In chapter 7 we are told that intercultural relationships go through three phases. Explain what these phases are and provide an example of a relationship going through these phases (in a minimum of 150 words).

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Communications Question

ANSWER THE WRITTEN QUESTIONS FULL and correct in your own words

1) In chapter 7 we are told that intercultural relationships go through three phases. Explain what these phases are and provide an example of a relationship going through these phases (in a minimum of 150 words).

2) Explain what a use value and an exchange value are. In addition choose one product (any) and explain its importance in terms of their use and exchange values (in a minimum of 100 words)

3) One of the things that characterized or started the industrial revolution was that the connection between producers and the means of production was removed. What does this mean and please provide an example.

4) Explain what an independent and interdependent orientation. Also explain which orientation you believe yourself to be and why (in a minimum of 100 words)

5) Define 5 of the following 10 terms

  • Culture jamming
  • negotiated reading
  • in-group
  • capitalism
  • micro-frame analysis
  • media
  • heteronormativity
  • neoliberal policy
  • encoding
  • network media

How are sex and gender portrayed in the police department? Does this differ from how these concepts are portrayed in the village? How is space utilized throughout the film? Does it indicate differences in power?

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COMS 356 Extra Credit Assignment

You will probably need access to Netflix or a place where you can rent the following film. If you don’t have Netflix it is possible to start a week long free trial without any charges. You need to watch the movie “Hot Fuzz” starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. After viewing this film you will create a 2-3 page paper answering any of the following questions. You do not need to answer all the questions, answer the ones that you think are the most impactful and interesting to you. This can be worth up to 5 points of extra credit (the equivalent of an extra reading response). While this is presented to you in the week 15 module it isn’t due till the end of the semester.

  • How are sex and gender portrayed in the police department?
  • Does this differ from how these concepts are portrayed in the village?
  • How is space utilized throughout the film? Does it indicate differences in power?
  • Do hybrid spaces or cultures exist in this film?
  • From what definition of culture would you study the culture of Sandford from and why?
  • Choose a primary conflict from this film and analyze it from a micro, meso, or macro level.
  • What role does power play within the cultures presented in this film?
  • Does media play a role in how these the characters experience their cultures in this film?

Select an example of a PUBLIC DELIBERATION that has occurred in the last 6 MONTHS and write a short, 1-page explanation of the various “sides” of the deliberation and how you would decide or judge those sides.

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PUBLIC DELIBERATION

Select an example of a PUBLIC DELIBERATION that has occurred in the last 6 MONTHS and write a short, 1-page explanation of the various “sides” of the deliberation and how you would decide or judge those sides.

This can be about ANY topic – local, state wide, national, or in other countries – and can cover politics, social discord, cultural issues, religious issues, sports debates, and so on. This is a free for all! The only requirement is that the deliberation you select MUST have been argued by public advocates – in print or digital media. You MUST provide sources to support your claims/description of the deliberative event. Please include the citation(s) at the top of the page that you submit. You have now until May 10th to submit this assignment.

What demographic characteristics will the audience/customer comprise? What is your relationship to the audience/customer? What background knowledge and expertise does the audience/customer have?

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Communications Question

Instructions

The outline below asks you a series of questions that will help you write your communication proposal due in Week 8. Answering these questions thoroughly will give you an outline to use to write your proposal.

Step 1

Select a topic for your informative or persuasive strategic communications plan from the options below:

  • Internal Promotion
  • New Job Opportunity Interview
  • Pitching a Project Idea
  • Mini TED Talk
  • Topic of Your Choice Approved by Your Professor

Step 2

All options above must include the following in your plan, as detailed in the Outline Template [DOCX]

Download Outline Template [DOCX]:

  1. Challenge or Opportunity (Focus):
    • What is your challenge or opportunity?
    • Why does your business/idea need to exist? What problem does it solve for your job, customers, or audience?
    • Why is this professionally important or relevant to you?
  2. Goal (Focus):
    • What goals or outcomes do you want to achieve with this communication?
    • Explain why the goal is clear, concise, and actionable.
  3. Audience Analysis:
    • Who is your target audience?
      • What demographic characteristics will the audience/customer comprise?
      • What is your relationship to the audience/customer?
      • What background knowledge and expertise does the audience/customer have?
      • What does the audience/customer know, feel about, and expect concerning this communication?
      • What preconceptions or biases do you possess that might prevent you from building rapport with your audience/customer?
      • Who are your competitors and who will your audience/customer also consider?
    • What information is available about your audience/customer?
      • What research or sources will you use to obtain information about the audience/customer?
      • What conclusions have you been able to draw about the audience/customer?
    • What tone will you use to convey your message?
      • Is the setting casual or formal?
      • Is the communication personal or impersonal?
  4. Key Message:
    • What is the primary message you must convey to your audience?
      • Is the message compelling and memorable? Why?
      • Is the message clear and concise? Why?
      • Is the message aligned with your audience’s goals and needs? How?
  5. Style and Channel Selection:
    • What communication style will you employ tell (inform), sell (persuade), consult (gather information or learn from your audience), or join (collaborate with members of the audience) and why?
    • What channels will you use to deliver your message, and why will they be the most effective?
    • What purpose is served by each style and channel you have selected?
  6. Supporting Points and Sources:
    • What three or four points, reasons, or justifications support your message?
    • What stories, data, and visuals will you use to make your points?
      • What research or sources will you use to obtain facts and data about your message?
      • What five sources will you use to back up your ideas?
  7. Action Request:
    • What actions are taken as part of the solution?
    • What positive outcomes are the result of the action?
    • Is the action request you are making to your audience clear, concise, and easily actionable? Why?

How much revision do you use in your communication? Which ones do you use and why are they helpful to you? Why? How will you revise your outline to write your full plan?

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Week 5 Discussion – Communication Skills and Editing

  • Now that we are half-way through the course, share what you have learned about your communication skills.
  • In addition, since you are going to be working on revising your outlines to write your final proposals, what do you think about revision? The novelist, John Irving said, “Half my life is an act of revision.”
  • How much revision do you use in your communication? Consider the “Ten Principles of Power Editing” found in Chapter 5.
  • Which ones do you use and why are they helpful to you? Why?
  • How will you revise your outline to write your full plan?
  • Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

Why is social media an important advertising strategy? How do advertisers target young people with ads for dangerous things and show perfect people with unrealistic lifestyles?

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Communications Question

You have used at least SIX sources in the essay.

Your essay is 8-10 pages long (you should have about 15 body paragraphs plus an intro and conclusion).

Use these links, https://business.adobe.com/blog/basics/smm-benefits https://digital.gov/2022/10/18/6-important-factors-to-consider-for-digital-advertising-in-government/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/393820 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02650487.2017.1411056 https://edubirdie.com/examples/does-advertising-and-media-impact-self-image-self-worth-or-self-esteem-of-the-women/ https://sundial.csun.edu/11348/archive/effectsofadvertisingonselfesteem/ https://cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/Metas_new_rules_restrict_advertisers_access_to_teenagers_data_on_social/206059Links to an external site https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/10/facebook-and-instagram-to-tighten-restrictions-around-teenagers-data https://blog.gitnux.com/social-media-self-esteem-statistics/

Answer those questions with the links provided. and use the paragraph as the thesis

Provide works cited page in MLA format

Can use more links if needed but try and use what I provided.

Although advertising on social media is an important strategy for today’s companies, by targeting young people with ads for dangerous things and showing perfect people with unrealistic lifestyles, advertisements on social media are causing teenagers to suffer from low self-esteem and unhappiness. Therefore, social media should play a role in addressing this problem, with platforms restricting ads based on the user’s age and popular content creators partnering up with companies to promote self-care to their followers.

    1. Why is social media an important advertising strategy?
    2. How do advertisers target young people with ads for dangerous things and show perfect people with unrealistic lifestyles?
    3. How are these ads causing teenagers to suffer from low self-esteem and unhappiness?
    4. How should social media platforms restrict ads based on the user’s age?
    5. How should popular content creators partner with companies to promote self-care to their follower?

Construct your own children’s story as a final project for this course. Create a story about a kid having two mothers as parents.

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Children story

READ CAREFULLY! You are going to construct your own children’s story as a final project for this course. Create a story about a kid having two mothers as parents. Your book must try to educate students on a particular topic and should follow the basic elements found in children’s books. There is not major restrictions to this project, you can write a book around a topic that would be banned in certain states, or it can just be a book about a topic you think children need to learn about in a fun and engaging manner.

You are responsible for the content, visuals, and overall look of the children’s book. You can create all visuals with construction paper or crayons, you do not have to pay for an expensive illustration to get credit for this project.

You can work in pairs, or on your own. At the end of the semester there will be 4 days to read the book to the class, present the illustrations, and then have a short conversation with us about what lead you to create this story in the first place. In this conversation you should answer the following questions:

  • Who is the intended target audience for this book?
  • Why did you focus on this topic?
  • Do you think this story would be banned, why or why not?
  • How did this project teach you about the freedom of speech (expression) as protected under the first amendment?
  • Would you be interested in publishing a future version of this story?

6-8 min presentation.

Visual aids should be submitted before class on the day of your presentation.

2 parts:

  • Reading the book/story
  • Reflecting on the process of creating this story.

What was the most significant thing you took away from the topic of verbal language this week? How will this help you to be more aware about people’s verbal communication in the future?

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Communication rules

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2836402&path=uploads/questions/1042221/20230506185313u3chapter_4_verbal_communication.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

In at least 300 words, please respond to the following:

  • What was the most significant thing you took away from the topic of verbal language this week?
  • How will this help you to be more aware about people’s verbal communication in the future?
  • Explain your reasoning by including at least one example.

What types of messages do you receive about sex and gender roles from media? Is it possible to avoid them? How?

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Drawing interests in the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and media.

Questions to stimulate your topic selection:

  1. What types of messages do you receive about sex and gender roles from media? Is it possible to avoid them? How?
  2. How has this shaped the understanding of what it means to be gendered and sexed by media?

Think about a personal relationship that you have or had. Which personal conflict styles (avoidance, accommodation, etc.) do you use most often and how does it affect the relationship?

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Introspection-Response 4

Instructions

  • The assignment needs to be 380-400 words long without the assignment description.
  • Review and use terms discussed about conflict styles in textbook on pages 327-336.
  • Use own examples and not use sources from websites or other sources except textbook.
  • You need to double space

Questions

    1. Take the assessment on page 335 about your method of conflict resolution. List the scores for the five conflict styles. Which one needs improvement?
    2. Think about a personal relationship that you have or had. Which personal conflict styles (avoidance, accommodation, etc.) do you use most often and how does it affect the relationship?
    3. Based on your findings, discuss whether different behavior might produce more productive results.