HUM/176

MEDIA AND AMERICAN CULTURE

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HUM 176 Week 1 Effects of Mass Media Worksheet

Review the Week 1 readings and videos.

Complete all sections of the University of Phoenix Material: Effects of Mass Media Worksheet.

Effects of Mass Media Worksheet

Write 250- to 350-word answers to each of the following questions in the matrix:

HUM 176 Week 2 Media Convergence Worksheet

Review the Week 2 readings and videos.

Complete all sections of the University of Phoenix Material: Media Convergence Worksheet.

Media Convergence Worksheet

Write 250- to 350-word answers to each of the following questions in the matrix:

HUM 176 Week 3 Internet and Information Paper

Imagine that you have a pen pal from a part of the world that lacks ready access to the Internet. She has written you a letter, asking you to explain several concepts.

Hello,

I hear so many good things and am so fascinated with what you can do with the Internet. Finding all this information so quickly must make your life very easy. But please tell me: how do you assess the value of all this information you find on the Internet? How can you be sure that it is reliable and credible? Also, I have heard the term digital divide. What exactly does it mean, and how do you think this divide could be bridged?

Thank you for helping me to understand these issues!

Best regards,

Your friend

Review the Week 3 readings and videos.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word letter in which you respond to your friend’s questions.

HUM 176 Week 4 Part 2: Social Media Assignment

Choose one of the following options:

Option 1: Toolwire®: Examining the Use of Social Media

• Access the Toolwire® Learnscape: Examining the Use of Social Media through the link.
• Complete the Learnscape Activities.
• Complete the Toolwire® Learnscape Assessment Part A and Part B.
• Write a 250-word response to each of the following questions:

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?
• How might knowing these advantages and disadvantages alter how a person might use social media?

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.

Option 2: Social Media Paper

• Write 700- to 1,050-word paper and address each of the following:

• Identify at least three different social media networks and describe how they are used.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of social media.
• Explain how knowing the advantages and disadvantages might alter how a person would use social media.

• Support your findings with specific examples.
• Format your paper consistent with Associate-level writing style guidelines.

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.

HUM 176 Week 5 Influence of Music Presentation

Review the Week 5 readings and videos.

Create a 5- to 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to answer and illustrate the following:

• In what ways have music and radio shaped American culture and its values?
• Identify and introduce your favorite musician, band, or type of music.
• Explain how American culture and social behavior have been shaped by the music you listen to.
• Conclude your presentation by summarizing how audio media either reflect or influence social behavior and attitudes.

Format your presentation consistent with Associate-level writing style guidelines.

HUM 176 Week 6 Influence of Visual Media Paper

Review the Week 6 readings and videos.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you investigate the interrelationship between culture and visual entertainment media, such as television, film, and digital gaming. Include answers to the following questions:

• In what ways have various forms of visual entertainment media shaped American culture and its values?
• Are the social influences of visual entertainment media mostly positive or negative? Explain.

Illustrate your answers with specific examples.

Conclude your paper by summarizing how visual media either reflect or influence social behavior and attitudes.

Format your paper consistent with Associate-level writing style guidelines.

HUM 176 Week 7 Part 2: News Media Credibility

Choose one of the following options:

Option 1: Toolwire® Learnscape Credibility and Impact

• Access the Toolwire® Learnscape: Credibility and Impact: Exploring the Internet and Politics through the link.
• Complete the Learnscape Activities.
• Complete the Toolwire® Learnscape Assessment Part A and Part B.
• Write a 250-word response to the following question:

• Do information media have social responsibility? If yes, in what ways? If no, why not?

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.

Option 2: Journalist E-mail

• Imagine you are a rookie news journalist, and you just completed your first major assignment covering a political campaign, including extensive research of websites to provide the political background of your story. Your best friend e-mails you and asks how it went.

• Write a 350- to 700-word e-mail to your friend in which you detail the challenges you faced regarding the following:

• Your responsibility as a journalist to provide fair, honest, and balanced coverage
• How you struggled with whether your story was socially responsible
• Assessing the credibility of the political Internet sites you visited for your research (consider Drudge Report, Daily Kos, Politico, Colbert Nation, The Hill, and so forth)
• Your awareness of how political news reporting might influence public opinion and American values

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.

HUM 176 Week 8 Effects of Advertising Presentation

Review the Week 8 readings and videos.

Choose a product or service from these examples:

• Fast food
• Class of consumer product
• Personal care
• Automobile

Find examples (online, in print, or on TV or radio) and analyze how that product or service has been advertised.

Prepare a 9- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you investigate the role of advertising in a culture of consumerism. Include the following:

• Who determines ethical standards for advertising?
• In what ways has advertising affected American culture?

Illustrate your findings with specific examples. If you use external references, make sure to list your references on the last slide.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

HUM 176 Week 8 Critical Issues and Key Persuasive Techniques

Research the key techniques used in advertising to get the consumer to buy.

Write a 350- to 700-word description about issues that could arise from the following areas:

• Children and advertising
• Health and advertising
• Political advertising

Format your description consistent with Associate-level writing style guidelines.

HUM 176 Week 9 Free Speech Presentation

Review the Week 9 readings and videos.

Select and research a recent controversial issue in the media that challenged societal tolerance of free speech.

Create a 6- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation or use another multimedia tool, in which you explain and discuss the following:

• What is the issue and why did it cause controversy?
• What was done to resolve the controversy?
• If a legal case, what were the grounds for the verdict?
• Do you agree with the outcome, or would you have liked to see a more stringent or more lenient resolution? Why?

Illustrate your responses.

Format your presentation consistent with Associate-level writing style guidelines.