Communication

“received view” of technology limits our understandings of how we might intervene in historical technological developments. For your final essay, you will consider the role of technology and education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. You will need to use at least two recent news articles that discuss these issues.  (1) Explain what the received view suggests about technology’s abilities to address the problem of education during the pandemic. in this particular moment. How might many people see this development as evidence of progress, convenience, determinism, and control? (For example, “As we are quarantined, the received view suggests that online education is a form of progress that allows us to continue our everyday lives in the face of the pandemic, in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.) (2) Explain how James Curran helps illuminate a different view of this phenomenon. What role has the internet played in relationship to other social forces? How might we see this play out in the realm of education and COVID? What problems might emerge? (3) Finally, what do you think McChesney and Nichols would suggest in response to these problems? Do you agree? Why or why not?  You should cite: (1)    Slack and Wise (2)   James Curran  (3)    Two news articles (4) McChesney and Nichols

At some point, your work with the client will end. Sometimes, it can be that the client no longer needs assistance. Other times, issues might still exist, but your help is no longer necessary. Using a previous example, you might have assisted the client who was homeless, had a drug addition, needed basic needs such as food and clothing, and was seeking a job. Your agency might have assisted in finding the client clothes and food and the client no longer needed assistance from your particular agency, even though the client might still be receiving assistance from a job placement center and a drug treatment center. Or, the client may have become aggressive toward you, so you had to discontinue the helping relationship. Using your scenario developed with your interviewee, pretend that you have completed the helping relationship with your interviewee and that you are referring him/her to another agency, based on what you have learned from your interviews with the client. Think about the next steps the client would need to take to reach his or her goals, when making the referral. To Prepare Review the data that you collected during your recorded interviews on a fictitious client. Review the Referral Form in the Learning Resources. For this Assignment  Write a 1-page letter, using the template in the Learning Resources, to the referring agency that summarizes the following information: Date of Referral Demographics of Client: (whatever is appropriate to the situation) name, date of birth, gender, ethnicity/race, contact information Reason for Referral Brief summary of circumstances leading up to present reason for referral A brief description of what you would like from the agency to which you are sending the referral (i.e., evaluate and recommend, take over services, etc.) Next steps for contact (specify if client is supposed to follow up, if you will follow up, or if you will wait for referral agency to follow up with you, or follow up with client, and include the date by when you would like to hear back from the agency Your name, role (as related to client), and contact information Sign and date the request (electronically) On a separate page, in 500–1,000 words: Analyze how your quality interviewing and case management skills as a human and social services professional can be used for creating social change. Provide examples.

Choose a person and a situation in which you are currently experiencing or have experienced a conflict.  I.  Justify that it is, in fact, a conflict (rather than a difference of opinion or perspective) by demonstrating that it meets the five parts of the definition of a conflict.  So, define each of the following and then explain how your specific conflict fits each of these criteria.     A.  Expressed Struggle      B.  Perceived Incompatible Goals     C.  Perceived Scarce Resources      D.  Interdependence     E.  Interference from the Other Party  II.  Describe how this conflict would be handled using each of the communication styles and conflict methods in your text.  To do this, briefly define each method.  Make sure to paraphrase the text.  After you have defined each method, describe your and the other person’s behavior that would be associated with each of these methods.  Discuss the pros and cons of each choice.      A.  Avoiding     B.  Accommodating     C.  Competing     D.  Compromising     E.  Collaborating III.  Which choice would be the best and why? Answer all questions below, as well.  A.  Compare and contrast different skills that you have learned for dealing with differences of opinion/perspective and conflict in which there truly is a scarce resource. B.  Reflect on the different styles and methods for conflict management.  How might less appropriate styles and methods of conflict management alter relationships? C.  How does practicing the appropriate style and method in conflict demonstrate communication competence?

In 1,000-1,250 words, complete the following: Describe the cultural identity of a particular cultural group and how the culture’s identity is represented symbolically in the culture’s communication patterns, values, language, architecture, pastimes, art, relational roles, societal systems, behaviors, etc. (Comp 2.1 Interpret the meaning of symbols across cultures.). Compare and contrast symbolic representations of a particular cultural group via media channels in that culture, in the U.S. media, and academic research findings. Evaluate the role of mass media channels in intercultural communication. What impact do mass media have on intercultural perceptions and interactions? Project must have a minimum of five scholarly sources.

For your informative speech you will demonstrate a process or inform us of a life hack. The speech must be between 3-5 minutes. Prepare a full-sentence preparation outline of speech for submission with an accompanying works cited page. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of 3-5 slides containing minimal text and mainly visual images that enhance the speech.

Why don’t we listen better? How by becoming a better listener can you become a better communicator

In studying queerness on television, Diane Raymond argues that there are two ways to read queer images: denotatively and connotatively. In the article assigned for this Unit Raymond focuses on a denotative read of queerness on television. She does so because with the increase of gay and lesbian characters on primetime the meaning created by the viewing audience is no longer implicit but rather explicitly created. She states that before there was an increase of lesbian and gay representation on television, the viewing audience needed to “queer” the text because it was hidden behind a culture of homophobia and heterosexism. Her study of queerness on television revealed three tropes or patterns of queerness: Increased appearance of lesbian and gay major and supporting characters Gay pretender Straight-mistaken for gay These tropes offer potential for subverting heterosexist norms and assumptions but she cautions all too often this potential is policed, contained and heterosexism is reinscribed. Why and How is gay and lesbian sexuality “contained” and “reinscribed” within heterosexual norms?

In this assignment, you will choose three of the following questions. Provide your answers with question numbers (don’t let me guess which ones you are answering) . You should make some references to the class materials and the concepts we have discussed in this class. The length is no more than three single-spaced pages plus a separate page of references. Cite your sources in APA styles. If you are a graduate student, you will work on this assignment instead.,   Based on Michel Foucault’s chapter, how does the concept of Panopticism transform power and discipline in today’s digital society? Be sure to discuss how today’s panopticism operates, how it may affect our behaviors and private lives, and what might be at risk when the Big Brother is watching us.   When it comes to the issue of privacy and public safety, for example, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, to what extent should the government exert control over access to data on personal devices? How much control over our personal information should we have?    What can happen when artificial intelligence can perfect itself? How can such perfection affect us and our purposes? Do you agree that the perfection of artificial intelligence will make humans jobless and make our lives meaningless? Why or why not?   Define fake news, disinformation and misinformation. Why is fake news on social media more harmful than that in any other platform? As a communication major/student, what suggestions do you have for the media industry to handle fake news? What might be the concerns in implementing regulations or lack thereof?    What does online dating offer us? How does it affect people’s behaviors and expectations? What might be the concerns that emerge from the proliferation of dating apps and algorithms?    Include your references on the last page or page 4.

In this assignment, you will watch a TV show you’ve seen before. Your goal is not to be entertained, but to focus on one way that television tries to keep you entertained without you thinking about it. Answer the questions by using the letters and numbers below. Include those letters and numbers, so it’s easier to grade. Watch an episode of a TV situation comedy you grew up with that was aimed at your age group – Saved By the Bell, Moesha, Full House, Drake and Josh, That’s So Raven, Boy Meets World, etc.  FRIENDS is not acceptable. You need to choose a program that is aimed for children, not young adults) as a targeted audience. Write down the show you watched, episode name, Season and Episode number, and when you watched it as a kid, and when you watched it (including TV network or Web site) for this assignment. Every time you hear the “laugh track” (a real audience or a soundtrack of artificial laughter), you must physically laugh aloud with it. Moreover, every time you hear an audience “aaah” or “boo” or “hiss” or other sound would not have been “heard” by the characters in the show, you also must make that noise. Keep a running tab of the number of times you laughed, booed, awwwed, etc. Tell me that number. Tell me how many times you had to laugh because it was part of the assignment, not because what you heard or saw was funny enough to make you laugh. Write about the experience: How did you feel as you watched it? How aware were you of the laugh track then (and now)? Did you feel manipulated? Why or why not? How “good” would the show be without that track? How have your feelings about the show changed over time? (Do you feel the same way about that show when you watched it for this assignment, compared to how you felt when you saw it as a child?) How does this exercise relate to what we’ve talked about related to media effects? What else do you want to tell me about your experience with this exercise?

Media Consumption Journal #2 – Advertising Analysis   In this media consumption journal, you will be turning your attention to a print advertisement. Imagine that the Media Education Foundation (MEF) has asked you to be a consultant for them. According to their website, the MEF’s mission is as follows: “The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media” (http://www.mediaed.org/wp/about-mef  (Links to an external site.) ). Your assignment as a MEF consultant is to deconstruct a recent print advertisement and analyze the ad you deconstructed. Choose a provocative advertisement that provides you with sufficient fodder for your analysis, and address the following questions: Background: What is the ad selling? (e.g. product, brand, lifestyle) Target Audience: For whom is the advertisement intended? How do you know this? Are you the intended audience? Hook and Story: How did the ad get your attention? What story does the ad tell? What “problem” is the product meant to resolve? What do the advertisers want you to believe? Assumptions: What assumptions does the ad make about gender, race, class, success, beauty, etc.? Intended and Unintended Effects: What do you think are the intended effects of the ad? What could be some of the unintended effects of the ad? What other meanings could audiences consciously or unconsciously construct from the ad? What the Ad Does Not Show: What information is withheld from the audience? Labor involved? Resources used? Cost to the environment? Health concerns? Etc. Personal Reactions/Reflections: What are your personal reactions to this ad? What are your reflections on the social, political, and cultural impact of ads such as this on American society? Connection to Course Content: What concepts/ideas that we have read about/discussed/viewed do you see illustrated in this advertisement? (Consider Chapter 11 in our textbook, Kilbourne & Levine readings, and other related material.) Anything else you would like to discuss: Are there other questions/ideas that come to mind as you critically analyze this ad?