Author name: Rosemary Mosco

Social Issue Narrative Essay

Social Issue Narrative Essay

Please be sure to complete by 8/28

Length: 750 word minimum

Format: MLA (12 pt. times new Roman font, double spacing, 1 in. margins)

The goal of this project is to develop skills in generating ideas by reflecting on personal preferences and experiences and how they enhance your knowledge or interest in the future. You will need to assess your audience and follow conventions of narrative essays to complete this project successfully. You will also use the steps of the writing process to compose a successful draft. Purpose: The goal of this assignment is to show your audience how a real life event inspired your interest in a social issue. You will have to choose a social issue that is important to you (this can be as simple as hair care or as complex as a key political issue). The story should be used to show your audience why this social issue is important to you. Beyond telling a story, you are explaining why that story is important to your interest and understanding of your issue. Content: This genre requires details and information that will help your audience visualize the events you are recounting. You are telling a story about a single event that influenced your interest in the social issue you are discussing. You get to choose the issue and decide how to approach it. This is creative non-fiction and you must focus around an actual event, but this can be interspersed with details that have the essence of the event even if they are not completely accurate. For example, if you cannot recall a conversation verbatim, you can still use that conversation in text by telling your audience the essence of what was said, even if it is not the exact language used. The conversation and topic must be based on real events. The overall goal of this essay is to relate an event to your interest in your chosen social issue. Do not focus solely on the narrative aspects of your experience and fail to explain what it led to and what it taught you about your issue.

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Read 2 chapters and answer 2 questions

Read 2 chapters and answer 2 questions

1. According to Sternheimer, in what ways has sex been a controversial issue in American popular culture for nearly 100 years? When did politicians first begin calling for government censorship of Hollywood, and for what reasons, including those having nothing to do with sex? Do you believe that Hollywood films still represent sexuality in distorted ways, especially when compared to films from other countries? How so?

2. Discuss the recent controversy over teen “sexting.” What are some of the key underlying fears, and what actual evidence supports or undermines these concerns? How does present teen sexual activity compare to decades past, and what demographic patterns seem to exist?

3. What arguments are presented linking popular culture to obesity, particularly advertising and television, and why does Sternheimer find this connections more complicated than they appear? What other socioeconomic factors may play a greater role?

4. What are some of the possible links between the fashion industry and eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia? What other factors does the author propose as greater indicators in girls’ lives? In your own experience, to what degree do you believe media and popular culture influence our perceptions of our bodies and beauty as a whole? Do you think that advertisers and the fashion industry bear a responsibility to promote a greater diversity of each?

 

This week we are doing exactly the same thing again here. 400 words minimum, and please follow the question and answer format.

Book. Sternheimer, Karen (2013). Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture: Why Media is Not the Answer, Second Edition. Westview Press. ISBN 081334723

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Security Architecture and Design

Security Architecture and Design

Briefly respond to all the following questions. Make sure to explain and back up your responses with facts and examples.

  • Start typing on page 2.
  • This assignment should be written in APA format.
  • Include three references or more references.
  • Include three or more in-text citations.
  • Write with clarity, check spelling and grammar.
  • Recommend that you use Grammarly.
  • Minimum of 600 words

1. When should the architect begin the analysis?

2. What are the activities the architect must execute?

3. What is the set of knowledge domains applied to the analysis?

4. What are the tips and tricks that make security architecture risk assessment easier?

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CPSS/300 Gender-Specific Reentry Planning for Women

CPSS/300 Gender-Specific Reentry Planning for Women

Assignment Content

  1. In this assignment, you address why women offenders have specific needs in reentry planning. Studies indicate there is a strong correlation between women commit crimes and who have a history of trauma.
    Review the “Who Benefits From Gender Responsive Treatment?” article in this week’s University Library Readings.
    THIS IS ATTACHED FOR YOU.
    Answer the following questions in a paper of at least 700 words:

    • How could a correlation of past trauma contribute to a woman’s tendency to become an offender?
    • Why do women who have a prior history of abuse have a higher probability to become substance abusers?
    • How could poverty have an effect on women who use drugs or become offenders?
    • What are some factors to consider while reentry planning for women, as well as other diverse populations, who have been victims of prior abuse?

    Format any citations consistent with APA guidelines.

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Communication

Communication

 

Our discussion for this week starts to dig into the first chapter. First though, we are also going to discuss learning. I want you to develop goals for yourself this semester. Please list three goals. Answer the question-how your are going to accomplish the goals-what is the plan? So if you have a goal of doing my homework early. How are you going to do that? Maybe that means putting the homework on a calendar or a task list. Maybe that means you create a to-do list on your computer. Whatever works for you. The list that I posted is designed for face to face learning, but adapt to online learning.

1) Using the goal list as a guide, develop 3 goals and explain how you are going to accomplish those goals.

A challenge in online learning is the social interaction that can happen in face to face learning situations seems to be lost. So read the Learning is Socially Interactive handout. Given that we understand that learning is enhanced by social interaction, how can we incorporate that into this class?

2) How can we (as a class) incorporate good social learning practices in our class?

I have posted a communication model for you. It is a transactional model of communication.

3) Explain why this model is transactional. Look at the Context element. What are some examples of how those factors might influence a communication interaction? Look at the Communicator elements (Culture, Education, Experiences, Moods, Emotions) give some examples of how these factors influence your interactions.

4) Why do we study communication?

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