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I had created a thesis statement in the proposal(see below), professor required me be specific for the thesis statement. Please see the proposal and the comment from professor below. 1. The paper should be 12 point font, 4-5 pages double-spaced, MLA or similar academic citation format including Works Cited or equivalent. 2. Include a title. 3. Analyze two or more direct quotes from our assigned readings(The assigned reading is the uploaded files.), with proper citations.  *****4. One clear central argumentative claim should be presented in the introduction in the form of a thesis statement. This thesis should be narrowly defined to be supportable by the citable evidence and analysis you have to usher in its support in the body of the paper. 5. The paper should not include the words “we” or “they” outside of quoted material or vague phrases describing groups of people such as “those people” or “the media.” Be specific. This constraint is meant to encourage a formal tone and an appeal that does not rely on assumptions about the subjects and the readers of your paper that tend to creep in when they are framed as vague “us” vs. “them”  arguments. 6. The paper should avoid broad historical, social, and cultural generalizations that are difficult or impossible to back up while using your space to develop and support a narrow, well-defined thesis. If you want to compare old and new media, pick specific examples that you can actually analyze and for which you have direct evidence or examples available. If you want to broach broader questions based on your tightly focused work in the short paper, consider adding these as suggestions for further research in your conclusion. Final paper proposal:  ~Questions: Since more and more people tend to change their reading way from traditional books to enhanced e-book and multimedia e-book. In my second paper, I would like to explore whether the new media will eat the old media alive in the new way people read? ~Quotes from the assigned reading: “Our culture wants both to multiply its media and to erase all traces of mediation: ideally, it wants to erase its media in the very act of multiplying them.” (Bolter, Grusin, P5) “Older electronic and print media are seeking to reaffirm their status within our culture as digital media challenge that status. Both new and old media are invoking the twin logics of immediacy and hypermediacy in their efforts to remake themselves and each other.” (Bolter, Grusin, P5) “No medium today, and certainly no single media event, seems to do its cultural work in isolation from other social and economic forces. What is new about new media comes from the particular ways in which they refashion older media and the ways in which older media refashion themselves to answer the challenges of new media.” (Bolter, Grusin, P5) ~Draft Thesis: New media will not eat the old media alive in the new way people read. ~Evidence:  “The digital medium can also be more aggressive in its remediation. It can try to refashion the older medium or media entirely, while still marking the presence of the older media and therefore maintaining a sense of multiplicity or hypermediacy.”(Bolter. Jay, P66) “the new medium can remediate by trying to absorb the old medium entirely.”(Bolter. Jay, P67) “ Like every form of new media, they depend on earlier media for their definition of the immediacy of the experience that they provide.”(Bolter. Jay, P71) Bolter, Jay David. ‘Remediation and the Desire for Immediacy’,Convergencevol. 6, (2000), pp. 62-71.https://summitsguide.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/bolter-remediation-and-desire-for-immediacy.pdf The comments from the Professor: “What are these “new media”? This would seem like a huge assortment of possible technologies and systems, way too much to make any kind of persuasive statement about as an undifferentiated mass. How might you reframe this paper as an inquiry into the relation between a specific “new” medium and an existing one that it seems aimed toward replacing? What elements of the old medium does the new medium utilize? Be specific. ” The ideas here might be useful : http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/blog/2010/09/04/remediation-will-new-media-eat-older-media-alive/

The nature/nurture debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (genetic) or acquired (learned) characteristics. This exercise will help you explore that debate by looking at one specific behavior, aggression. Bandura’s (1977) social learning theory states that aggression is learned from the environment through observation and imitation (nurture). He concludes this, in part, from the results of his famous Bobo doll experiment (Bandura, 1961). Review the Bobo experiment here: Bobo Experiment.  Reflect on the following issues: Where do you stand on the nature/nurture debate? Is aggression a learned behavior? Please provide specific examples to your point of view. Discuss your thoughts on the experiment and its relevance to the debate. Do you see any potential flaws or underlying factors that may not be reflected in the analysis here? Suggest at least one implication for society if children do learn predominantly by imitation.   Write a 2–3 page paper (not including the title page and reference page) referencing at least two sources (you may cite the website provided here for the Bobo doll experiment as one of your sources. Refer to the Bobo doll experiment, but do not summarize it.) Use current APA Style and include a title page and reference page. See rubric for specific grading criteria.

Comparative book paper on Sabriya  and  Houses Under the Trees.  First, write a plot summary of each novel, identifying the key characters. This should be less than a page for each book.  Then , cover these topics for each book, giving specific examples from the novels:  1)Significance of the historical context to the novel. ( Sabriya is set during the Syrian revolt against the French in 1925-27. Houses is set in Egypt during the l967 war with Israel. You might read up on both of these topics in Goldschmidt to understand the background).  2)Gender issues:, e.g. relationships between men and women, men and men, and women and women, expectations of each, marriage,  role in family            3)   Role of religion  4)Socio-economic factors: class, occupations,  urban or rural setting, lifestyle, etc.  5) What are  the significance and customs of “honor killing” in each novel?  6)What are the advantages and disadvantages of using historical fiction to study the Middle East? Explain why.

Introduction Finish designing a campaign that utilizes visual communication.  This assignment builds on the previous assignments. For this assignment only, please use the TurnItIn link to submit. Directions Include a cover sheet, body, and references.  The body text should be about 8 pages of text, double-spaced. Note that this page limit does not include the actual images themselves, but simply applies to the text of the paper (since image sizes may vary I don’t include page guidelines for the whole paper). Follow APA style. Be sure to incorporate any prior feedback you have received. The body of your paper should include the Campaign Overview and Images sections.  The Campaign Overview section should  include the following (make sure to incorporate any feedback you have received on prior assignments): 1.    Problem or Opportunity: Describe the problem or opportunity that a communication campaign using visual communication will address.  Explain how it formed, who it affects, and where it is occurring.  2.    Sponsor: Profile the sponsor, that is, the funder of the communication campaign, providing the  name, date of establishment, and mission; the sponsor must be an existing organization or individual that has information that you can review online and that can serve as a “client” (cite a main “About Us” page or something similar).  3.    Target Audience: Identify 1 primary target audience for the campaign.  Explain why this target audience is relevant to your campaign.  4.    Behavior: Discuss what you want the primary target audience to do as a result of being exposed to the campaign, limiting yourself to one behavior.  For example, perhaps you want a primary target audience of consumers to buy a product, adopt a healthy habit, or vote for a political candidate or referendum. Also discuss how the behavior relates to your sponsor (e.g., why they would desire the behavior). 5.    Channels: Specify at least 2 types of mass communication channels you will use to disseminate your images.  Explain why these channels would be appropriate for your campaign and target audience. 6.    Message Concepts: Describe your “Big Ideas,” that is, three major message concepts. Often these will relate to benefits that one will experience as a result of enacting the behavior, or costs that one can overcome in order to carry out the behavior. These are the ideas that will help motivate your target audience to adopt the behavior. For an example of this, you can re-watch the lecture from the first week of class that overviews the project. The Images section should contain the following: 1.    5 images other than an infographic: Show and describe 5 examples of the types of images you plan to use. As with the Campaign Overview Sample Image assignment, the 5 images you submit should be original to the campaign, but they can use existing assets that were found online or in other existing media. Images submitted for your final paper should be uniquely relevant to the campaign and should reflect an understanding of how they connect with the campaign’s target audience, behavior, channel, and message concepts. These connections should also be discussed in the description of your campaign images. Please draw and cite from the readings from the class as well as external sources to justify your choices of images. You should plan to use a minimum of 10 sources for the whole paper, which can include both course readings and relevant external material (e.g., journal articles, relevant web resources, etc.). The bulk of these sources should be used to explain your choice of images. Be sure to incorporate any relevant feedback you have received on prior assignments, and expand this section substantially.  2.    1 infographic: Show and describe your infographic.  Explain how it connects with the campaign’s target audience, behavior, channel, and message concepts.  Please draw and cite from the readings from the class to justify your choices of infographic features.  Be sure to incorporate your instructor’s feedback on the previous assignment.  Upload your paper through this Blackboard assignment by the deadline.

*This assignment is based on Sidney Lumet’s film, Network (1976). *This essay is to be both a research paper and a formal analysis of a film. *6 pages  (1 citation page) You are to construct your essay based on the following questions and discussion points:   1. Briefly describe and summarize (in your own words) Mr. Jensen’s famous “forces of nature” speech to     Howard Beale? 2. Give an example of how the worldwide corporate and financial domination that Mr. Jensen spoke of continues today. Name a specific company or corporation that owns and controls several media outlets.  3. How much control does that particular company have over its media content? Briefly summarize Howard Beale’s “turn off your television set…turn them off…” sermon / speech during his first revised newscast. 4. Did audiences perceive this film as pure satire or fantasy in 1976?  How has this film become less of a satire and more of a “prophesy” about the current state of reality television? (NOTE:  This question will require you to locate original 1976 newspaper and magazine film reviews as well as other relative material to support your answer). Valid sources for an academic research paper include:   Original film reviews (New York Times, Variety Magazine, Cinema Today). Books about specific films or directors (filmographies, biographies, and autobiographies). Interview transcripts (with directors or actors…Ex: Hitchcock / Truffaut). Video and audio interviews (must be cited properly and written transcription-style in your finished essay). Critical essays by notable film historians (Robert Osbourne, Roger Ebert etc…).

Social Construction of GenderSocialization and the Social constructs of genderGender and familiesSocial Interaction in Everyday LifeA fundamental feature of social life is social interaction, or the ways in which people act with other people and react to how other people are acting. To recall John Donne, “no one is an island”. This means that all individuals, except those who choose to live truly alone, interact with other individuals virtually every day and often many times in any one day. For social order, a prerequisite for any society, to be possible, effective social interaction must be possible. Partly for this reason, sociologists interested in microsociology have long tried to understand social life by analyzing how and why people interact the way they do.Social Constructions of RealitySocial construction focuses on how meaning is created, and that knowledge is a social product, collaboratively created by society. As a member of society, the individual is placed within various power hierarchies, and create meaning within their environment.The sociological concept of reality as a social constructDefine roles and describe their place in people’s daily interactionsExplain how individuals present themselves and perceive themselves in a social contextDescribe what is meant by dramaturgy and by impression management.Provide examples of role conflict or role strain.Explore  gender differences in nonverbal communication.Describe the difference between a status and a role in everyday life.The difference between an ascribed status, an achieved status, and a master status in everyday life.

Exercise and Meditation for older adults. What obstacles or distractions keep them from following through.

Topic: Biblical Inerrancy After reading Erickson’s and Feinberg’s sections on “inerrancy,” what is your position and argument on the inerrancy of the Bible? Do you believe this doctrine to be important for the contemporary church? Why? Demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter by inserting substantive content. Also, present the logic, cogency, and evidence of your explanation(s) and argument(s). Avoid casual talks and testimonies by interacting Theologically and critically.

The Qur’an discusses figures such as Jesus and Moses with much greater frequency than Muhammad. Choose at least 3 prophets other than Muhammad and discuss their depiction in the Qur’an. What does the Qur’an do with these figures? What kinds of narrative purposes do they serve? Choose from the figures recognized as prophets in the Qur’an: Adam, Noah, Idris (Enoch), Hud, Salih, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Elijah, Job, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Shuaib, Dhul-kifl (Ezekiel), Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Zakariya, John the Baptist, Jesus.According to some Muslim intellectuals, the Qur’an’s depiction of the Virgin Mary also qualifies her as a prophet, so she would be an option as well.

The FINAL TREATMENT/INTERVENTION RESEARCH PAPER will be ten (10) double spaced content pages in length (no shorter and no longer 10 content pages), with eight (8) references. The content page length WILL NOT include the cover page, the abstract or the reference pages.Topics that you can discuss in your FINAL TREATMENT/INTERVENTION RESEARCH PAPER (you can only select One [1] topic):? STRESS: Career Stress: Family Stress: Financial Stress; Organizational Stress; Student Stress; Technology Stress OR Vicarious Stress Techniques? CRISIS: Crisis Intervention; Critical Incidents; Witnessing Death; Disaster and Recovery; Loss or Divorce; Retirement; Phase of Life; OR Witnessing Trauma? COPING: Intrapersonal Coping (Self-Care); Interpersonal Coping Skills; Negative Coping Approaches; Positive Coping Approaches; Resiliency; Coping Support Systems OR General Coping Skills/StrategiesFORMATTING: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 2020, 7th edition research style  is REQUIRED, i.e., cover page, page numbering, in-text citations, main headings (centered and in bold font), sub-headings, as needed (left margined in bold font), and references (on its own separate page). DO Submit as a WORD document only. Do Not submit as a PDF.ORGANIZATION: Submit your highest quality/best quality workUNICHECK SCORE: Less than 15 %SPELLING/GRAMMAR/PUNCTUATION: appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation. DO proofread three times before submission and use SpellCheck. ONE TIME SUBMISSION ONLY.RELEVANCE/IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: Please include information from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of EthicsYour FINAL TREATMENT/INTERVENTION RESEARCH PAPER GRADING MATRIX:1. How well were textbook, workbook, theories, skill and research knowledge included and well referenced in APA style?2. Was there an evidence informed practice approach?3. Was the theory comprehensive and substantial?4. Were the described interventions, selected from the textbook and workbook, appropriate for the selectedissues/concerns?5. Did the paper identify, discuss, and support, with literature sources, along with issues – such as professionalvalues and ethics, diversity and social justice, from your model? How well was this described?6. Did the paper demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and mastery of the professional knowledgeappropriate for a graduate level paper? Was it well written, organizaed and presented in a professional style, with no spelling or grammatical errors, and with a cover sheet attached?