, you do not need to write notes for the additional songs. Feel free to share more music that you like, if you want.

are we a short-circuited society due to multimedia communication? Include demonstrated critical thinking skills of others and your own (assessments, etc.)

A key objective of this course if for you to apply a theoretical lens to the world around you. For this paper, you will take something- a news story, book, TV show, movie, historical event, etc. and explain 1) how the example illustrates key aspects of one of the assigned readings and 2) how that reading helps us better understand/explain your chosen example. You should also feel encouraged to write about aspects of the reading that don’t seem to fit well with your example or how you feel the theory in the reading could be improved to fit your example. The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate that you understand the readings we’ve done in class enough that you can talk about them in-depth and apply them to something else. Thus, the majority of your grade will be based on the depth of your analysis of the readings. You are basically using a ‘fun’ topic to illustrate a theory or theoretical perspective. This should be at least somewhat familiar to you- we’ve been practicing making connections all semester. You will also be graded based on your use of theory, writing, and use of proper citations. I do not care whether you use ASA, APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian- just use a style and stick to it. Some basic information- ? You cannot use a topic that we have already used as a ‘making connections’ segment in class. If you are concerned about your topic, you may email me ahead of time for approval. ? Papers should be roughly 5 pages with regular margins and size 12 Times New Roman font ? Please use the format of the example paper by having an introduction that lets me know what topic and theorist/theory you’re using, a background section about your topic, and an analysis section where you apply the theory to your topic. The analysis section is the most important and should be your longest section.

The essay is about paranormal communications. The essay prompt provided is “Can the human mind send and receive information or feelings beyond normal forms of communication?” The essay has to be 1200-1300 words and written in Chicago Style. I

pick a children’s books, childrens TV show or movie and explain how they can teach some lessons about interpersonal, small group, and public communication. explain how their struggles tell us something about group dynamics. Notice the way they make decisions, what roles they take on, and other dynamics of small group communication. or about how groups work together to complete a task or reach goals.

You are a landlord and you have to write a letter informing tenants that the gym will be closed because of COVID. Give good reasons. You expect that your tenants will be angry because their high rent includes special services, like an in-house gym. Come up with an alternative/incentive/free to placate them.

drawing on the theoretical content seen in the lectures and engaging critically and reflexively with oneself, produce a 2,500-word essay that evidences a clear comprehension of the concepts seen in the module. The essay can be written in a non-traditional way and include literary writing styles such as poetry, spoken word, etc. The written work should at least explore two topics seen in class. For example precarity and cruel optimism, or postfeminism and nationalism.

Describe the media landscape of today, news, entertainment, information, and communications, etc. What is the media of today, how is it used, what are examples of it, how and where do we consume and engage in media? How does this media effect and inform the populace of the United States and our democracy and our capitalistic system? There has been a great deal of discussion of capitalism vs socialism lately, how is the tension between capitalism and socialism expressed in the media, and how did the history of the US bring us to the media we have today? Consider how a scholar who would look our modern US media through the lens of one of the following: Marxism, Postmodernism, Feminist Studies, or Ethnic Studies, as you answer the question, and describe in detail.