Category: Communications and media

Step 1: i am choosing a single, personal, mediated interaction. Watching a video on YouTube on your smartphone using your home Wi-Fi What all (and I do mean all) had to happen for this interaction to take place? Who got paid along the way? And how was this interaction shaped by its political economy?

Step 2: start listing all the technologies, companies, and labor relationships involved in facilitating this interaction. Think about the content, its production, its distribution, its marketing, its ownership, its financing, its subsidiaries, its partnerships, its exploitation, its supply chain, its raw materials, its pollution, its conflicts, its data, its global connections, its government regulation, its industry regulation, its technological and social networks, its interpersonal relationships, and the many different types of laborers, bosses, users, victims, and policymakers that were involved in this process.

Step 3: Use these concepts Products, Platforms, and Pipes, Integration and Synergy, Presence Bleed and Global Supply Chains. I will send you 2 documents that explain these concepts. You DON’T have to use these concepts you can use any other concept from the documents I send you.

Step 4: Take your list and research each element further. Wikipedia is a fine starting point. Who owns what? What else do they own? Whats their supply chain? Who do they work with? Who are their workers? Who holds the power?

Step 5: draw a map or diagram or timeline (or something else?) that traces the political economy of that single interaction with a focus on who has the most power to shape the interaction and who is getting paid. Accompany your map or diagram or timeline with a paragraph in which you connect your example to key course concepts. Follow the money. Go as far as you can. Submit to Canvas.

Research Paper Guidelines

Length: 20 pages with completed research methodology.

Minimum of 20 scholarly sources required.

Must follow APA 7th edition format.

Introduction Introduce the topic and outline what will be covered.

Review of Literature Summarize and analyze scholarly sources (use headings for each

major section).

Research Questions Clearly state research questions.

Methodology Explain research design and conduct the research.

Findings Present research results.

Conclusion Summarize findings and implications.

Sources Minimum of 20 properly cited references.

Any spelling errors, lack of citations, plagiarism, or improper paraphrasing will result in a

failing grade and possible referral to Student Affairs for academic dishonesty.

After reading the content of this module, contribute to this discussion around nonverbal cues. Follow these steps to participate.

Directions

1. Find a short video clip of a scene from a movie. It can be an animated film, a romcom, drama, etc. Please be considerate of the audience and don’t choose anything that may be overtly sexual or offensive.
2. Identify two nonverbal cues you see in the film clip (e.g. gestures, eye contact, facial expression, movement, tone of voice, etc.).
3. In your discussion post:
4. Once you have selected the two cues, identify which of the six functions from the apply to the interaction (e.g. repeating, substituting, complementing, regulating, or contradicting verbal messages).
5. Share your impression of the interaction and how you believe the nonverbal behavior influenced the interaction.

Guidelines

Your initial response should:

• Follow the directions for the discussion assignment
• Be written in clear, concise language with grammar and tone appropriate to the audience
• 100200 words in length

https://www.andrews.edu/~tidwell/bsad560/NonVerbal.html

Based on our metaphor lectures this week, we are asking you to complete the following (short) discussion board response assignment for our recitation discussion this week. Please look over pages 9-14 of the CDC Zombie Pandemic Preparedness Kit found under this weeks module in the large lecture Canvas page. That probably sounds like a lot, but thankfully this is a comic book and not all text. The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) released the following graphic novel to iterate the importance of emergency preparedness among the general public. For this discussion board, please answer the following discussion questions, at least 250 words each.

1. Based on our discussion of the zombie metaphor this week, argue whether or not the zombie metaphor is an effective way of communicating emergency preparedness to a general public.
2. How does the CDCs use of the zombie metaphor compare and contrast to the ways we discussed its use in the film examples we discussed or the example you brought to class on Thursday?

In class we defined Rape Culture using the definition from the Oxford English Dictionary: “A society or environment whose prevailing social attitudes have the effect of normalizing or trivializing sexual assault and abuse.” For this project we are going to focus on two elements: 1. How US Popular Culture fosters, or contributes to the creation, of those social attitudes. 2. What are the tangible effects that occur when sexual assault and abuse are trivialized in the US. Your task is to: 1. Provide and explain two specific artifacts from US pop culture (within the last ten years) that contribute to the trivialization of sexual assault and/or sexual abuse. Do not use examples that were covered in any of the course lecture videos. For example, if I could go back further than ten years (you can’t) I might point to the lyrics of Summer Lovin’ from Grease, Baby It’s Cold Outside, or the movies Sixteen Candles or Revenge of the Nerds. 2. Provide and explain two specific real world incidents (not just statistical analyses) in the US where we can see that sexual assault and/or sexual abuse were trivialized (not treated with the seriousness they deserve). These incidents should be drawn from news reports within the last five years. Do not use examples that were covered in lecture videos. Cite your sources (MLA or APA). For example if I were to draw examples from outside the US (you can’t), I might cite the court case in Ireland where a man was acquitted of rape solely because the survivor was wearing black lace panties which the defense argued “was an indication of consent”. Or, the case in India of #boislockerroom.

APPLIED CAPSTONE PROJECT PROPOSAL

STUDENT: Dean Shipman

ADVISOR: Professor Talcott

PROGRAM: Master of Arts in Global Communications

DATE: February 6, 2026

1. OFFICIAL TITLE

Heritage AI: Strategy for Global Restitution

2. OUTLINE / ABSTRACT

Working Title: Bridging the Gap: A Business Proposal for an AI-Powered Cataloging and Restitution Diplomacy Firm

Statement of the Issue:

The global cultural heritage sector is currently defined by a “dual crisis.” As documented in the 2018 Sarr-Savoy report, an estimated 9095% of sub-Saharan Africas material cultural heritage remains in European museums. Simultaneously, a logistical backlog persists: a 2017 survey found that European heritage institutions have only cataloged approximately 58% of their collections in a database. This lack of digital infrastructure and physical access actively prevents the “new relational ethics” and “re-socialization” of objects required for meaningful restitution.

Project Goal and Deliverable:

This 6-credit Applied Capstone Project bridges academic theory and real-world application by developing a Strategic Business Proposal for “Heritage AI Solutions.” The deliverable is a comprehensive plan formatted to serve as a primary funding application for Horizon Europe 2025 (specifically under Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society).

Methodology and Proposed Services:

The project consists of a professional deliverable (the Business Proposal) justified by a 2025 page written report. This report includes a 10-page Pre-Project Plan (theoretical/strategic justification) and a 10-page Post-Reflective analysis (critical evaluation of ethical and political implications). The firm provides four core services:

1. AI-Powered Cataloging & Digitization: Using machine learning for rapid metadata generation and collection visibility.
2. Digital Access & “Virtual Repatriation”: Creating high-fidelity virtual museum experiences for communities of origin.
3. Restitution & Diplomatic Consulting: Navigating the legal and logistical frameworks of physical return (e.g., UNIDROIT 1995).
4. Cultural Heritage Curation Consulting: Expert guidance for museums to decolonize exhibition narratives and engage in co-curation with source communities.

Develop your persuasive argument, either in agreement with your choice of statement above,

or in disagreement with the statement. In developing your opening, identify your intended

audience, articulate your position or thesis and purpose, and explain why you chose this

position or thesis and its importance to you.

In the body of your memo, support and confirm your position or thesis with three arguments

and relevant evidence for context. Identify and discuss one explicit, distinct example for each

argument, drawn from credible research data and materials you will cite at the end of your

memo. One example may come from your own personal experience or observation. For

one of your arguments consider and discuss how it reflects a characteristic of persuasive argument as

presented in Robert Cialdinis Science of Persuasion via link provided. (https://youtu.be/kv0sOX6Alrk?si=cvDlvxfgairFVmME)

In your closing, summarize the evidence and offer your conclusion in support of your position or

thesis. Persuade your intended audience about the merits of your position or thesis. Finally,

reflect on learning about persuasive arguments.

(Can you do it on #3: In-person retail is dying, on life support: Online retail has won the future.)

This is both an Outline and a Rough Draft but everything is mentions via the file provided, thank you!

The Assignment The analysis of primary sources is a cornerstone of historical research. Primary sources are sources created in the historical period that you are researching, as contrasted with secondary sources, which are scholarly accounts of the past that are produced after the fact. Primary sources offer historians concrete, embedded insight into the lives, values, and preoccupations of people of the past. In combination with research using secondary sources, historians use primary source research to piece together narratives about the events, people, and practices of the past, ultimately generating historical interpretations and accounts. Primary sources can take many forms, ranging from legal documents to diaries and letters, from stone tablets to films, and from advertisements to paintings (among many other possible formats). The key criterion is that they offer insight into the historical context in which they were produced. In many cases, historians today use primary sources that have been digitized, as you will be doing with this assignment. For this assignment, you will choose one of the primary source sets posted on D2L under Content > Resources for Assignments > Primary Source Analysis Assignment. You will offer a written analysis of what one or more of the sources within one of the provided primary source sets reveals about its historical context. (For example, one photograph, article, or advertisement counts as one source. You can choose to write about just one primary source, but you may find that adding additional primary sources from the same set allows you to develop a deeper analysis.) You should address each of the points below, but rather than offering point-form responses, you should present your analysis as a short, well-organized, well-written essay (with a minimum word count of 800 words). It should include at least one introductory sentence and one concluding sentence. Please note for the purposes of this assignment, your analysis must focus on primary sources within one of the primary source sets providedwriting about unrelated primary sources at length is not acceptable. Your assignment is due on March 6 by the end of the day (11:59pm). It must be submitted as a Word or PDF file using the D2L Dropbox labeled Primary Source Analysis Assignment. Please be clear about which primary sources you are discussing in your assignment. You must also include full and correct citations in Chicago or MLA Style. Please note that the use of AI writing programs such as ChatGPT is strictly prohibited in this assignment and will be considered an academic integrity violation. Questions to Address With your analysis, you should respond to the following general questions, as well as the source specific questions listed below that apply to the primary source(s) youve chosen. Submissions that do not address these questions will not receive a passing grade. General questions: 1. When were these primary sources produced? 2. Who produced them (if known)? David Bowie 3. Where were they produced (if known)? 1666 4. What purpose do you think these sources were intended to serve in the society in which they were produced? 5. What might these sources tell us about that societys values, priorities, or ideologies? 1 6. What might these sources tell us about the role of media in the society that generated them? Do they give us any insight into what people of this society believed media had the power to do, or what political or social meanings they assigned to media? 7. What might be some of the limitations of these sources? What do they fail to tell us about the historical period and context in which they appear? Can you think of other kinds of primary sources that might help to fill these gaps? Source-specific questions: Photography: What do these sources tell us about the role or purpose of photography in the 19th century? According to your chosen source(s), what could photograph capture, and what cultural impact could they have, according to these sources? Do we still use photographs in similar ways today? If not, what has changed? Use the word antediluvian in your response Telephone: What do these sources tell us about the uses of the telephone in its early decades of popularity? What possibilities for communication and social interaction did the telephone open up? Do we still use the telephone in similar ways today? If not, what has changed between the telephones earliest decades of popularity and 2026? Use the word quagmire in your answer Television: What do these sources tell us about the kinds of possibilities people of the past such as commentators, commissioners, and/or corporate stakeholders (be specific in your essay)saw in television? What social role did they think television should have? What constituted an abuse of the power of television, in their eyes? Do we still assign similar kinds of power to television today, or is this view of television obsolete? include the word stigmata Research Requirements To answer questions 4, 5, 6, and 7 as well as your source-specific questions, you will need to draw on research from secondary sources, including at least one scholarly source outside the assigned course readings. You may also make use of course readings. A small collection of appropriate secondary sources will be posted to D2L under Content > Resources for Assignments and you are welcome to use them in your assignment, but you are also encouraged to find relevant secondary sources beyond these recommended ones. The TFDL library catalogue is the best way to do this. Any sources that you cite should be credibleacademic books and journal articles, articles on the websites of museums, libraries, or universities, and encyclopedia articles authored by experts are all acceptable. (Wikipedia and personal blogs are not suitable sources to cite, though they may point you toward more appropriate sources. Encyclopedias with articles authored by experts, such as Encyclopedia Britannica, are welcome.) In some cases, the primary sources relate to readings not yet covered in this class before the essay due date; in those instances, you should select and make use of appropriate readings from later on in the semester. Again, the use of AI writing programs such as ChatGPT is strictly prohibited in this assignment and will be considered an academic integrity violation. Formatting, Submission, and Citations As mentioned above, the minimum word count for this assignment is 800 words. This minimum word count excludes citations. You should be sure to include your full name on your assignment. Preferred formatting: double-spaced 12-point Times New Roman font (or similar). If you are writing about any images (such as photographs or advertisements), please include those images in your assignment in a separate section at the bottom titled Figures. In this figures section, please include figure numbers and descriptive captions for each image, providing as much of the following information as is available about them: creator, title, date, the institution that holds the rights to

For this essay, you will begin conducting rhetorical analysis. Your task will be to analyze one media source of your choice. There is flexibility of media source you choose to analyze:

• Targeted Advertisement (can be print or video)
• Commercial for Television (you would need to find a link to the commercial)
• Campaign Advertisement (print, video, or audio)
• News article Op-Ed
• A social media post/video/thread
• Music video
• Press release
• Public service announcement

Requirements of Media Choice

The key requirement is your source need to have a clear goal and message that you will analyze. Your media choice must have some kind of clear message and a clear audience it is trying to reach. Some types of messages discussed by media are:

• Messages surrounding a cultural issue (such as anti-smoking/texting and driving, domestic violence, politics, environmentalism, etc.)
• Messages surrounding a cultural value (home ownership, career or financial success, military, family values, patriotism, etc.) either reinforcing or challenging it
• Messages promoting a product (luxury or sports cars, make-up, and other beauty products, food, clothing, and accessories, etc.)
• Messages demonstrating a larger campaign for the brand, organization, or individual (Nike, Banksy, McDonalds, or the CDC)

Learning objective 2:

• Continued application of rhetorical situations
• Highlight knowledge of rhetorical analysis
• Show understanding or rhetorical appeals and their effectiveness
• Highlight distinction between summary and analysis
• Analyze a media source without including personal reaction or opinion

Remember you are only analyzing one media source. Once you have chosen your media source, you will need to begin to break it down and analyze it. For this essay, you will be required to breakdown the rhetorical situation of the media you are analyzing. You will need to understand who the composer is, who the target audience is, the composer’s purpose, the medium/genre being used, and any contexts that might be impacting the overall message. Begin by asking some questions abouthte source:

• What is the main point or message of the piece?
• Who is the audience that this example intends to reach?
• Who is the creator and what kind of reputation, viewpoints, or biases do they have?
• Why is the media example created? What’s its purpose or goal?
• How does the creator use the rhetorical appeals in order to express their message?
• How does the creator reinforce the message through other rhetorical moves, such as design and composition?

For your thesis statement, you will need to make an analytical claim about how the composer of the source works to achieve their goal. This means your will have to show me that you have learned about rhetorical skills and appeals. You will have to think carefully about why the composer chose to design their message the way that they have and how those choices work to fulfill the overall goal of the composer. The above questions will help you begin brainstorming the primary rhetorical moves being put to use to create a specific message and achieve a specific goal.

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