Review the three slides below considering the slide layout, design, font size, colors used and overall visual appeal. Analyze the three slides for what works well and what should be changed to improve each slide.

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Slide Analysis and Outline

Part A: Slide Analysis

Review the three slides below considering the slide layout, design, font size, colors used and overall visual appeal. Analyze the three slides for what works well and what should be changed to improve each slide. Write a two-paragraph summary for each image using the following headings:

Slide # What Works Well
(paragraph response)
Slide # What Needs to be Improved
(paragraph response)
You will provide a two-paragraph analysis for each of the following three images, with a total analysis of six paragraphs.

Click on the arrow to see each slide.

 

Part B: Outline Rough Draft

As you continue to develop the outline for your PowerPoint presentation, you will be confirming your thesis, main ideas, and adding a fourth source to your list of sources to be used. Remember, the first slide in the PowerPoint will act as your title slide. On that slide you will include the title of the presentation, your name as the presenter, the school’s name, and the date.

Include and submit the following components:

Title page (title of speech, name of presenter, audience prepared for – school or institution, date)
You can use this information to create your first slide in PowerPoint.
General topic, specific topic, and thesis statement
Three main points with at least two working sub points that will make up the body of the speech
Reference section with a minimum of four authoritative, outside scholarly sources
These sources can include the source titles referenced during Week 4.
Anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable.
References must be written in APA format with hanging indents, in alphabetical order, and with everything double spaced.
Writing Requirements (APA format)

What is discussed in the story? How is the story told? What is the dominant message? What choices does the filmmaker make in terms of visuals and audio? Does music play a significant role? How would you describe the mise-en-scene of various scenes? How is the film edited?

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Analysis Paper

In a 2-3 page paper, double-spaced, one inch margins, 12 point font, analyze any of the media products:

When the Levees Broke (Spike Lee, 2006)
If God is willing and da creek don’t rise (Spike Lee, 2011)
The World according to Sesame Street (Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins, 2006)
China Blue (Micha X. Peled, 2005)
Discovering Dominga (Patricia Flynn, 2002)
Divided We Fall (Jan Hrebejk, 2000)
Judgment at Nuremberg (Stanley Kramer, 1961)
Long Night’s Journey Into Day (Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffman, 2000)
Cautiva [The Captive] (Gastón Biraben, 2003)
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
Missing (Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1982)
The Pinochet Case (Patricio Guzmán, 2001)
Chile: Obstinate Memory (Patricio Guzmán, 1997)
Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, 2011)
Enemies of Happiness (Eva Mulvad, 2006)
Screaming Queens (Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker, 2005)
BPM [Beats per Minute] (Robin Campillo, 2017)

In your analysis, discuss the content, production, distribution and reception of this media:

Content – Do a textual analysis, or content analysis, of the film. What is discussed in the story? How is the story told? What is the dominant message? What choices does the filmmaker make in terms of visuals and audio? Does music play a significant role? How would you describe the mise-en-scene (set, lighting, costumes, characters – everything found within the frame) of various scenes? How is the film edited?

Production – How was this media produced? Who was involved in the production? How was this financed? How may the conditions under which this media was produced have played a role in the final product – how it looks and sounds, the story and point of view?

Distribution and Reception – Who is the target audience for this media? Describe the historical context in which the media was released. How was it released? Where was it available to viewers? Can you find any printed reviews of this media – articles by newspaper and magazine film critics, comments on the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com), letters to the editor from readers? See if you can get someone else from outside of our class to watch this media. Describe their responses. How do someone else’s responses compare/contrast with your own?

Discuss the myths illustrated in the article or “what the article got right” according to what you have learned in the class.

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Myths and misconceptions

Find a popular article, video, podcast, or other material which portrays familiar myths and misconceptions about deception and deception detection we have discussed in this class. You will write a paper (3-5 pages long) in which you discuss the myths illustrated in the article or “what the article got right” according to what you have learned in the class.

What roles do confirming and disconfirming messages play in the couples conflict? How do Gibb’s categories reflect the couples communication? What will they have to do differently in the future?

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Paper 4

Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships

What factors caused the characters to form their relationship at the beginning? How did those factors change over time?
Map how the characters relationship moves through Knapp’s stages.
Which dialectics do you see in the couples relationship?

Communication Climate

What roles do confirming and disconfirming messages play in the couples conflict?
How do Gibb’s categories reflect the couples communication?
What will they have to do differently in the future?

Managing Conflict

What styles do the couple, and individuals use most?
Is their style of conflict complementary, symmetrical, or parallel?
Which intimacy/aggression style characterizes their conflict?
What do you think the characters will have to do in the future to ensure positive conflict resolution?

What do you think that she means by this term and why do you think that it is important to her analysis of the political implications of emerging technology?

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First, read the Introduction and Chapters 5 and 6 of Lik Sam Chan’s book The Politics of Dating Apps: Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China. After reading these selections from the book, write an essay (conforming to the rubrics above) that engages the following questions:
In her analysis of Chinese dating app culture, Chan employs the term ‘networked social publics’. What do you think that she means by this term and why do you think that it is important to her analysis of the political implications of emerging technology? In answering this, pay attention to the roles that gender, technology, and intimacy play in creating these new technological systems. Then, consider Chan’s analysis of the use of dating apps by queer Chinese women, and explain how and why ‘communal connectivity’ becomes a critical form of social engagement in the use of these apps. How are these networked forms of community important to the app users?

Tell us about how this social media topic has evolved over the years. Based on your research, how do you think this topic will continue to evolve or be studied in the future?

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The book; The happiness affect

Don’t just write a few sentences from the book. If you don’t convince me that you actually read it and know what you’re talking about, you will lose points.

Tell us about how this social media topic has evolved over the years. Based on your research, how do you think this topic will continue to evolve or be studied in the future?

Feel free to search online for a social media expert or experts to interview on your topic, and include part of their interview in your paper. Optional but would be great to include.

Write a 10-page, double-spaced, 10 pt., Times New Roman-font, paper about your topic. Cite your sources in footnotes AND within your paper by saying: Example: “According to the Journal of Social Media, …”

Explain whether you think one can speak of information in this manner. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to studying information, when it is useful, when it is not useful, when it is productive and what are the limits of its productivity.

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Critical debates

Scientists and engineers in the 1940s and 1950s worked to develop a general concept of “information” applicable across media and historical contexts. Explain whether you think one can speak of information in this manner. If you like, you may discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to studying information, when it is useful, when it is not useful, when it is productive and what are the limits of its productivity.

How would you describe the speakers’ use of structure and transitional elements to help you follow his speech and argumentation? Did his problems, causes, and solutions link to each other and make sense?

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What sort of proposition does the speaker make for their speech? (Is this centered around a proposition of fact, value, or policy, and why?)

What was your knowledge of this issue before hearing about this speech and what was your stance (opposed, no opinion, or in favor)? Did the speakers’ message target you (why or why not)?

How effective were the speakers use of sources and examples in attempting to persuade (and why do you think they were effective or ineffective)? Were there any examples in particular that stuck out to you?

Based on your baseline understanding of logos (logic), ethos (credibility, competence, and character), and pathos (appeal to emotion), how would you rate the speaker’s use of each of these persuasive appeals and why?

How would you describe the speakers’ use of structure and transitional elements to help you follow his speech and argumentation? Did his problems, causes, and solutions link to each other and make sense? (Why were they effective or ineffective?)

How situations have changed from the first to the second year of Marilyn’s leadership? Specifically discuss how did team goals change from the first to the second year? How about stress levels? Were they the same, or did they change?

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Case Study Analysis Paper

 Total points: 40 points

 Length of the paper: minimum 4 pages in length (excluding cover page)

 Format: Only word format is acceptable. Other format will NOT be accepted

and will be returned to students.

 Headings/subheadings: The paper should have separate main/subsection

headings. The paper that did not meet this requirement will NOT be accepted and returned.

1. Overview

 You will read a case study (“Adjusting Leadership Style to Situation”) which is located under the module, EXTRA POINT PAPER.

 Then write an analysis paper.

2. The paper should contain the following:

1) Cover page (including title of the paper, course title & no., and your name). Cover page information should NOT appear in the body of your paper. Or this will result in serious penalty.

2) Introduction (1 page):

– Briefly discuss concepts of leadership and why these concepts are important

to understand the small group members and the group goal. Cite textbook according to correct APA style.

– Have a clear thesis statement and a preview statement.

3) Analysis: provide your analysis and answers based on following questions (at least 2 pages)

-How would you define Marilyn’s leadership style? What are the important elements/factors to consider when defining her leadership style?

-How situations have changed from the first to the second year of Marilyn’s leadership? Specifically discuss how did team goals change from the first to the second year? How about stress levels? Were they the same, or did they change?

-Why was Marilyn’s leadership successful in the first year but not in the second? How would you diagnose her leadership problem?

4) Conclusion (at least 1 page)

-Briefly summarize what you have discussed

-Using Hersey and Blanchard, make recommendations to help Marilyn to be

more successful.

-What did you learn from this case study?

Why can it be incredibly disruptive to corporations and governments? And why might public relations and corporate communications not work when this occurs? Can you think of some current examples in the world where social movements are disrupting corporations and governments, even here in New Brunswick?

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Music Industry and Public Relations

“Over the past couple of weeks, we have discussed the role of corporate communications and public relations and how those have evolved into parts of corporations and industries that are integral to how products and corporate image is sold. We are now looking at a case study on the music industry, in which their traditional public relations and communications did not work with the consumer and their business model of selling music to the masses was badly disrupted. First, from the material I have provided, what is counterhegemonic globalization? Why can it be incredibly disruptive to corporations and governments? And why might public relations and corporate communications not work when this occurs? Can you think of some current examples in the world where social movements are disrupting corporations and governments, even here in New Brunswick? Now, apply this term counterhegemonic globalization to the music industry and the changes we have seen since the use of the Internet to download music in the 1990s. Can the changes brought by civil society and how we obtain and listen to popular music today be examples of counterhegemonic globalization Demonstrate how changes brought by Napster, torrent sites, music streaming, and the use of iPod/iTunes,
can be considered or not considered counterhegemonic changes to globalization. Now think about the public relations of the music industry. What various things did they do wrong when Napster appeared in 1999 and through the ultimate collapse of their business model once iTunes became the way in which consumers paid for music? What were the problems they faced and why did they fail? Outline what you think they did wrong. Finally, what would you have done differently if you were in their position and were helping them with public relations and their image? Consider the Starbucks and oil spills crisis communications examples as well as the Campbell chapter on Public Relations from class. I encourage you to look at the PBS Frontline site “The Way the Music Died” (see below and on Moodle) for examples of how the music industry has shifted and been upended by civil society changes and watch the documentary ‘Downloaded’ to give you a larger sense of the problems the industry faced. You may also consult the PowerPoints from class and use my chapter on Moodle to defend your arguments. Click on the six different reasons on the PBS website below to find examples of the collapse of the music industry (the Related Links at the bottom of each section, particularly the Internet Piracy section, might be helpful as well). These sites are old and the pictures might not work any more but they are useful for

information and sources:

Your assignment should be 4-5 doubled spaced pages and you should spend most of that space focused on the third section on public relations (at least 2 pages). Remember to use sources from the texts or the website to defend your opinions. Much of this assignment is about showing me you know how to write and defend an argument. I do not want just your opinion but your thoughts backed up by sources. “