Critical Theory And Popular Culture

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Week 3: Popular Culture and Critical Theory/ Race and Racism

Initial discussion postings should be a minimum of 250 words.

 

Responses to each question should draw on key concepts you have learned during the week’s reading, and to a lesser extent, your personal experience and opinions. You are welcome to incorporate relevant supplemental material (i.e. a news item, website, youtube video, etc.)

NOTE: Anytime you use someone else’s ideas (i.e. a definition from the text or paraphrasing), you MUST use APA style citations.

See Appendix A in the syllabus for the grading scale.

 

QUESTION:

What are some of the main claims of critical theorists about popular culture and the media? How does critical theory explain racial and ethnic stereotyping? How/why is stereotyping harmful? Please provide specific examples of racial/ ethnic stereotyping. Post one item of relevant supplemental material.

 

The Week 3 Forum meets the following course objectives:

·      Describe examples of the different types of norms operative in popular culture, and how these are related to the process of social control.

·      Identify the research methods used to create knowledge about popular culture.

·      Apply key cultural theories and analytical dimensions for examining popular culture.

·      Illustrate diversity in popular culture and concepts of multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism with reference to key stratifying factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, region and sexuality.

·      Analyze culture within individual, social, historical, political, economic, and global contexts.

 

Summarize Your Sources For The Final Research Paper

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1) Select one aspect of culture from the list. Once you’ve made your selection, please delete all other options.

Gender

 

2) Select a source to use for Part I of the paper. You will be using your textbook and the article by Miner for this part of the paper, but for this worksheet, include the source you found through your own research. Review the tutorial on Evaluating sources and enter your reference in the space below.

            Reference entry in APA format:

 

 

 

3) Include the reference for Part II that corresponds to the topic you’ve chosen. Copy and paste the reference entry from the table (e.g., if you chose Education, you would use the article by Jonsson for Part II). 

Becker. A. E. (2004). Television, disordered eating, and young women in Fiji: Negotiating body image and identity during rapid social change. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, 28(4), 533-559. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

 

 

4) Summarize the main points from each of your sources. See this guide for help with summarizing your sources. 

Summary of your source for Part I (include one to two paragraphs, totaling at least 300 words). Enter your summary in the space below.

 

 

 

 

Summary of your source for Part II (include one to two paragraphs, totaling at least 300 words). Enter your summary in the space below.

 

 

 

 

5) Write a working thesis statement based on your sources. See this example.

 

Working Thesis Statement:

 

 

 

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE FINAL PAPER, I HAVE CHOOSEN THE TOPIC OF “GENDER”. I HAVE ATTACHED ALL THAT IS NEEDED FOR YOU TO FILL OUT THIS WEEKS ASSIGNMENT AND PREPARE FOR THE FINAL PAPER. FOR THIS WEEK YOU MUST FIND A RESOURCE TO USE FOR PART 1 OF THE FINAL PAPER. IT MUST BE RELEVANT TO WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE FINAL PAPER AND A SCHOLORLY RESOURCE. IT MUST BE PUT IN APA FORMAT. NEXT YOU WILL HAVE TO SUMMERIZE BOTH THE RESOURCE YOU FIND AND THE ONE IN PART 3 OF THE WORK SHEET. MUST BE AT LEAST 300 WORDS FOR EACH REFERANCE.  THERE IS AN LINK IN THE ATTACHMENT FOR HOW TO SUMMERIZE THEM. FINALLY, YOU MUST PROVIDE A THESIS STATEMENT FOR THE FINAL PAPER. EVERTHING NEEDED IS ATTCHED YOU MUST LOOK THROUGH THE ATTACHMENTS AND FIND WHAT YOU WILL NEED THERE ARE LINKS ALL THROUGH OUT THE ATTACHMENTS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH HOW EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIRERMENTS.

 

 

“Technocracy” is similar to a republican form of government where only scientists and engineers make the decisions rather than elected politicians

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I need help in my quiz, time limit 1 hour, questions might be 10 to 20, I need A+ grade…Questions can be like that

 

Luddites is the technical name given to those flexible light-rods children wear around their necks at Halloween to improve their visibility to cars.(Chapter 2)

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[removed] False

 

 

“Technocracy” is similar to a republican form of government where only scientists and engineers make the decisions rather than elected politicians (Chapter 2)

[removed] True

 

[removed] False

 

 

explain how you might mitigate these threats

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the required articles by Skidmore (2008) and Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan (2010). Carefully review the PSY635 Week Two Discussion Scenario. Apply the scientific method to the information included within the scenario and develop a null and a research hypothesis based on it. Using the hypotheses you have developed, compare the characteristics of the different experimental research designs discussed in the Skidmore (2008) article and choose the one that is most appropriate to adequately test your hypotheses. Identify potential internal threats to validity and explain how you might mitigate these threats. Apply ethical principles to the proposed research and describe the implications of this type of research in terms of the population(s) and cultural consideration(s) represented in the sample(s) within the scenario.

Sociology of Developing Countries class.

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Sociology of Developing Countries class. Must be 300 words must cite work.

 

Every country in the world is constructed around the same set of institutional frameworks that differ only in how governments manage them. Identify the specific components of an institution. Next, use two (2) examples of institutions —such as a financial system, a judicial system, or the armed forces — to illustrate what developing countries overall have done to weaken or strengthen such institutions.

250 Words And References

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Before participating in this discussion, be sure that you have read Chapter 10, “Arab American Femininities,” and Chapter 11, “Becoming La Mujer,” in your textbook. Also, feel free to read the optional article, Behind the Veil.

For this discussion activity, compare and contrast the experiences of Nadine Naber (Chapter 10, “Arab American Femininities”) and Marisa Navarro (Chapter 11, “Becoming La Mujer”). Explain also how the hegemonic constructions, or dominant ways of thinking, of female sexuality vary by race and socioeconomic class.

In response to your classmates, discuss how bodies can serve as battlegrounds.

https://books.google.com/books?id=rjT5pSZgGV4C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=Becoming+La+Mujer+by+Marisa+Navarro.&source=bl&ots=UGk6IHygtw&sig=CAc3_NoU1-4Jzl-KYanj0fCPDqs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqqKif4pTQAhUCVyYKHZGKBWMQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=Becoming%20La%20Mujer%20by%20Marisa%20Navarro.&f=false

No suspicious vehicles have been documented in the neighborhood during the times of the burglaries.

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Read through this investigation, determine the important factors of the case, and write a profile of the killer.  This is a general exercise to see if you are able to identify key information needed for profiling.
During a “check the welfare” call on a Saturday morning, an officer finds an elderly white female deceased in the middle of her living room floor. She was found lying in the prone position with a large knife in her chest. She is dressed in a housecoat and no shoes.  No other injuries are found on the victim however, there is a broken vase near her body.  The house was found to be locked accept for a door leading out to the garage. A window in the garage has been broken with no indication of what was used to break the window to gain entry. The house is in immaculate condition and the only thing missing are some contents from the victim’s purse located on the kitchen table.  The attack appears to have happened after 6pm when the victim arrived home from a friend’s house.

A week later on a Saturday evening around 2am in the same neighborhood, a call is made from a man returning from work stating he heard a noise at his neighbor’s house that sounded like broken glass.  When he went to investigate, he claims he saw a young Caucasian male running away from the exterior of the home.  The reportee knocked on the door and nobody answered. The front door was locked so he proceeded to call the police.  When the police arrived, they found the elderly home owner asleep in her home heavily medicated.  She claims she did not hear the neighbor knocking on her door. In the dining room, the elderly women’s purse was found open and her wallet missing.  Nothing else was disturbed in the home.

A historical check of the neighborhood revealed that there were multiple burglaries during the last month in which there was forced entry and small (pocket size items) were stolen.  Although several leads have been tracked, no potential suspects have been interviewed. No suspicious vehicles have been documented in the neighborhood during the times of the burglaries.

How has, if any, your perception been altered about prostitution?

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The memoir “Girls Like Us” by Rachel Lloyd is replete with sociological concepts and gives incredible insight into the disparate life chances brought about by varied social structures and mechanisms of socio-psychological manipulation that predominantly affect one group of children versus another. Simply put, social location matters. In a (5) five–paged paper, answer the following short-answer questions. Ensure that your answers are explained in a manner that reflects not only the structure of social life expressed in the memoir, but also serves to bring to life sociological concepts in your text, articles and discussed in class. This extra credit assignment is worth a total of 25 points and is to be turned in via the Angel course website. No physical copies will be accepted. Note that any form of plagiarism and academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and result in forfeiture of the 25 points in total. Please do not use outside sources other than your textbook, assigned articles and the novel. 1. According to Rachel Lloyd, what are the risk factors for the commercial sexual exploitation of both children and adults in the United States? Explain in detail. 2. Explain the complexity of choice, as it relates to both Rachel Lloyds elucidation of the choices she made and that young girls make when entering and leaving “the life”? Furthermore, how it relates to Paul Farmer’s concept of structural violence. 3. Slavery, exploitation, and violence, as manifested through ‘prostitution’, have become mainstream in the media, hip-hop and popular culture’s embrace and portrayal of being a “pimp”. Give the evidence outlined by Rachel Lloyd for this assertion and discuss the possible implications. 4. The sociological concepts of differential association, stigma, labeling and master status have all been portrayed in the memoir. Highlight and explain in detail the variety of ways these concepts are manifested in the life of Rachel Lloyd and the lives of the young girls she seeks to help. How can these concepts help us understand the obstacles faced in seeking justice? 5. What are the main reasons that Rachel Lloyd calls for the abandonment of the term “prostitution” and the legal culpability that comes with such action in favor of the term “commercial sexually exploited children”? How has, if any, your perception been altered about prostitution?

An argument is a conclusion and the evidence used to support it

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REQUIREMENTS:

 

Read two (2); both provided summar of articles that are attached to the homework

 

  • NO QUOTES (Professor will fail me if I use quotes from the articles)

 

  • Big picture is detail; detail of FINDINGS is key

 

  • Write 450 words or more.  300 words or less earns a zero. Including more detail beyond 450 words is encouraged to make it more likely that you will earn a higher score.  The number of words does not secure a grade however — the most important thing is answering the question (summarizing the findings and methods) with detail and clarity.
  • Focus on CONCEPTS and IDEAS, especially the main arguments (please provide how many people in the survey and the years)
  • Discuss METHODS; (what kind of research is done, dates when data was collected, where study was done (geographic location), how many people they talk to – minimum of what you want to cover in your methods). More detail from the methods section is welcome.
  • FINDINGS; this is the most important part of your answer.  Discuss what is the main issue or question, then list out all of the possible answers/reasons/explanations for this question (independent variables), then you have your dependent variable and how its measured (what you are trying to explain), which of the independent variables have the largest impact on your dependent variable, which ones aren’t important at all. Don’t just state that some of the independent variables were not as important — describe the pattern uncovered for each.  So for gender, for example, you would say that women are more supportive of gay marriage than men — don’t just say gender wasn’t as important as other variables. In some cases you would say that the independent variable isn’t important at all (i.e. had no effect on the dependent variable), and the author will make that clear in the article.   After describing the influence of each independent variable on the dependent variable, then make sure to summarize again with detail how the most important independent variable influenced the dependent variable.  This basically mimics the argument presented in most of the articles.
  • Don’t forget to discuss race and how race was important to the findings.  Usually race will be one of the most important independent variables.
  • If your article is a literature review or qualitative piece it won’t have variables, and you will need to summarize the most important arguments in the paper.  An argument is a conclusion and the evidence used to support it.

Evaluability Assessment

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Evaluability assessment, sometimes referred to as exploratory evaluation, is often conducted as a preliminary activity prior to conducting a formal evaluation. It is commonly used as a planning tool and is a quick and cost effective method to determine whether programs identified as candidates for evaluation have the objectives, activities, and resources that will facilitate a formal evaluation. It is not a substitute for a program evaluation that can determine whether the program is likely to be effective in its current form or whether changes and adjustments may need to be made. (Leviton, Khan, Rog, Dawkins & Cotton, 2010).

For example, the recidivism rate, the extent to which a criminal relapses back into criminal behavior, is a major measure of the effectiveness of criminal justice programs. The Second Chance Act of 2008 is a federal program designed to reduce recidivism in local communities. Grant funds from the Department of Justice were distributed to state, local governments, and nonprofits to develop appropriate programs.

To prepare for this Assignment, review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the evaluability of a funding effort. Access the Second Chance Act website and examine the success stories, focusing on the Roca, Inc. case.

Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 3-page paper which assesses the evaluability of this program, using the criteria in the readings for this week and indicates whether you anticipate that a formative, process, needs assessment, or summative evaluation will be most appropriate. Explain your reasoning.