How do the three worlds that Jost discusses (real, fiction, game) change our view of how we view television images? Explain.

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Genre (specific form, content, technique, etc.) is usually discussed from a descriptive point of view without any connection made between types (for e.g., between a docu-drama, detective series or a variety shows).
Jost contends that genres make sense due to three “worlds” that interpret images:
1) the real world – our first instinct when we see television images is to refer them to our world, ask if they say something about our world, and question if they depend on our own ideas about the world;
2) fiction – if we know we are looking at fiction, we will accept events that we would not otherwise believe. We can enjoy watching Blair Witch as fiction, but not as reality; and,
3) game shows – these are based in rules and connected to reality. Quiz shows are connected to reality by means of specific rules for answering (such as time available to answer), and answers that relate to reality. Role playing game shows are different because they are fiction, but players consciously accept this fact.
Question: How do the three worlds that Jost discusses (real, fiction, game) change our view of how we view television images? Explain.
Reference: François Jost, “When Reality TV is a Job”, in Kraidy and Sender: pp. 31-43.

Write about a specific event and why/how it impacted you.

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Tell a story using the topic noted above regarding something that happened to you in your workplace, school environment, or community. Remember, this is about one specific event. Do not write that you hated or loved high school because that is a generality about your feelings. Instead, write about a specific event and why/how it impacted you.
Have an engaging, exciting title and introduction. (Grab the reader!)
Have a clear focus throughout the essay.
Include details where you let the story unfold naturally.
Include all of the important details—who, what, where, when, and why.
Conclude with a summation of the essay and perhaps a question or idea that leaves the reader with something to consider.

Select and discuss three rhetorical strategies Nichols employs in the article.

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This is a rhetorical analysis paper on higher education section on page 87!

– you must identify and paraphrase the author’s thesis.
– select and discuss three rhetorical strategies Nichols employs in the article.
– Find specific evidence to support your claims ‘rhetorical strategies’ (i.e. specific quotations from the text, or paraphrased sections, depending on what best suits your point).
introduction ( strong attention grabbing introduction , at least three points (three body paragraphs for rhetorical strategies), and a conclusion.

List of rhetorical strategies you can pick from
Amplification, Derision ,Hyperbole, Hypophora,
Procatalepsis ,Pleonasm, Asterismos ,Eutrepismus,

Something you learned that you didn’t know before. Why is it significant?

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Please complete this course following the guidelines below and answer the questions outlined below.

This course is very cool and teaches you some excellent sleuthing skills for identifying when information you see online may be a problem.
Please note, set aside 1-2 hours to complete this course. You can do this at any time as long as it is completed by the due date below.

After completing this course, submit a 450-500 words (double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font, 1-inch margins, etc.) essay outlining:

1) Something you learned that you didn’t know before. Why is it significant?

2) The most interesting thing you learned, and why.

3) Something that surprised you, and why.

4) Which of these skills you think you might use in your personal, academic, or work lives, and why.

Write an 800 word paper on a socioeconomics- or consumerism-related topic of your choosing.

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Write an 800 word paper on a socioeconomics- or consumerism-related topic of your choosing.   Use THREE non-website secondary sources (Either Business Source Complete or Academic Search Complete databases available through Galileo are likely your most convenient means of locating appropriate sources).

Approaches you might take to this paper might include, but are not limited to: 1) providing factual information about a course-related issue analyzing, showing relationships, and demonstrating with examples, facts, illustrations, data, or other information, or 2) explaining the history and/or causes of a particular trend, event, or other phenomenon having to do with class or consumerism. Regardless of your approach, remember to acknowledge counterarguments (opposing views, which will likely be alternative explanations). Should you have any questions about the appropriateness of your topic or need further guidelines for organization, etc., be sure to contact me.

Make sure your introduction contains a single-sentence thesis statement that provides an essay map that sets up the general organization of your essay’s body paragraphs. Be sure to check for Kiss of Death words. See the rubric for Essay #2 for the specifications for this assignment.

Format your paper and cite all your sources in MLA style. Additionally, please be sure

to consult the handout titled “Citation Checklist,” also posted in the Brightspace

(D2L) folder for Essay 2. Please see me if you have any questions about documentation.

Additionally, you must either upload PDFs of all sources along with your essay in the dropbox or provide print-outs of them.

Your essay will graded according to the guidelines on the posted rubric.

 

 

 

 

Describe a time you were inspired to learn.

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250 words.
Topic: Describe a time you were inspired to learn.

What are 5 improvements that would help Equifax avoid an incident like this in the future?

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You will have to answer each question in detail after reading the document that is attached below
Homework #2 is designed to build familiarity with preventing, detecting, and responding to security incidents. Students will work individually to analyze a well-known incident at Equifax, a credit reporting agency. Each student will submit one Microsoft Word document, uploaded to eLearning.
1. Review the report, Equifax-Report.pdf
2. Provide responses to each of these questions:
a. What is a credit reporting agency? Describe their business model and the positive and negative aspects of that model in relation to the average citizen living in the United States? What are the biggest assets of a credit reporting agency?
b. Summarize the circumstances of the incident described in the report. Describe the sequence of events and failures that resulted in the loss of confidential information assets.
c. Who were the persons most significantly involved in the incident? Explain their roles and responsibilities, as well as your analysis of their behavior. Did each act appropriately?
d. How many customers were impacted by the incident?
e. Why do you think the incident was not reported to impacted victims sooner? Do you agree with the handling of the incident?
f. What do you consider the appropriate protection or compensation to provide to victims impacted by the theft of data from Equifax? If credit report monitoring is offered, how long should that service be provided at no cost to the victim?
g. What do you suggest to be the appropriate role of government in large security events with broad impact across the population?
h. What are 5 improvements that would help Equifax avoid an incident like this in the future? Refer to security controls that you have learned about this semester.
i. Should we, as persons who may appear in credit reporting agency records, have the ability to “opt out” of services?
j. Did you learn anything unexpected by reviewing the Equifax report?
3. Students must include citations of all sources of information considered and reviewed. If other students, working professionals, books, videos, or sources were consulted, links or short descriptions must be included. Submissions including content copied from additional sources, but not including references to such source information, may be considered incomplete and may receive a reduced score.
Always cite sources and indicate with whom you collaborated. There is no room for dishonesty, plagiarism, or cheating. Properly citing sources and collaborations will help students avoid these pitfalls.

Have Smart Phones Destroyed a Generation?” by Jean Twenge

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This essay should be at least 5 pages: 4 text pages long and a separate Works Cited page; it should take a position on an arguable issue. Arguable in terms of this assignment means the issue can be supported factually and rationally with research and analysis.
Your introduction should include your claim/thesis statement. Your thesis statement should be clear, specific and focused. In your research you will need to find articles (both scholarly (at least one) and mainstream press) that support or argue for or against your viewpoint and build a framework in your essay that not only supports your view but also examines the counter arguments.
You will need to back up each claim you make within the argument. Your aim is to persuade your audience; thus you must use credible sources to back up everything you say. You will use summary, direct quotes, and paraphrases. You will cite all your sources correctly in the text as well as prepare a Works Cited page using MLA formatting.
I. Introduction
A. General Background Information (1-2 sentences)
a. Attention grabbing intro
b. Who, What, When, Where – establish topic
B. Write your Thesis Statement
Ex: Traditional dating has been replaced with technology, such as on-line dating, texting and hook-ups.
a. an arguable sentence, which is debatable and worth proving
C. Summarize Body Paragraph Sub-points / Arguments (1 sentence)
a. Present arguments in order in which they appear

II. Sub-topic/Topic Sentence (linked to thesis):
A. Supporting Point/Argument:
a. Proof/Evidence (quotes, examples, statistics, anecdote, etc.)
b. Explanation of proof (effects? significance? How does this
prove your thesis?)
c. address the opposition
B. Supporting Point/Argument:
a. Proof/Evidence
b. Explanation of proof (effects? significance? How does this
prove your thesis?)
c. Address the opposition

Compare and contrast the themes of betrayal and competition

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Overview

The assignment asks you to compare and contrast the themes of betrayal and competition (talk of these two terms separately in your discussion) in relation to another major topic, social media, in The Social Network (The Movie).

Learning Outcomes

  • Evaluate a text using the appropriate rhetorical modes of classification
  • Use appropriate rhetorical modes of expository writing
  • Use critical thinking skills in reading and writing an evaluation-based paper

Getting Started

As partially illustrated in the above Venn diagram, making a comparison and a contrast between two objects or more assumes that there are similarities or differences between these products. You are evaluating an object or an idea whenever you begin to compare or contrast it with something else, be it of the same genus (class) or another. Re-read the “Compare and Contrast” handout, specifically, “Sample Compare and Contrast Essay: Large Leap.”  If needs be (and I would recommend this to refresh your memory, gain additional ideas), re-watch the entire movie The Social Network again:

 

Here is an internet link (also on Blackboard) to the Netflix. If you don’t have an account, you may sign-up for a free 30-day trial version

Here are other suggestions on how to go about accessing the movie if you do not have a Netflix account.

 

  • Rent movie from a Redbox near you (see website for more information)

https://www.redbox.com/

  • Borrow a copy of the movie at your local library (If you live in the Palatine or Schaumburg area or suburb that is near to the library)

https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/

  • Purchase or rent the DVD on Amazon or borrow DVD from a friend

 

  • Email me ASAP if none of these options above will work for you.

 

Assignment Specifications

While there are many ways to categorize items to show there are similarities and differences between two products, for this assignment you need only do that in form of a summary. You may, however, choose to be creative (or sophisticated) and show case the comparison and contrast via a Venn diagram or any other classification tools. But this will ONLY complement your summary.  In your essay, you should integrate quotes from the movie, relevant notes if applicable, you took while you watched the movie.  Whatever method or means you choose to showcase to your audience that you have a good understanding of compare and contrast, your main goal is to write an essay in which you compare and contrast the themes of betrayal and competition in relation to Social Media in The Social Network. Your essay must incorporate the following:

  • A creative title for your essay that is relevant to the themes (see “overview”)
  • A thesis or position you hold about that the themes you are comparing and contrasting (this should show up somewhere in your opening remarks/introduction)
  • Summary with appropriate attributions to the characters from the movie (Who said what/ the name(s) of the character(s))
  • Direct quotes and indirect quotations from the movie
  • A conclusion that ties your main points in the essay together

Resources and Materials

You have at your disposal materials and activities from week 1 and 2 (the compare and contrast handout is a very good one) and the book, They Say, I Say should you still not be clear on what you are supposed to be doing (see “assignment specification”) or how to begin or structure your essay.

 

Here are some memorable quotes from the movie characters for you to consider or possibly incorporate into your essay:

Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg): “Users are fickle. Friendster has proved that. Even a few people leaving would reverberate through the entire use base. The users are interconnected. That is the whole point. College kids are online because their friends are online. and if one domino goes, the other dominos go. Don’t you get that? I’m not going back to the Caribbean Night at A-E-Pi!”

Denise Grayson (Gretchen): “And what was your ownership share diluted down to?”

Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin): “.03 percent.”

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Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin): “And I’ll bet what you hated the most is that they identified me as a co-founder of Facebook Which I am. You better lawyer up, asshole. ‘Cause I’m not coming back for 30%. I’m coming back for everything.”

Format

  • This assignment is to be double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman Font. Word document, no PDFs (For more details, see “assignment submission” in the syllabus.)
  • Page limit: 3 ½- 4 (You are welcome to go beyond the limit should you feel inspired to do so)

 

Grading Criteria

  • This assignment is worth 110 points of your final grade.

The assignment specifications provided on this sheet will be used to evaluate your essay

What are we meant to understand about human nature in the face of the miraculous?

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Once you have read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and watched the videos defining Magical Realism, please post to the following discussion.Please choose 3 of the following questions and write a short paragraph responding to each. Keep in mind that this will be read by your classmates, so you need to make sure you have clearly explained your ideas. Think of this like a conversation – try to stay on topic, but if you feel you have further insights to bring up, feel free to do so!
Where are you seeing elements of magical realism in this story? Pick one element and explain why it is necessary or how it helps to develop theme.
Describe the setting of this story: What do we need to know about the “rules” of this world?
Think about the description of character in this story: Why does the author describe the “angel” as he does? What is symbolic about this and/or what can be inferred based upon this description? [Be sure to give specific details as you write on this]
Think about the representation of Catholicism in this story: Why is knowledge of this religion valuable to the reader? How do you think the author feels about Catholicism or about organized religion in general? [Support your argument with evidence]
According to this story, what is the difference between faith and religion? Is there a difference? [Support your argument with evidence]
Consider the “miracles” performed by the “angel”: What are we meant to understand about the nature of the miraculous in this story? What are we meant to understand about human nature in the face of the miraculous? [Support your argument with evidence]