Select a for-profit or non-profit organization that you will do research on their content communication. Write a 5–7 page Proposal Outline of how you will approach the analysis of the organization’s content efforts as it relates to the targeted audience and intended outcomes.

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CONTENT COMMUNICATION: PROPOSAL OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT

INSTRUCTIONS
Select a for-profit or non-profit organization that you will do research on their content communication. You will then write a 5–7 page Proposal Outline (not counting title page, abstract and references) of how you will approach the analysis of the organization’s content efforts as it relates to the targeted audience and intended outcomes.

Then outline a proposal for the creation of new content to more effectively reach the target audience and achieve the purposed goals. This Content Communication: Proposal Outline Assignment must be written in current APA style and contain cited references (no specific number required for this assignment) and a reference page.

The Content Communication: Proposal Outline Assignment must sketch the introduction, main points, and conclusion of the Content Communication: Research Paper Assignment using complete but succinct sentences. The Content Communication: Proposal Outline Assignment may be bullet point, alphanumeric, or whatever format with which you are most comfortable.

Write an essay on the use of social media as a tool to promote media cultural events. Developing an audience for media culture by social media.

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Media cultural events

Write an essay on the use of social media as a tool to promote media cultural events. Developing an audience for media culture by social media.

How is this subculture empowering for individuals involved – or why would someone get involved with this subculture? How do these communication practices shape meaning for the individuals in the subculture? In what ways is this subculture a reaction against or a deviation from the larger culture?

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Go Girl, the Riot Grrrls are

Each person will pick a subculture from the below list (the instructor will ensure that the same subcultures will not be chosen).
List of Subcultures:
Otaku

Your profiling should be drawn from research. A total of 5 resources are required, such as books, journals, magazines, and credible websites can be used. In the powerpoint presentation, the leader will be sure to refer to the 5 resources; he or she may use the following suggested manner to cite the sources: “According to Rick Smith, in his book entitled Go Girl, the Riot Grrrls are…”.
Ensure that all of the following questions are answered and also provide a summary
How is this subculture empowering for individuals involved – or why would someone get involved with this subculture?
What are 5 key characteristics of this subculture? (What are they all about? Find good pictures.)
What communication practices (including style, music, etc.) drive this subculture?
How do these communication practices shape meaning for the individuals in the subculture?
In what ways is this subculture a reaction against or a deviation from the larger culture?

From what you can observe, are they catering to a specific audience? If so, who? How were ethos, pathos, and logos used (or present) during the speech? Which speaker was the stronger speaker in their ability to use the five canons of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals? Why do you believe so? What could the speakers have done differently (feel free to critique), which cannons or three appeals could have been more present or used more strongly?

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Compare & Contrast

You are to view two different speakers giving a speech on the same topic. You will examine the speaker’s use of the five canons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and
delivery. How effective is the speaker in keeping in mind the topic, audience, and occasion. Pay attention to the speaker’s use of language; how effective are they at using their language? From what you can observe, are they catering to a specific audience? If so, who? How were ethos, pathos, and logos used (or present) during the speech? Which speaker was the stronger speaker in their ability to use the five canons of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals? Why do you believe so? What could the speakers have done differently (feel free to critique), which cannons or three appeals could have been more present or used more strongly?
This paper will be 3-5 pages double-spaced using 12 point and Times New Roman font.

The two speeches are by

Malala Yousafzai – The right to learning should be given to any child

&
Emma Watson at the HeForShe Campaign 2014

Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class. Select a theory from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.

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Film Analysis Paper

The goal of this analysis paper is to apply a theory from the textbook to specific situations and characters as they communicate in a film.

To do this, you will:
Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class.
Select a theory (or theories, but no more than 2) from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.

For example, “stages of relational development theory” is one of the areas in the unit on interpersonal contexts that would work well with the film ”Knocked Up” (or pretty much any romantic comedy).

Evaluate 2 different computer systems – check your local newspaper advertisements or online computer shopping sites for these systems. Compare the CPU, Memory, Hard Drive, DVD drives and software included in the system, plus, any additional peripherals warranties.

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Macbook pro vs Surface pro

Compare 2 computer systems that you might like to purchase:

Evaluate 2 different computer systems – check your local newspaper advertisements or online computer shopping sites for these systems. For example: an HP compared to a Dell or Gateway system or compare laptop computers to desktop prices and features or compare Macs vs. PC computers

Compare the CPU, Memory, Hard Drive, DVD drives and software included in the system, plus, any additional peripherals (such as speakers, free printer or scanner), warranties, etc.

Put these two systems into a table (instructions will be given in class and is also part of our application assignments)

Add a header that includes your name and the date; and a footer that has the page number Add at least two footnotes which include the sources of your information using the Footnote command in Word

Tell me which system you like the best and why. For example: price is better, reliability, speed, special features, technical support, guarantee, etc.

The paper needs to be 2 pages in length and needs to be created using a word-processing system.

What is the impact of targeted advertising on newspapers and traditional media? What is your take on the PRISM program? How are algorithmic gatekeepers affecting the news you receive? What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

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Digital Disconnect video

Watch Digital Disconnect (https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/2730809/5601026) on Kanopy and provide at least FIVE takeaways. To get to the video: Library Resources> Databases A-Z> K> Kanopy>Digital Disconnect. The abridged version (~37 minutes) is fine, the longer version is better.

Provide substantive responses that demonstrate you have viewed the documentary, such as:

What is the impact of targeted advertising on newspapers and traditional media?

What is your take on the PRISM program?

How are algorithmic gatekeepers affecting the news you receive?

What does the Democracy Index reveal about the United States?

Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class. Select a theory from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.

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Film Analysis Paper

The goal of this analysis paper is to apply a theory from the textbook to specific situations and characters as they communicate in a film.

To do this, you will:
Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class.
Select a theory (or theories, but no more than 2) from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.
For example, “stages of relational development theory” is one of the areas in the unit on interpersonal contexts that would work well with the film “Knocked Up” (or pretty much any romantic comedy).

Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class. Select a theory from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.

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Film Analysis Paper

The goal of this analysis paper is to apply a theory from the textbook to specific situations and characters as they communicate in a film.

To do this, you will:
Select a film to analyze in terms of the communication theories we have covered in class.
Select a theory (or theories, but no more than 2) from the text that includes communication theory or principle that you think explains the behavior or communication in the film.
For example, “stages of relational development theory” is one of the areas in the unit on interpersonal contexts that would work well with the film “Knocked Up” (or pretty much any romantic comedy).

How does media create meanings about gender? Provide examples of how this is manifested in our everyday lives. Provide a link to a commercial/ad that stereotypes gender. How is the list being currently challenged? What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex? What examples do you see in your daily life of people challenging the historic list? What about examples in media of characters or people challenging the list?

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Gender Performance

After studying the assigned reading Sociology: The Social Construction of Gender and considering the concept of “gender as socially constructed,” answer the following questions and prompts.

A) How does media create meanings about gender?

B) Provide examples of how this is manifested in our everyday lives.

C) Provide a link to a commercial/ad that stereotypes gender. Even though it is natural to find humor in some of these portrayals, in what ways is this problematic.

Also, consider that sex is a system of classification based on biology and physiology, while gender reflects the cultural meaning that is ascribed to a person’s sex, thus resulting in labels of “masculinity and femininity.” Furthermore, our biology is not distinctively male or female and a significant number of people are born “intersex” with variations in chromosomes or sexual organs. Most biological researchers agree on the estimation that intersex people are about as common as encountering someone with green eyes.

It is important to understand that masculinity and femininity are not oppositional, although it seems to be portrayed so in media. In Western society (such as in the U.S. and Western Europe) we typically adhere to certain ideas and values that define masculinity and femininity as we perform the roles. What if the list was different? All of us, in honesty, could reveal that we interchange among the qualities. Take a look at the list and answer the following questions:

Masculinity

  • strength
  • dominance
  • aggression
  • independence
  • empowerment
  • active
  • rational thought
  • production
  • breadwinner
  • subject
  • outdoors
  • technology

Femininity

  • weakness
  • submission
  • compliance/vulnerability
  • dependence
  • disempowerment
  • passive
  • emotion
  • consumption
  • nurturer
  • object
  • indoors
  • nature

Provide answers to the following questions or prompts in your assignment submission.

D) How is the list being currently challenged?

E) What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex?

F) What examples do you see in your daily life of people challenging the historic list?

G) What about examples in media of characters or people challenging the list?

H) Finally, do you agree or disagree that gender is socially constructed? Provide evidence that backs your opinion.