Category: Communications and media

*The purpose of this assignment is to critically analyze a complex ethical dilemma involving medical treatment for a patient with late-stage dementia. You will explore the implications of honoring an advanced directive versus the potential benefits of medical intervention. This exercise aims to deepen your understanding of ethical principles, legal considerations, and the application of theoretical concepts discussed in class.

Prompt

David has late-stage dementia. He has largely forgotten his previous life and no longer recognizes his family members. Nonetheless, David seems very happy. His family remarks that they never seen him laugh and smile this much before. David has contracted pneumonia which, if untreated, will likely kill him. The pneumonia can be cured with a course of antibiotics. Earlier in life, David signed an advanced directive indicating that were he to end up with dementia, he did not want to receive any medical treatment. Should we treat David? Why or why not?

Comprehensive Analysis

Remember the following when completing your paper:

1. Use Class Concepts: Apply the ideas and theories weve discussed in class to address the prompt.
2. Go Beyond Yes or No: Provide a detailed answer that explores the complexities of the issue, rather than just saying yes or no.
3. Stay Consistent: Make sure your arguments are consistent and dont contradict yourself within your own paper.
4. Support with Evidence: Use relevant statistics, laws, rules, and similar cases to back up your analysis. Remember to cite all your sources properly.
5. Avoid Summaries: Dont just summarize our class discussions or readings. Dive deeper into the analysis. At little more than half of your paper should be devoted to telling me about the reasons you have used, and why your decision is the best way to proceed. This means that you will need to do more than simply summarize the issue.
6. In-Depth Analysis: Use logic, reason, and perspectives from the humanities to offer a thorough analysis. Clearly explain the implications of your arguments. This includes again using other cases, statistics, and laws not just a feeling.

Paper Requirements

Write your response in a clear and organized manner. Ensure your paper is typed on a Word Document and is:

• At a minimum of 1000 words (excluding the title page),
• Double-spaced with 1-inch margins around,
• Times New Roman 12-point font, and
• You may choose either APA or MLA format.

elaborate on the concept of noise in communication clearly highlighting how each of the following types of noise may be minimised within a secondary school setup in zimbabwe: semantic noise, psychological noise, physiological noise, organisational noise and any other type of noise giving in-text and end-text references using apa 7th edition style including Zimbabwean authors

Generational Difference Chart link:

https://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

New Understanding of Millennials: https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/economy/issues-by-the-numbers/understanding-millennials-generational-differences.html

Students are to research the World Wide Web and identify 5 websites that can be used in Health and Wellness. You are to list and critique each site discussing the positive and negative qualities of each. Explain how you might use these sites in your proposed work setting and what benefits, if any, do they offer to you as a health and wellness advocate.

. This assignment consists of TWO (2) tasks. Task one is a written essay and task two is an oral presentation. Al he instructions will be in the file.

NO PLAGIRISM AND NO AI, the assignment will go through a PRO checker for this!

Instructions:

The first preparation for the final paper should be around 500 words in length and should address the following:

What culture, nationality, or microculture are you going to focus on?

(DO NOT USE COLOMBIA FROM LATIN AMERICA NOR FRANCE FROM EUROPE SPECIFICALLY, because those are my personal cultures and I need you to choose whichever other one that is different from mines so I can later compare them in a later on assignment, also research on my cultures if you need to Cali, Colombia and Lyon, France, so you can be able to answer which ever other prompts the assingment asks for in all of this instructions. I hope this makes sense.

Briefly describe the culture (language, size, history, ethnicity/race, religion, major customs, and other things that make the culture stand out).

How would you classify the culture in terms of dimensions we have described in class (Collectivism, Communication Context, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, Masculinity, etc.)?

What major value characteristics are prominent in the culture in terms of the value schemes offered in the text and class?

How different/similar is this culture to your own?

(with this one you can research mines to answer it, cali colombia and lyon france) a little context: my father and I are from cali colombia and my sister from bogota colombia and my mother is from lyon france. the family grew up between the two countries, cities and cultures. we also lived because of my farthers job on the move constantly and got to experience living in the following countries: Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Florida USA, Colombia Cali Bogota, France Lyon, and now presently Florida USA again.

Cite 5 sources you could use for this paper. You must have at least one text citation (I have uploaded my class textbook chapters here where you can get whichever text citation you think is best, just one of course) and one scholarly journal citation (which you are free to find that of course has to be relevant and considered a scholarly journal citation). that makes for two sources, the other three you are free to find and choose to complete the full five but of course they have to be relevant to the whole paper.

The rubric for evaluating the preparation will be:

The preparation makes it clear what culture is being analyzed 10 points

The preparation gives some basic information about the culture and people 10 points

The preparation has at least two different dimensions that apply to the culture 10 points

The preparation mentions at least two values from a value scheme in the text that apply to the culture 10 points

The preparation correctly cites 5 different likely sources (includes at least one text source and one scholarly journal source) that could be used to write the final paper 10 points

Thank you and best of luck!

• Your original post with sources (1 point *10 chapters): Create your answers with numbers to all questions.
• 1) Write more than 300 words and 2) cite sources from the textbook (please add specific page numbers, not just chapter 1 or the authors’ name and the year of the publication). There will be a penalty if you answer the questions in less than 300 words and without citing sources from the text. (A: 1 point / B: 0.8 points / C: 0.6 points)
• 2) Read your classmates’ posts and respond to one of them. Please write more than 150 words. (0.5 points * 10 chapters; A: 0.5 points/ B: 0.4 points/ C: 0.3 points).
• Response posts should advance the discussion of the topic or idea. To create a meaningful response post, please check the options below:
• Agree/disagree: explain why you agree or disagree
• Reply to a question: When a peer poses a question, you can reply to it with sources from the text or your other readings/experiences.
• Ask further questions. You can ask for a clear explanation, examples, etc.
• Share something you learned from reading the posting or how the post helped you rethink your perspective.
• Compare to other students’ comments. Discuss how they can be related.

1) If you think of images that are correctly representing our local culture, please share two images here with an explanation of how the local culture/worldview in Georgia and the U.S. is represented well in the images while contrasting with examples of different cultures. (Attach the image files in your posting). Add the page numbers.

2. Based on your experiences, explain how its religious views are linked to Georgia or the U.S.’s lifestyle. Add the page numbers.

3. Since religion touches all aspects of human life, should it be separated from the government? Please give an example to support your point. Please read two articles provided and and cite them in your discussion. Add the page numbers.

Wang, S. C., Raja, A. H., & Azhar, S. (2020). A lot of us have a very difficult time reconciling what being Muslim is: A phenomenological study on the meaning of being Muslim American. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(3), 338346. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000297

Evans, J., Starr, K. J., Corichi, M., & Miner, W. (2023, September 12). Buddhism, Islam and religious pluralism in South and Southeast Asia. Pew Research Center.

For this formative assessment, create a video, blog post, or infographic that clearly represents what someone can do to be an active listener. You will need to make sure that you provide a rationale for the aspects you feel are most important to move from listening to active listening.

Read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Pay attention to how the happiness of many depends on the suffering of one child, and how the town explains/maintains that arrangement.

Step 2: Write (600800 words)

Address all four sections below.

1) Concepts (Chapter 6)

Choose two concepts from Chapter 6 (examples: ideology, hegemony, resistance, concertive control, standpoint feminism).

Define each in your own words (briefly).

2) Apply to Omelas

Use specific moments from the story to show how each concept appears in Omelas.

Do not summarize the plotfocus on how communication justifies, normalizes, or challenges the arrangement.

3) Real-world parallel

Connect Omelas to one real-world case (workplace, school, social movement, media storyline, or current event) where some people benefit while others are marginalized. Be specific.

4) Critical reflection

In your real-world case:

• Who benefits and who is silenced?
• What communication practices reinforce the system (messages, rules, norms, common sense, etc.)?
• What would walking away look like in that context (resistance, refusal, reform, exit)?

Brief:

During this semester you will undertake a number of in-class activities and exercises, aimed at improving your overall writing skills, and your understanding of how to write for different media platforms and/ or media categories.

This portfolio requires you to apply what you have learned with a focus on news writing.

There are three mandatory CHECKPOINTs to complete.

Work through each of the steps on this brief. Doing everything in each step, means youve met the brief (C grade). So, think of ways you can supplement your work by going over and above the brief.

Steps:

Your portfolio must include the following pieces of writing and its associated elements/ styles (EX: Inverted Pyramid; Champagne Glass), as outlined:

1. News Article (CHECKPOINT 1 Topic 4)

• Task: Write a hard news story reporting on a current or recent news event. The focus must be on what happened, who was involved, when, where, and why it matters. The writing must be factual, neutral, and structured using the inverted pyramid style.
• Word Count: 300 350 words
• Tone: Neutral and objective
• Include: Headline, lead/hook, body

2. News Feed Posts (CHECKPOINT 2 Topic 6)

• Part 1: X (Twitter)
• Task: Rewrite the hard news article for X (Twitter)
• Character Count: exactly 280 characters
• Include: Lead (condensed) and key detail (written like a micro-headline and lead combined)
• Not included: hooks designed to provoke emotion; questions; hashtags; emojis; opinions
• Part 2: Facebook
• Task: Rewrite the hard news article for Facebook
• Word Count: 100-150 words
• Include: Headline, expanded body, attribution
• Not included: opinion or commentary, questions or engagement prompts, speculation or emotive framing.

3. News Update (CHECKPOINT 3 Topic 12)

• Task: Write a follow-up news update to the hard news story used in your portfolio. This task assesses your ability to report new developments clearly and ethically while maintaining continuity with earlier coverage. This is NOT the same article as you wrote for CHECKPOINT 1 – it needs to contain new information.
• Word Count: 300 350 words
• Tone: Neutral and objective
• Include: Headline, lead/hook, body and new information.

Present your portfolio as professionally as you can, so think of how youre displaying your work. All images should be original (identify yours). Any sourced images must be royalty-free (provide the URL).

Formatting:

• 12 pt Times New Roman (Titles can be a different font.)
• Double spacing
• Word count for each piece of writing

and i need you to send me drafts for checkpoits beacuse they have marks also here are the rubric i want to get band 4-5 mostly 5

Process Work (2 items + BB Journal CHECKPOINTS) (CLO3)

5 possible points (12.5%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: No process work completed. GRADE 1: Process work is incomplete, with few or no revisions made, demonstrating minimal effort and significant gaps in completion and improvement.

0 – 1

Band 2

GRADE 2: Process work completed, with minimal revisions, showing limited effort and minimal improvement. Three submissions made to the online journal.

2 – 2

Band 3

GRADE 3: Process work completed, with revisions that show some effort and basic attention to feedback, though improvement may be inconsistent. Three submissions made to the online journal.

3 – 3

Band 4

GRADE 4: Process work completed, with effective revisions, reflecting good attention to feedback and noticeable improvement. More than three submissions made to the online journal.

4 – 4

Band 5

GRADE 5: Process work completed, with detailed and effective revisions, demonstrating substantial improvement and careful attention to feedback. More than three submissions made to the online journal.

5 – 5

News Genre and Conventions (CLO3)

5 possible points (12.5%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: No clear attempt to follow genre conventions. No word counts met. GRADE 1: Limited use of conventions; significant structural flaws or incorrect focus. Few word counts (1-2) met.

0 – 1

Band 2

GRADE 2: Some genre conventions are applied, but inconsistently. Most word counts (3-4) met.

2 – 2

Band 3

GRADE 3: Most genre conventions are followed, though with minor errors. All word counts met (4).

3 – 3

Band 4

GRADE 4: Conventions are well-applied. All word counts are met. All word counts met (4).

4 – 4

Band 5

GRADE 5: All 4 pieces adhere to conventions exceptionally well. All word counts met.

5 – 5

Presentation and Elements (CLO3)

10 possible points (25%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: No presentation elements present. GRADE 1: poor presentation with essential elements missing. GRADE 2: Minimal presentation effort; several key elements missing or incorrect.

0 – 2

Band 2

GRADE 3: Few presentation elements are present, but execution is incomplete. GRADE 4: Some presentation elements are present, but execution is unpolished.

3 – 4

Band 3

GRADE 5: Satisfactory presentation, with most elements appropriately included. GRADE 6: Adequate presentation, with most elements appropriately included – some with creativity.

5 – 6

Band 4

GRADE 7: Good presentation with thoughtful use of elements and layout. GRADE 8: Very good presentation with creative use of elements and layout.

7 – 8

Band 5

GRADE 9: Presentation is excellent creative and original. The portfolio stands out. All 4 items and their elements are correct and complete. Extra work completed. GRADE 10: Presentation is exceptional very creative and original. The portfolio stands out. All 4 items and their elements are correct and complete. Extra work completed.

9 – 10

Language (CLO4)

10 possible points (25%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: Use of language is very poor. GRADE 1: Language is unclear or inappropriate throughout. GRADE 2: Word choice is not appropriate to the media genre and only minimally precise. Poor use of writing for media devices.

0 – 2

Band 2

GRADE 3: Word choice is lacks variety and precision. Writing for media devices minimally appropriate. GRADE 2: Word choice is slightly varied and only minimally precise. Writing for media devices minimally appropriate.

3 – 4

Band 3

GRADE 5: Word choice is varied but only somewhat precise. Writing for media devices fairly appropriate but not always effectively used. GRADE 6: Word choice is varied but precision is inconsistent. Writing for media devices is appropriate but not always effectively used.

5 – 6

Band 4

GRADE 7: Word choice is fairly precise and varied. Writing for media devices used, mostly but not always effectively. Unique use of language. GRADE 8: Word choice is precise and varied. Writing for media devices used – occasionally lacking in effectiveness. Very unique use of language.

7 – 8

Band 5

GRADE 9: Word choice is sophisticated, precise, and varied. Appropriate writing for media. Devices implemented well. GRADE 10: Word choice is very sophisticated, precise, and varied. Appropriate writing for media. Devices implemented very well.

9 – 10

Quality of Writing (CLO4)

5 possible points (12.5%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: Very poor grammar, punctuation and spelling. GRADE 1: Poor grammar, punctuation and spelling. Numerous corrections needed. Errors cause confusion.

0 – 1

Band 2

GRADE 2: Basic knowledge of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Numerous corrections needed. Errors can cause confusion.

2 – 2

Band 3

GRADE 3: Intermediate level of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Some correction needed.

3 – 3

Band 4

GRADE 4: Fairly high level of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Minimal correction needed.

4 – 4

Band 5

GRADE 5: Very high level of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Next to no correction needed.

5 – 5

Formatting/Submission (CLO4)

5 possible points (12.5%)

Band 1

GRADE 0: 5 or more requirements missing. GRADE 1: 4 format (12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, word counts provided) and/or submission (signed cover sheet, one pdf, named and sequenced correctly) requirements missing.

0 – 1

Band 2

GRADE 2: 3 format (12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, word counts provided) and/or submission (signed cover sheet, one pdf, named and sequenced correctly) requirements missing.

2 – 2

Band 3

GRADE 4: 2 format (12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, word counts provided) and/or submission (signed cover sheet, one pdf, named and sequenced correctly) requirements missing.

3 – 3

Band 4

GRADE 4: 1 format (12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, word counts provided) and/or submission (signed cover sheet, one pdf, named and sequenced correctly) requirement missing.

4 – 4

Band 5

GRADE 5: All format (12 point Times New Roman, double spacing, word counts provided) and submission (signed cover sheet, one pdf, named and sequenced correctly) requirements met.