What readings or approaches have been most interesting, challenging, or helpful in allowing you to understand your own media experiences in new ways?

As a reminder, the final exam is structured as follows:
The first page of the exam is Part 1. You will see 3 questions. You must answer 2 of the 3 questions.
The second page of the exam is Part 2. You will see 1 question. You must answer this 1 question.
Please see the full exam instructions included on the course’s E-class homepage.
Note: For the purposes of answering the exam questions, the documentaries ‘Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse’ and ‘Coded Bias’ can both be used as course readings in answering questions.

Part 1

This semester we have encountered various ways in which people use media to try to bring about social change, whether that involves using commercial media for activist purposes, or developing alternative forms of media. Outline at least 2 examples of activist media, and explain how such media interventions can be seen as forms of ‘popular culture.’ Be sure to address theories of popular culture in your answer. Your answer must refer to at least three course readings from the second semester (NOTE: each textbook chapter can count as an individual reading, but you should use no more than two chapter
A political economy approach stresses that media are shaped by various market-based or capitalist forces, including advertising/consumer culture, ownership structures, and copyright. Outline two key political economy-related problems identified by media and communication scholars, and explain in detail what policies have been or could be implemented to address these problems. Your answer must refer to at least three course readings from the second semester (NOTE: each textbook chapter can count as an individual reading, but you should use no more than two chapters)
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Part of the Series: MEF Debt & Consumerism Collection
Graham Murdock argues that we need to take a ‘moral economy’ approach when analyzing the technological dimensions of media systems, including in relation to labor and environmental issues. Explain what Murdock means by ‘moral economy,’ and apply this approach to two case studies or readings from the course. How does a moral economy approach help us to understand and address potential technology-related social issues or problems? Your answer must refer to at least three course readings from the second semester (NOTE: each textbook chapter can count as an individual reading, but you should use no more than two chapters).

Part 2

Academic approaches to Communication & Media Studies can help you to think in new and different ways about the world, about how media work, and about the ways in which your own life is mediated. Looking back over the second semester readings and lectures, what readings or approaches have been most interesting, challenging, or helpful in allowing you to understand your own media experiences in new ways? How specifically have the ideas and approaches you’ve learned in this course shaped your own thinking? Your answer should include detailed explanations of course concepts, and must refer to at least three course readings from the second semester (NOTE: each textbook chapter can count as an individual reading, but you should use no more than two chapters).

Explain in detail how your plan would work.

This is the Problem/Solution Speech outline:

Problem/Solution Outline
I. Introduction. Explain your frustration.
II. State the Problem.
Define the problem.
Indicate your unmet needs. (Look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for ideas.)
Give a more detailed experience to highlight your problem.

III. The Proposed Solution.
A. State your solution in general terms.
B. Show how your plan would fulfill your unmet needs.
C. Explain in detail how your plan would work.
IV. The Benefit.
A. Show the benefit in vivid terms with your plan in place.
V. Conclusion. Conclude with a quick review that includes a memorable ending.
*Important to include: Your vision of how it will look with your plan in place. *

Instead of writing your final Problem/Solution speech as an essay, please write your speech within the framework of the outline. That will keep you organized, and I can read it better to see if you filled in enough information within each outline field (within each number and letter.)

Because you are writing this digitally, you can expand the area within the outline to let you write what you need.

If you were to read it out loud, it should be about 5-7 minutes — or slightly more.

You have notes from doing research on your problem, so please use them!!
Include a bibliography at the end to show your sources.

I am attaching below two documents that I’m using for this outline. Thank you.

What are the three types of life human beings live, and which does Aristotle think is best?

Read the selections from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and answer the Reading Questions
1. How does Aristotle define “the good”?
2. What are the three types of life human beings live, and which does Aristotle think is best? In other words, which one leads to what he sees as “the good”?
3. What is happiness?
4. How does one build or acquire moral virtues?
5. How can one determine if one has moral excellence? What is the guideline Aristotle provides?
6. What is the happiest activity for Aristotle? Why?

Discuss the landmark studies about conformity (Asch), compliance and obedience (Milgram & Zimbardo).

Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between conformity, compliance, and obedience. This paper will explore the landmark studies that have set the tone for much of the social psychology research that happens today.

Part I: Basics of Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience. Using at least two scholarly and/or credible sources, respond to the following:
Differentiate between conformity, compliance and obedience
Discuss the landmark studies about conformity (Asch), compliance and obedience (Milgram & Zimbardo)
Provide a brief overview of the research study for each.
Discuss the major findings.
Part II: Critique of the Landmark Study
Select one of the landmark studies and provide an in-depth critique of the research. Identify at least 2 current studies/researchers that expand upon or challenge the findings of that landmark study.
Provide a brief overview of both of the current research studies. Describe how the current studies are different from the landmark study.
Discuss the major findings.
What does the current research tell us about the landmark study? Are the findings from the landmark study still applicable/relevant today?
Part III: Current Applications

How do the concepts of conformity, compliance and obedience manifest in our daily lives? How do these concepts affect the behavior of individuals and groups? Explain and give two examples.
Identify 3 or 4 social norms that are unwritten rules of behavior that we follow anyway (e.g., chewing with your mouth closed). These are things that we do because we “should” but we really don’t know why. See the Social Norm Examples website for examples.
Discuss 2 benefits and 2 risks/consequences/dangers of conformity, compliance and obedience.
Reminders:
Follow APA guidelines to format your response
Support factual information and assertions with credible and/or scholarly sources.
Use in-text citations and include a references page – APA format

Discuss and analyze the background and significance of your political science research topic.

Purpose: The objective of this final assessment is for you to fuse all of the individual sections of the research proposal that you have created over the last five weeks into a comprehensive, easy to follow, professional, research proposal. This finished proposal can be a template and primer for future political science research. Importantly, the skills, knowledge, and abilities utilized in the creation of this research proposal are applicable to and necessary for all aspects of political science research.
Prepare: The last five weeks have been spent making the various sections of a professional research proposal, and now your final task is to compile those sections into a polished and functional research product. Therefore, you will need to review all completed sections of your research proposal from the last five weeks and carefully incorporate the feedback received from your instructor. In addition, you should apply the information, processes and procedures discussed and analyzed during the course to refine and improve your proposal. The end product will be both academically and professionally useful.
Reflect: You certainly have been very busy over the last five weeks preparing for this final assessment. You have incrementally designed and created all of the practical parts of a feasible political science research project. The research proposal you create can either serve as very beneficial practice for future research efforts or as a template for a future research project utilizing your completed research proposal. The hard work you have applied in the course will be essential in the capstone course (POL 497) and will serve you well when you enter into the political science profession after graduation. Well done!
Write: In your assignment, complete the following and incorporate the responses into a research proposal:
Develop a comprehensive introduction that includes a clear research question and thesis. (1/2 page)
Discuss and analyze the background and significance of your political science research topic. (2 pages)
Evaluate the academic literature supporting your political science research topic. (3 pages)
Formulate a feasible research design for your political science research topic. (2 pages)
Defend preliminary suppositions and implications of your research topic. (2 pages)
Develop a complete conclusion that summarizes the research proposal and reiterates the importance of your research topic. (1/2 page)
The Research Proposal Final Project
Must be at least four double-spaced pages (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least three appropriate sources.
The assigned paper you are analyzing each week will count as one of your three sources.
Other sources could include the course text and any of the required or recommended resources for this week.
You can also include additional resources found on the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.
Review the Integrating Research (Links to an external site.) interactive for assistance of how to integrate your research rather than simply inserting it.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Write a persuasive argument essay from the play,pick passage not longer 20 lines Explicate and give it a close sentence by sentence.

An Analysis and argue the theme of the play Piano lessons by August Wilson
And the second story Inherited Status and slavery in late Medieval Italy and Venetian

Question: Write a persuasive argument essay from the play,pick passage not longer 20 lines Explicate and give it a close sentence by sentence.explain how the sentence relate to the whole story

Do you believe that a software defined approach works for ICS/SCADA systems/networks?

The authors discuss security protection for ICS networks, especially for physical devices using software defined security. This paper offers an SDSec-based approach to provide additional protection based on software defined zones. Different approaches are also discuss and presented. Understanding the nature of ICS/SCADA networks the authors present an approach to limit attacks and attack propagation on physical devices.
Do you believe that a software defined approach works for ICS/SCADA systems/networks? Write a 3-5 page paper with supporting research (peer reviewed journals are required) that either supports an SDSec-based approach or dismisses this ICS/SCADA networks.