Category: Social science

write a CRITICAL ANALYSIS on media and entertainment culture as a vehicle for democracy and civic engagement. This is your opportunity to choose a media artifact (a media event, an artistic production, a cultural artist/figure/personality etc.) that is culturally situated as part of entertainment culture that has some meaning to you, and utilize the theoretical tools you have learned in class to analyze this media artifact and discuss how/why your chosen artifact does/does not reflect an opportunity for media/entertainment to function in the service of democracy and civic engagement.
To develop a focused argument, you need to choose and discuss a media/entertainment artifact that is culturally situated as part of entertainment/media culture. The artifact that you choose must be current (i.e. took place no earlier than January 1, 2023) AND it can’t have been discussed in class lectures, featured on class PPT slides, or shared as part of any student presentation.
Once you have chosen an artifact, you will need to critically analyze this form of media/entertainment culture in terms of the following question: can media/entertainment culture be an effective vehicle for democracy and civic engagement. This paper asks that you talk about the potential for media and entertainment culture to be a vehicle for democracy and civic engagement. Using the theories and debates raised in class, discuss how/why your artifact/example reflects the potential for media/entertainment to either promote or limit democracy and civic engagement. You will need to discuss the context that both shapes and determines this potential. This means you are expected to address the following questions: What is the role of media/entertainment in promoting or limiting democracy and civic engagement, and in what ways does your example illustrate the power of entertainment and media to either promote or limit democracy and civic engagement?
You are expected to use 2 different sources from class, in addition to 1 outside (academic or non-academic) source. This means that you are asked to build your argument by using and discussing 2 readings after the midterm and 1 outside academic or non-academic source such as newspaper articles, blogs, podcasts, tweets, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok or WeChat posts, etc. All popular communication is admissible, as popular discourses reflect the current cultural, political and economic context within which these discourses are debated/discussed.
Conduct your critical Analysis on the popular talk show, “Last week tonight” with John oliver. Discuss how the show promotes democracty and civic engagement by listing a minimum of 3 reasons.
2 class sources (linked below)
1 outside source: https://twitter.com/DewaynePerkins/status/1270053404883120129
Utilize this source to demonstrate how the show overall acts as a vehicle alongside the platform to promote political discussion 
Ensure that you include a works cited page and site your sources. (Any style to site is accepted) 
Feel free to reach out with any questions

topic: “ how does social media influence interpersonal communication “ position taken: Social media has changed how people interact with each other and stay in touch. People are learning poor social skills due to having a social life on media instead of in person. this is part of a research paper, this is the first part of the assignment I need to complete. Based off of the topic above, compose persuasive thesis statement that articulates this topic as well as the position taken the on the topic. additionally, you will offer two to four research questions that help defend the position taken. These questions will be used for the second part of the assignment . I have attached the assignment official rubric but this is being completed in sections .

Should be on the location of St Louis Missouri
One of the sources needs to be within the last year.
Create an annotated bibliography for the problem-solution essay. An annotated bibliography is a collection of sources that have been evaluated for content and relevance using annotations. Each annotation contains two paragraphs: a summary and an assessment of the source (described in the following section).
For your annotated bibliography, you will find six scholarly or academic sources. At least one of these sources must have been published in the past year. These sources will be the building blocks for your essay, so be sure to spend time searching for sources, reading critically, and evaluating the relevance of each source.
Begin your annotated bibliography with your introduction to the problem-solution paper. This introduction represents a draft that you will further develop over the next few weeks.
For each source, provide the following.
The APA style reference
A one-paragraph summary of the relevant sections of the article written in your own words
A one-paragraph assessment of the source containing its credibility, its relevance to your essay topic, an explanation of what will be used from the article and where it will be used in your essay, and an explanation of how the source connects with other sources in your annotated bibliography.

Answer the question based on the reading, and the answer does not allow external sources, and can only be based on the reading I provided.
Readings: 1. C. Bonneuil and J Fressoz, “Thanatocene: Power and Ecocide,” 122-147.
2. Naomi Klein, “Decade Zero: One Way or Another, Everything Changes,” and “The Leap Years: Just Enough Time for Impossible.” in This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2014. 1-28.
3. A. Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight a World on Fire. London: Verso, 2021.
QUESTIONS: Remember to cite specific page numbers in your answers. No quotations or outside sources are permitted. Work independently. Avoid plagiarism. Check you Turnitin similarity score.
Question #1 (Total for Q.#1 including a and b: 500 words)
Bonneuil and Fressoz argue (130), “By learning to kill humans in an efficient fashion, the military have also learned to kill living things in general.”
a) How did WWII prepare the technological framework for mass consumption society? Discuss, with specific reference to:
i) fishing capacity and expensive equipment, and
ii) gas warfare industry conversion to pesticides and herbicides.
b) How have artificial fertilizers disturbed the natural biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen on a global scale? How did agriculture fertilization work prior to the late 1900s in the UK?
Question #2 (Total for Q.#2 including a, b, and c: 500 words)
a) What, according to Klein, is the significance of 2 degrees Celsius and 4 degrees Celsius of warming? b) Sufficient technological solutions are available, but underemployed. Andreas Malm and Naomi Klein agree that the capitalist world-economy operates “in fundamental disconnect from the sense and science of a planet on fire” thwarting sufficient climate action. Explain, with proper citation of readings.
c) Provide a brief analysis of Malm’s central argument, and discuss its social, political and economic implications.
Question #3 (Total for Q.#3 including a, b, c, d, and e: 500 words)
a) What is “Lanchester’s paradox”? b) Why do you think there is a general deficit of action in response to climate breakdown? c) According to Malm, did Gandhi resist all forms of violence? Explain, with reference to Malm’s specific arguments (properly cited). d) Does Malm believe there is a phase beyond peaceful protest? Argue for or against the use of violence (that avoids human casualties), using Malm’s discussion as a basis of your argument, citing page numbers from his book. e) Citing his examples (and specific page numbers), explain Malm’s distinction between luxury and subsistence emissions. Do you think luxury emissions should be classified as a crime? Why or why not? Explain, citing Malm’s specific examples to illustrate your answer.

I need to identify up to two key social science themes arising from the life history interview (class, race, gender, family, education, religion, migration etc) and analyse these theme/s drawing on both theoretical and empirical material – the material found through additional research and the material gathered through the interview. Will need to demonstrate an ability to critically engage with both empirical and theoretical material and to demonstrate a sound understanding of key social science concepts covered in the course. – I have uploaded the life history interview which the assignment needs to be based on (Biographical information file) as well as an example assignment (Example pdf file) to see what needs to be done. 
APA referencing needed. 

Instructions:
Find a NEWS article that addresses a current social problem facing your community (local, national, or global) that you are concerned about. (A news article is an article from a media source like a newspaper or magazine such as the New York Times, FOX, The Washington Post, VICE, etc. that addresses a current event. It does not include sources like Wikipedia, eHow, dictionaries, academic journals, or other information websites.)
Write a minimum 300-word essay that answers the following questions:
Based on the article you chose, what is the social problem and who does it impact?
How can the social sciences be used to research the issue? Name specific methods and disciplines from Chapter 1.
What are some solutions you can think of to address the issue?

Hello, I need somebody who has the time to write me a research paper mock up about repetition, the research question is “how does repetition affect the one doing it and how does it affect the ones watching” references from performance art(performances playing around with the topic of repetition) and social science (repetitative labour, or other sources from social science). books that i would use as references are “on repetition, writing, performance art”. i would like to have more references and a clearly structured research paper mock up 🙂 It’s very open so you can also put in what you think is interesting regarding this topic

Please see the information on the file clearly.
a presentation file that contains your 10 (or more) social media items
a short (1-2 page) report 
I assign 3 page for this assignment  1~2 for report and 1 page for 10 social media items.

We have spent the semester in Texas Government exploring the interconnections between people (like you!) and their (in this case, your!) government – those folks and institutions that craft the rules and regulations we all live under. Those interconnections range from the environment and culture of a place setting the parameters for understanding political choices; to the offices and institutions empowered to make rules AND the individual officials who inhabit those offices; to the policy process seeking to understand how people can influence policy, why particular choices are made, and how those choices might be different based on circumstance.Your task is to show me you understand these concepts. Craft the Texas Citizen’s Handbook – your guide for a Texas resident on what they need to know to influence government and policymaking in Texas. That’s it. That’s the guidance. If you prefer, you might consider it as “what are the most important things for a citizen to know or remember in order to engage with the political system?” or “what do I, as a college student, need to know or do to engage with the system?” — just be sure you develop the explanations for why and how those items or ideas are the most important.
The choices you make in coverage, both breadth and depth, should be based on YOUR understanding of the political system, how it works, and the mechanisms for individual involvement. If you want to take the perspective of a particular person with a particular cause, that’s fine. If you want to go more general, that’s fine, too. Level of detail is important here, and you should be sure that the information you convey is both accurate and sufficiently complete to convey that you understand what you are talking about and know the political theories and processes.
The rest should be familiar: How you choose to convey that info is up to you. It seems to me that one could certainly compile that info into a paper and be fine. It also seems like the sort of thing that really would lend itself nicely to a pamphlet, website, or something similar that blends written and graphical qualities. PowerPoint or similar, All fair game.
Written work will process through TurnItIn just for safety sake. Standard reminder that I don’t take TurnItIn on face; if there are issues flagged, I will investigate them independently and see if there is actually a problem or just TurnItIn being overly sensitive. Outside materials, if used, should be appropriately cited in whatever format you are most comfortable with

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