subject- Humanities
3 prompts to choose from- Here is one of them:
“This novel is told primarily from a female point of
view. How might the story be different if told by the male characters in the
story? What would be emphasized more? How do you see the story changing if told
from a male perspective? Discuss how gender influences the characters choices
and decisions.”
Search the web for ethical standards in the Human Services field, then find at least 5 Scriptures describing how we should treat others and care for them. Compare and contrast the Human Service ethics standards with biblical standards. How are they alike? How are they different?
I just need you to answer these questions. I dont need you to answer in essay style, just answer the questions. Please try to make it about 450 words for each prompt. Thank you.
1. What is Friedrich Lists critique of Adam Smiths
advocacy of international free trade? What does he suggest that states do? In
turn, what is Hilferdings critique of how the enactment of Lists approach has
been carried out?
Your take: Are any of these substantive critiques of global capitalism as such
(i.e. critiques of global capitalism in-and-of-itself) or merely differences
regarding its proper enactment? What would Karl Marx say about these three?
2. What is Kants proposition for a perpetual peace? Does he
say that the acceptance of this argument necessarily gives license for the
forceful imposition of such a type of order?
Your take: Do you think that Kants proposition is a formula
for a pacific world order? Why or why not?
3. Describe “just war” as formulated by both
Augustine and Thomas Aquinas (both examples of jus ad bellum and jus in bello).
What are Aquinas’ three formal stipulations for just war? Also, describe
Aquinas “Doctrine of Double Effect.”
Your take: Are there problems or insufficiencies with
“just war” as formulated by these two thinkers? What are the adverse
effects of the “Doctrine of Double Effect” (DDE) ? How might you
recommend an update to DDE?
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate your understanding of the following course concepts:
1. Explain how companies or organizations and individuals use digital or social media to effectively communicate ideas, information, arguments, and messages to achieve a specific goal.
2. How digital or social media has transformed the communication of an idea, information, and arguments in society.
3. Access, analyze, interpret, and evaluate digital media to foster learning and to guide decision-making.
4. Make responsible choices in the creation and consumption of digital media based on awareness of global, social, ethical, and legal contexts.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In this project, you will select a topic discussed in class from the list provided below, conduct additional research on the topic, and share this information in a research paper.
Project 3 consists of:
1. Project Requirements (topics and content to cover)
2. Paper Requirements (content organization)
3. Submission Requirements (how to submit your assignment)
4. APA Resources (how to cite and select sources)
5. Due Date Information and Late Policy
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Select one of the 12 research topics below and complete ALL THREE sections:
RESEARCH TOPICS
Topic 1: Digital Media as a Distraction (Week 1)
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 1: Distracted by Everything PBS Online Video Documentary Series Chapter 1 (00:00 – 08:28 minutes)
Topic 2: Digital Media’s Effects on the Brain (Week 1)
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 2: What’s It Doing to Their Brains? PBS Online Video Documentary Series Chapter 2 (08:29 – 10:40 minutes)
Topic 3: The Use of Digital and Social Media in Politics (Week 2)
(Smartphone political ads target non-political events to talk directly to voters, one by one (web page)
Topic 4: Cyber Psychology (Week 2)
Cyber psychology and cyber behavior of adolescents-the need of the contemporary era (web page)
Topic 5: Virtual Worlds and Their Impact on Society (Week 3)
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier- Chapter 7 Virtual Worlds PBS Online Video Documentary Series Start the video then Navigate to Chapter 7 (52:05 – 1:01:26)
Topic 6: Fake News (Week 3)
Fake News Vs Real News (PBS Online video)
Topic 7: Digital Rights Management (DRM) (Week 4)
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (PDF)
Topic 8: Filter Bubbles (Week 4)
How Filter Bubbles Isolate You (YouTube Video)
Measuring the Filter Bubble: How Google is measuring what you click.
Topic 9: Data Visualization (Week 5)
Information is Beautiful” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
Big Data Visualization (YouTube Video)
Topic 10: The Digital Divide (Week 6)
Digital Divides 2016 | Pew Research Center http://www.pewinternet.org/topics/digital-divide/2017
Small towns join forces to bridge the digital divide (YouTube video)
Topic 11: Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (Week 6)
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (PDF)
Topic 12: E-commerce (Week 7)
How Amazon Controls E-commerce: Amazon.com the Hidden empire: (online slideshow – 84 slides)
1. What are the key life style trends in tourism consumption?
2. How does the resort industry capture these new trends?
Explain, reconstruct, and evaluate the two arguments for Mind-Body Identity Theory as discussed by Sober, and the way the arguments are formally presented by me in the Canvas document. Make sure you present each argument separately and reconstruct the premises. Also, make sure you present the criticisms discussed in class against each argument. In addition, discuss the major assumption by the theory: that there cannot be any difference between two things without it being a physical difference. Finally, evaluate the criticisms: Are the criticisms conclusive against Mind-Body Identity Theory, or can the proponents of this theory offer a rejoinder to one or both criticisms?
From 1950 to 2000, manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment in the U. S. economy fell from 28 percent to 13 percent. At the same time, manufacturing output experienced slightly more rapid growth than the overall economy.
a. What do these facts say about growth in labor productivity ( defined as output per worker) in manufacturing?
b. In your opinion, should policymakers be concerned about the decline in the share of manufacturing employment? Explain.
c. What is the impact of COVID-19 to the productivity?
Your research paper is to be double spaced, have an augmentative thesis supported with evidence, be in 12 pt font, have page numbers, citation, i.e. endnotes or footnotes are required as well as a references page/bibliography. Title pages are not required but all pertinent information should be on the first page (title, name, course code, instructor, date). All notes and references are to be in Chicago style. The research paper is to be 10pagesin length and is due 19 June. You should make use of at least 10 academic sources for your paper.
final research paper is required to be an argumentative essay and should have a thesis that argues something and not just describes events.
OPTION C – Find an example of one of the “Propaganda techniques used on you every day
Read the page on Propaganda Techniques Used on You Every Day. Then, find an example of at least one of these techniques being used. This may be a news report to “inform” the public, or an opinion offered by some “expert” on some issue, or it may be standard commercial advertising to buy products. What is important is describing how the technique(s) are being employed to sway public opinion. Address the following:
Which of the seven propaganda techniques can you identify as an example to expand on that is being used today in politics, news reporting, or even in consumer advertising? What seems to be the goal of the propaganda producer, and how has this technique been employed to achieve the desired effect?
Can you determine ‘who is really telling me this and why?’ How might you warn others to be on guard from this technique
READ THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL
Propaganda: “Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view” (from the Oxford English Dictionary)
It is hard to do anything in this society without being bombarded by messages from advertisements, commercials, and social media that seem to influence or affect many apsects of our everyday life. Much of it is one form of propaganda or another, but how can we tell? What are the common techniques propagandists use to sell us everything from diet pills to a new war?
The article excerpt and video below lay out some of the most popular and prolific techniques of modern propaganda commonly used in countries or by companies around the world (while there are a few minor differences between the video and the article, most of it overlaps). Think about the way that propaganda differs from more open, honest forms of communication or messaging. As you learn about these techniques, be thinking about:
Can you identify an example any of the following techniques to expand on that is being used today in politics, news reporting, or even in consumer advertising? What seems to be the goal of the propaganda producer, and how has this technique been employed to achieve the desired effect?
Can you determine ‘who is really telling me this and why?’ How might you warn others to be on guard from this technique?
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Recognizing types of propaganda techniques makes them less effective:
Propaganda techniques find their way into our politics, our advertising and our speech.
by Richard Elfers
Jan 18, 2019
We live in a time when information is politicized. [These] seven propaganda techniques can open our eyes to see what is hidden in plain sight.
Bandwagon: Everyone is doing it, so you should too. This technique is found in ads and political statements. Psychological pressure is applied to the natural human desire to be part of the group, to be accepted, to fit in. Its likely there has been a time in your life when you were pressured to conform to a viewpoint or face ostracism.
Card Stacking: Highlighting good information and leaving out the bad. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, the president or a child, we all have used this approach. I remember when my two children were ages 4 and 6. They had gotten into a fight. I walked in and asked each separately what had happened. Their statements pointed out why their position was just and their siblings was wrong. I remember thinking at the time that my children were destined to become lawyers. Their arguments were so persuasive. They were effectively using card stacking without even understanding this natural human tendency to filter information, so it makes one point of view look good and the other bad.
Plain Folks: The product (or the politician) is for people just like you. President Donald Trump is a master of this approach. Even though he is a billionaire, he was elected because he has a gift for sensing intuitively what his much poorer supporters want to hear and then saying what they are thinking. They roar with approval at phrases like: Lock her up! or Build the wall! not because they actually believe that thats what should be done, but because he is expressing their thoughts.
The Testimonial: If a celebrity likes it, then you should, too. This technique is used in advertising. When actor Matthew McConaughey drives a Lincoln, hes viewed as cool and sophisticated and part of the elite, and people who drive a Lincoln therefore fit in that same category.
Politicians also use this technique. If a popular politician is viewed as in favor of some cause, then his followers will also be in favor of it. Devotees of either political party believe what they do, not necessarily because they have really studied an issue like climate change, but because their party states that it is an important issue. Its not that the political party is taking a stand on an issue because their supporters believe in it. Research has demonstrated this phenomenon.
Glittering Generalities: Advertisers use terms like best, great, new and improved. Politicians use terms like: human rights, justice, freedom and Make America Great Again. These words are never really explained. They leave it up to individuals to define the terms. The marketeer or candidate is putting a spin on his product to make it desirable or meaningful.
Name Calling: Socialist, patriot, stupid, war hero. The use of this technique has increased exponentially since the 2016 election. Several letters-to-the-editor have used the word socialist without ever defining what the term actually means in real life. Police, the military, environmental laws and water and sewer systems are all examples of socialism, but are rarely considered when the epithet socialist is used.
Transfer: Invoking something revered like Jesus or the U.S. (this can also be negative, like comparing someone to Hitler or Stalin). Both sides of the political spectrum use these phrases frequently to denigrate the beliefs of the other side. The problem arises when these terms are used; reason goes out the window and emotion comes rushing in. People become irrational because these words often elicit awe or fear.
These propaganda techniques find their way into our politics, our advertising and our speech. Hopefully, by making visible what has been invisible, we can become more discerning and thoughtful. We can become truly educated and much more aware of our emotional tendencies.
As Jesus so aptly stated, You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Prompt:
Watch this brief video on continued slavery under the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (a full length documentary is also available: 13th).
Using Young’s “Five Faces of Oppression,” consider how she might respond to the 13th Amendment.
Explain how might hooks respond to the 13th Amendment?
How are their respective responses different? Why do you think this is?
Instructions:
We expect this essay to be between 350 and 500 words. No formal introduction is required. The essay should respond to the prompt completely, and engage this modules primary texts (note: not the overview, video(s), or annotations) by including at least two relevant quotations. All quotes must be in quotation marks and cited (author, page number), and all paraphrased passages must be cited (author, page number). Be sure to define key terms, and explain in your own words why the quotes are relevant to your essay. Note that plagiarism will be subject to the most severe penalties set out in the course syllabus and university policy.