Sociology

Choose a hip hop artist, and make a list of all the organizations ( companies, etc) that play a role in:Hip Hop Artist I Chose is Nas -producing music and music related content ( ie. albums, EPs, merchandise, streaming, etc) -marketing brand and image ( ie. social media ) – engaging with fans ( ie. concerts,etc) After you have your list, write at least 200 words explaining how you think these organizations are related to each other. Think about how they influence what your chosen artist does, which is most powerful, least powerful and why, what organizations reflect hip hop from the early years and what organizations represent tech advancements in music. Your reflection should include (1) your artist and list of organizations, and (2) your 200 word summary in the same document. Submit by selecting this link and uploading your response document. Be sure that you are thinking sociologically by connecting individual actions back to the structure, of media entertainment and the music industry in this case.

What is gentrification? What forces underlie it? How are the old and new residents of gentrifying neighborhoods impacted? Readings: Hertz, Daniel. “What’s Really Going on in Gentrifying Neighborhoods?” City Observatory 2015 http://cityobservatory.org/whats-really-going-on-in-gentrifying-neighborhoods/ Florida, Richard. “The Role of Public Investment in Gentrification” CityLab 2015 http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/09/the-role-of-public-investment-in-gentrification/403324/

https://www.foxnews.com Using one of the news websites from the provided list, search for a current news story that demonstrates a moral or ethical dilemma. Your current news selection must be within the last 90 days. Examine the news story. Be sure to reflect and consider all aspects and viewpoints the author provides. In your initial post, state the title of the news story and include the link so that others can access the story. Briefly summarize the story and explain the moral or ethical issue/dilemma and how it relates to an ethical theory, principle, and concept or code in the course text. Your response must be at least 200 words and show a clear connection between the news story/event and the course material/ethical theory. Choose two of your peers’ initial posts and read the summary they provide. Respond with a thoughtful comment relating the article to a point or concept from the course reading material: theory, philosophy, or ethical principle.

discuss a leader that you feel exemplifies the five leadership principles, write a summary essay synthesizing the information from the in-class student presentations and the principles of leadership on how your leader models and builds on these principles. Be sure to: Describe at least three leadership practices that you feel your leader does well. Based on your expert knowledge, discuss at least 2 of the leadership practices that your leader should strengthen. 5 principles are they Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart.

Does the media affect your self-esteem, if so how? Give examples of positive and negative influences. Should it be changed or in somehow be control? If yes, who should it control it?

In each of the Position Papers you will be asked to do the following: Select a specific moral question within the scope of what you proposed in the Project Proposal assignment. Use the specific moral theory in the unit to answer that question. It is very important that you attend to the details of the assignment, since papers that fail to do (1) or (2) are highly likely to fail or will need to be redone so as to match the assignment’s requirements. Specific Moral Question A good project proposal question is narrow in scope and uses moral language in a clear way.  Good examples would be, “Can raising animals to eat them be morally justified?”; “Is  pet ownership morally acceptable?”; “Should we experiment on non-human animals in order to test life-saving drugs for humans?” Your paper needs a clear question and that question should be introduced in the first paragraph of the paper.  If your question is unfindable or unclear, your grade will suffer. Using the Moral Theory In each of the main units of the course you will be introduced to a moral theory (Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, and Aristotelian Virtue Ethics).  The Position Papers should employ the moral theory from each unit explicitly and thoroughly.  If your paper does not talk about the moral theory, your grade will suffer. Your paper needs to (1) cite the readings from the unit and (2) explicitly describe the moral theory and how it answers the question.  You are welcome to use other sources as well, but if all your sources are summary sources and blogs, your grade will suffer. Use the theory of Utilitarianism to determine what would be right in an example case. (CO4, CO5, CO6) At the end of the last unit, you were asked to choose a topic for your Term Project.  In this assignment, you will complete the first part of that project.  Here are the parameters of the assignment. Choose a specific moral question within the scope of your proposed topic. Write a short (2-3 pages) paper which gives the Utilitarian answer to that question. If you recall, my proposed topic was about human – non-human animal relationships.  For this paper I might choose the following question: “Is there a moral justification for the existence of Zoos?”  You may choose any question within the scope of your topic, so long as it is a moral question.  There are lots of ways to form moral questions, but one easy way to tell whether your chosen question is a moral one is to look and see if it uses moral language – right/wrong, morally good/bad or justifiable/unjustifiable, etc.  If you’re unsure of whether or not your question fits the assignment, let me know. A successful paper should explicitly do all of the following: Introduce and explicitly state a moral question which the paper considers.  If your paper never defines a question or makes a statement of thesis, it is missing something crucial and is likely to receive a very low grade. Describe whatever parts of the moral theory which are relevant to the question.  If your paper never talks in detail about the moral theory of Utilitarianism, it is missing something crucial and is likely to receive a very low grade. Inform the reader about whatever parts of the topic which are relevant to the question.  If your paper makes claims about your topic without explaining them or supporting them with research, it is missing something crucial. Your paper needs to (1) cite the readings from the unit and (2) explicitly describe the moral theory and how it answers the question.  You are welcome to use other sources as well, but if all your sources are summary sources and blogs, your grade will suffer

FIND A MOMENT OF HOPE in the news that relates to article : Alexis Ohanian: Paternity Leave Was Crucial After the Birth of My Child, and Every Father Deserves It ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (via audio recording or text): 1. Summarize the news article that you uploaded. 2. Why did it stand out to you, and why is it a moment of hope? 3. How does one of the assigned readings or podcasts relate to your news article? (Be specific and refer to details within the reading or podcast. Also, make sure to refer to the complete title of the reading or podcast within your answer.) 4. Describe what you learned from that specific assigned reading or podcast.

Read World’s Wisdom Chapter 1 “Hinduism,” Introduction and Selections #1, 6-24 Chapter 2 “Buddhism,” Introduction and Selections #1-39, 45-53. To Answer the 1.2 questions 1. Imagine that you are ordering a burrito at Rigoberto’s when you overhear a surprisingly intense conversation where a person asks their teacher “Why does desire for pleasure keep sabotaging me from achieving what I really want to do?”   The teacher answered offering two different perspectives. Drawing from only this week’s assigned content, what did you overhear that teacher say?  Use specific references from the assigned content.    2. You are still eavesdropping when you hear another person ask the teacher “Why do bad things happen to good people?”  The teacher answered offering two different perspectives. Drawing from only this week’s assigned content, what did you overhear that teacher say?  Use specific references from the assigned content.    3. Share your Writing Assignment 1 topic as well as some of your preliminary ideas about the argument you will make.

Graded Response Paper 3: Minimum 250 words, maximum 300 words.  Submit a written response to the following: Required Readings Haque, E. (2010). “Homegrown, Muslim and other: Tolerances, secularism and the limits of multiculturalism. Social identities: Journal for the study of race, nation and culture, 16(1): 79–101.  Brown, T., & Nevins, S. (Producers). Obaid-Chinoy, S. (Director). (2015).  A girl in the river: The price of forgiveness. USA: HBO Documentary Films (Vimeo Video).  Supplemental References   Read the 2010 Star article “I killed my daughter… with my hands”, by Bob Mitchell and Noor Javed. Questions to answer: 1. Do you notice any differences and/or similarities in the way the two cases of violence were presented by Chinoy and Haque?  2. Describe these and discuss why there might be differences or similarities in their approaches to two events.

Review the uploaded documents. Explore the nature of Gender as well as our social construction of identities. “There is a disagreement about whether women should reject current standards of beauty and accept their bodies as they are. What follows are pro and con arguements. What do you think?” How would you respond to this question? Give reasons and examples