Assignment 3: Responsible AI and Society

Overview

In this assignment, you will examine what it means to build and deploy AI responsibly. You will first summarize the assigned course material on Responsible AI. You will then expand beyond the course content by finding additional high-quality sources, comparing their arguments and evidence, and forming your own analytical position. The purpose of this assignment is not only to understand the concept of Responsible AI, but also to evaluate how researchers, firms, and policymakers think about risk, governance, and long-run social impact.

Learning Objectives

Define Responsible AI and explain why it matters for generative AI systems.

Identify key risks such as bias, misinformation, privacy, safety, accountability, and labor displacement.

Compare different governance approaches proposed in academic, policy, and industry sources.

Develop a clear evidence-based argument about whether Responsible AI constrains or strengthens innovation.

Assignment Components

Part I Core Summary

Write a structured summary of 500700 words regarding the following concepts. Organize your response under the following headings:

Core Concept: What does Responsible AI mean? Why has it become a central issue in generative AI?

Main Risks and Concerns: Identify and explain the major risks discussed in the course material.

Stakeholders: Discuss who is affected by irresponsible AI deployment. You should address at least three stakeholder groups.

Governance and Mitigation: Explain how firms, developers, or governments can make AI systems more responsible.

Limitations and Open Questions: What problems remain difficult to solve in practice?

Part II Analytical Reasoning Question

Write 300500 words responding to the following question: Why is building a powerful AI model not enough? Why must firms also consider responsibility, governance, and social impact?

Explain why technical performance alone is not sufficient.

Discuss at least two risks that arise when AI systems are deployed at scale.

Explain the business tradeoff between innovation and responsibility.

Discuss when responsible AI requirements may slow firms down and when they may increase trust, adoption, and long-run value.

Part III Literature Expansion

Find at least three credible outside sources published recently on Responsible AI, AI governance, AI ethics, or the societal impacts of generative AI. You may use peer-reviewed journal articles, policy reports, major research institute reports, or high-quality industry research.

Your sources should be analytical and substantive. Do not use random blogs, promotional webpages, or purely opinion-based pieces.

For each source, complete the comparison table on the next page.

Your three sources should not all come from the exact same organization.

Part IV Synthesis Essay

After reviewing the additional sources, write a 500700 word synthesis essay responding to the following question: Does Responsible AI mainly act as a constraint on innovation, or does it improve the long-run value and trustworthiness of AI systems?

Compare findings across the sources.

Identify areas of agreement and disagreement.

Distinguish between technical risk, business risk, and social risk.

Take a clear final position and support it with evidence.

Source Comparison Table

Study / Report	Research Question	Data / Context	Main Finding	Risk Discussed	Proposed Governance Tool

AI Use Policy for This Assignment

Permitted use: You may use AI tools to help you brainstorm search terms, identify possible themes, improve grammar, clarify wording, or help format your comparison table. Not permitted: You may not ask AI to generate your full summary, reasoning response, synthesis essay, or presentation script and then submit it as your own work.

Your ideas, source selection, comparisons, and final written argument must be your own.

Any outside factual claim, quotation, or statistic must be verified using the original source you cite. Do not cite AI tools as if they are scholarly sources.

If you use AI at any stage, include a brief AI Use Disclosure at the end of your submission describing how you used it. Example: I used ChatGPT to help brainstorm keywords for my literature search and to proofread grammar. All analysis and final writing are my own.

Failure to verify sources, fabricated citations, or heavy AI-generated writing may be treated as an academic integrity violation.

Submission Requirements

Submit one document containing Parts IIV.

Use clear headings that match the assignment sections.

Include full citations for all outside sources in a consistent format.

Place the AI Use Disclosure at the end of the document.

Write in complete sentences and support your claims with evidence.

Culture Essay Students write an essay on culture. The essay is to answer the following question:
How will you build a successful company culture?
The essay will be graded in accordance with the rubric at the end of the syllabus. The assignment is worth 50 points. There is no prescribed word or page count, use your discretion to answer the question above.

For the Final Paper, you will further develop the FG paper you identified in Week 09. This means you will keep the same topic as you had for the FG paper.

For the Final Paper, complete the following three major steps:

1. Respond to instructor feedback on the introduction.
2. Drop the Method, Findings, and Discussion.
3. Extend the paper by adding a partial literature review.

Review the full .

Final Paper Instructions

Instructions

For the Final Paper you will develop further the Introductory Paper you submitted earlier this semester. This means you will keep the same topic as you had for the Introductory Paper.

For the final paper complete the following two major steps:

1. Respond to the instructor feedback on your Introductory Paper.
2. Extend the paper.

Step 1: Respond to instructor feedback

1. Respond to and apply every edit your section instructor made in their feedback.
   1. Take caremistakes made multiple times may only have been commented on once. Make sure to apply the highlighted correction throughout the paper.
   2. As a concrete example, perhaps you misused the &. It is likely your feedback did not highlight every repeat mistake. It is your responsibility to correct every misuse of the & there is in your paper.
   3. Do not use track changes (an option in Word) as you make your edits.
2. There may be a very small number (perhaps one or two) instances where you disagree with the feedback you received. It is therefore your responsibility to engage in respectful debate with your instructor to decide whether the feedback comment needs to be addressed. Instructors, like everyone, do make occasional mistakes in their feedback comments. Note though that the instructor has final say on whether a feedback comment is correct or not.
3. If any of the feedback is confusing to you make sure to request clarification on the feedback comments as soon as possible.
   1. Any debate or clarification about feedback comments must be initiated by within two weeks of receiving the feedback. Failure to do this means you must accept and implement any disputed feedback comment.

Step 2: Extend the paper

After completing the edits to the paper in step 1 you should now have a very polished introduction that reflects some of your best writing. In a traditional research paper you would now extend the paper by writing a comprehensive literature review. In this literature review you would cover the major areas related to your research question/hypothesis and summarize the research relevant to your topic. Make sure the heading Literature Review is used to indicate where your introduction ends and where your literature review starts.

As a concrete example suppose your research question was How do the lyrics of rap music influence Millennials perceptions of money and sex.

Looking at this research question it is possible to identify the major areas relevant to understanding this question. These major areas are (in the order they appear in the question not necessarily importance): 1) lyrical content, 2) rap music, 3) Millennials, 4) perceptions of money, 5) perceptions of sex.

1. Write about one of the major areas from your research question.
   1. You will not be able to cover everything in this major area due to page limits imposed by the time constraints of the course. Note, you do not gain extra points by going over the page limit and if you exceed the page limit by more than one page you will actually lose points. You are welcome to do more research and write more in your own time if you wish, and in the research practicum at the end of the program you can develop your ideas further with guidance from an instructor if you wish.
      1. Review the journal articles which contained literature reviews (which were most of them) from the course, and the readings on literature review for more guidance.
2. List in bullet point format the other major areas you would cover if you were to write an entire literature review.
   1. Returning to our earlier example of How do the lyrics of rap music influence Millennials perceptions of money and sex. You might write for the assignment about rap music. You could then list:
      • lyrical content
      • Millennials
      • perceptions of money
      • perceptions of sex

These could be the other four areas you would cover. You should not provide justification of why you selected these areas or excluded others. And simply listing the text in red in as simple format as shown here (i.e. bullet points and 25 words description) is sufficient. Prior to submission we will not review your proposed bullet points. Part of the assignment is for you to determine appropriate additional areas that should be covered.

A small number of you may find an article which answers the research question you are posing. At this point you may panic. Stop and do not panic. Even if you find a research article with an identical research question as yours there are a number of reasons why your paper remains important. 1) When was the article, which you believe is the same as yours, published? Even if published this year the data was likely collected last year and for many topics things change a lot in the space of a year. 2) Where did the study take place and who were the participants? Were they undergraduate students (typical), perhaps you tweak your question slightly to be about older or younger people. Did the study take place on the east coast or somewhere else with a different culture from where you propose your study?

Rewrite of introductory paper. You may look back at your introductory paper and want to rewrite additional material beyond what your grader commented on. This is fine. You can edit and change your introductory paper as much as you wish. We discourage you from changing topic or completely rewriting the introduction.

Summary of the final paper:

• Revised intro based on instructor feedback (not to exceed four pages and minimum of three pages).
• Start of literature review on a single major area from your research question/hypothesis (not to exceed five pages and a minimum of four pages).
• Total of 79 pages. While it is possible to score a good grade with an eight page paper it is very hard to achieve as you are not making effective use of the space available.

Title page and references do not count toward page count. There should be nothing about the method (e.g. surveys) in this final paper.

How many citations should there be? It varies from paper to paper. More citations is generally better. For every claim/fact/opinion/statement there should be a citation. Refer back to the citation count activity earlier in the semester for an approximate guide.

We do not review papers before submission. If you have specific questions about your paper you may discuss them with us but we do not review entire papers or pages of a paper.

When you submit your final paper there will be feedback provided by your instructor. This feedback includes the possibility there will be new feedback on your revised introduction. For instance, your revisions might need further revisions, or your edits might have resulted in sections of the paper which previously had no comments now needing additional edits.

Please read chapter 14 “The Law & The First Amendment” carefully as the chapter is an important chapter for students studying mass communication. Write one full single space page with a paragraph of reaction and review.

Textbook: The Media of Mass Communication the latest Edition by John Vivian

Technology makes communication faster and easier to phones and social media.

Purpose

The goal of this assignment is to learn more about live sporting events by collecting observations from a sporting event that you attend. This will allow you to engage with the aspects of sport that we have covered in Unit 3 including advertising, identity, interpersonal relationships, etc. Additionally, it will help change your perspective from being a fan of sport to a critical evaluater of the event and everyone involved.

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Task

The Live Sport Event

• Attend a live sporting event. This may include collegiate, semi-professional, or a professional sports game or match. Before, during, and after the event, take field notes (i.e., “raw records”, jottings, scratch notes, and condensed accounts) that are the unprocessed notions of what you observe. Use material that we have covered in class to guide you and feel free to skip ahead to future chapters. Do not feel that you need to limit yourself to interactions on the field. You may find interesting things that are happening in the stands, marketing for the event, food vendor interactions, fan interactions, media present, coach-athlete interactions, etc.
• You must submit both your raw field notes (typed or scanned notes are acceptable) as well as proof of attendance at the event (e.g., a selfie, ticket stub, picture of you at the event taken by others, etc.).

The Analysis Paper

• Write a 3-4 page analysis paper about the live sporting event that you attended. The paper should be divided into three sections: an introduction, body, and conclusion. In addition to the 3-4 pages, include a cover page, a reference page, and either (1) an appendix that includes your field observation notes, (2) or a separate document/file/image with your field observation notes.
  • Introduction: Provide an overview of the event that includes a description of the sport, space (arena, stadium, etc.), and key or noteworthy figures (e.g., teams, coaches, athletes, organizations, etc.), what drew you to the event, and why this event is suitable for this assignment (e.g., how can it inform issues of sport communication).
  • Body: Identify important or interesting interactions/happenings that you observed during the event. Select 3 to 4 course concepts to apply to the interactions you observed (about 1 or 2 concepts per paragraph). In the application of the course concepts, accurately define and describe the concept and cite the textbook using APA formatting (in-text citation and reference page) in your paper. A good format for this is to describe the interaction, provide the definition of the concept you are applying, and provide an analysis of how your chosen concept may inform the interaction you observed. Avoid using the same concepts that you used in the Interview a Sports Figure assignment.
  • Conclusion: Provide a summary of the 3 to 4 course concepts you applied to the event you attended. Further, provide your own critical evaluation of how your knowledge of sport communication illuminated or provided you with a heightened understanding of the events you witnessed. Specifically mention the features that you would have likely overlooked if it were not for your newfound knowledge of sport communication. Complete the conclusion with 1 to 2 suggestions for how sports communication scholarship can be expanded to cover observations from your event that are currently overlooked in the literature (e.g., are there other types of fan categories?)
• The analysis paper should be formatted using APA 7th edition formatting guidelines which includes a cover page, page numbers, and a reference page. You may include an appendix with your notes or submit a separate document/file/image that includes these. You do not need an abstract.
• Practice a collegiate writing style by using proper syntax, spelling, grammar, etc. Take time to revise your paper before submitting the final version.
• Your submission should include your (a) paper, (b) field notes, and (c) proof of attendance.

Unit 1 Assignment: Formal and Contextual Analysis

In our Week 1 Module, we focused on defining art and how to apply formal analysis to discuss the visual arts. For our Week 2 Module, we learned other ways of interpreting art through contextual analysis. Please use the learning materials and follow the template below to complete a short written assignment considering both visual and contextual analysis with the example you used in Learning Activity #3.

Please submit final written assignment as a Microsoft Word Document attachment.

Learning Materials:

Materials from Learning Activities #3 and #4

Template for Written Assignment:

• Title- Please generate an original title inspired by the artwork you select for this assignment.
• Introduction: Please introduce your written assignment by sharing the name and label information of the artwork or architecture example you selected for Learning Activity #3. (3 sentences)
• Body Paragraph 1: Describe the artwork/architecture example so your reader can envision it without looking at in a photo. Focus on the formal elements in the art example in the video you selected. Please use the to discuss relevant visual elements in your artwork. (7 – 9 sentences)
• Body Paragraph 2: Share 2 -3 different contexts to analyze the work. This may include historical, socio-economic, cultural, or any other contexts shared in the Learning Activity #4 reading. (7 – 9 sentences)
• Conclusion: Please share your perspective on using visual and contextual analysis when discussing examples of art and architecture. (3 – 5 sentences)

Tips for Success

1. Use the to focus on relevant characteristics of art. Not all of the elements will apply to your artwork.
2. Write your response using your own words. You may consider reviewing your previous responses to Learning Activity #3 to support your writing on this assignment.
3. Please do not plagiarize or use AI-generated content for your response.
4. Consider reaching out to the for any help with reviewing your written responses.

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Communication ( 1 semester)

Introduction to Mass Communication MC 100

Final research paper

Tips for Final Research Project— You are required to write a 1500 to 2000 words paper on some narrow, focused aspect of Mass Communication. OR you may want to research about a person in the field that has been influential in mass communication. OR you may want to research the various fields of mass communication like advertising, public relations, Ethics in Media, Government function and welfare of the public, electronic media, First Amendment and the Journalist etc. Please read the syllabus on final research project to get ideas as what to do.

Your should have a narrow and focused topic. EXamples:

1. The influence of advertising on young children between age 2 to 5.

2. The role of public relations in presidential campaign,

3. The news media and the public trust.

4. impact on news on public opinion.

5. The impact of social media on college students.

Here is the direction for research project:
First do research and find articles related to your topic (minimum six to seven sources are required) and read some of these article to get ideas as what to do.

1. Cover page with– topic, name, school’s name, date, and the professor’s name

2. Table of content

3. Introduction, purpose of the study, and statement of problem (not less than a page).

4. The body of the paper (main information about the topic). For example: if your topic is on the impact of social media on college students— you need to break down on what are the problems, in what way social media affecting college students, like their grades, socially, mentally, isolation, and behavior, etc. Remember, every claim in your paper you make, should be referred to the source (s) used. Copying from the source (s) considered to be the violation of copyright law and will be resulted in a failing grade on your paper. (4 to 5 pages)

5. Conclusion and Recommendation should come after the body of the paper is done, (on a new page).

6. References (not less than 6 to 7 sources and on a separate page).

No late submission will be accepted after the due date and time requested. Failure to meet the deadline will result in a zero in the gradebook.

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