Option #1: Marginalized Minorities in the Media

Choose ONE marginalized media minority from the following list:

Women
African Americans/Blacks
Asians
Latinos
Muslims/Arabs/Arab- or Muslim-Americans
Native Americans
The elderly
LGBTQ persons
Obese people
Disabled people
Analyze your chosen marginalized media minority as portrayed in any of the following entertainment media (must be released between 2010 and 2017):

Television/online streaming programming
Film
Video games
State and develop a clear thesis about the media minority portrayals you see and address these questions:

How is the marginalized group portrayed?
Why do you think your group is portrayed in this way?
What social pressures and production forces shape those portrayals?
Use original research and specific media examples to support your argument, and explain historic and current trends in these minority portrayals.

Incorporate a media theory to explain what effect you think this portrayal has on audiences, and how members of the group are treated in society as a result. Use the CSU-Global Library to conduct scholarly research; find specific media examples to support your argument; and explain historic and current trends in these minority portrayals.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

Feel free to use the readings from any module, but also incorporate at least four to six scholarly sources not used in this course.
Make your paper 8-10 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages.
Format your document according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.
NOTE: An academic research paper is a formal project based on research and, therefore, it is not appropriate to use first person voice or pronouns, which can lead to opinion insertion. Instead, use third person voice or pronouns for academic writing. Write clearly and logically, as you will be graded on content, analysis, and your adherence to the tenets of good academic writing, which should be succinct where possible, while also exploring the topics appropriately.

The first part of your assignment may be written in the first person (using ‘I’) since it is a personal reflection. You are advised to focus on one or two specific experiences of leadership – either where you were in a leadership role, or where you could observe ‘leadership’ in action even if you were not a ‘leader’. These experiences might be drawn from your work experience or from other experience (voluntary work, student experience in working in a group, parenting, sport or other leisure activities). The experience should be one where you were an active participant. You should describe the situation and evaluate the leadership process using relevant theory and concepts drawn from the academic literature on leadership. In suggesting areas for your own development you should focus on skills or attributes that you think you need to develop, based on analysis of the experience. You should situate this reflection within the concepts and theory discussed in class and/or through your reading for the module.
The second part of the assignment requires you to critically evaluate the leadership of Marissa Mayer, who is the outgoing CEO of Yahoo, and a former GOOGLE VP. She was praised at Google for developing products including Gmail, Google Maps, and Google News. At Yahoo her leadership has been criticised for contributing to declining profits after her appointment in 2012. In July 2016 it was announced that Yahoo would be selling its core business to Verizon. You should consider the effectiveness of Marissa Mayer’s leadership qualities from the perspectives of trait and behavioural theories, situational and contingency theory, transformational and transactional leadership, distributed leadership, ethical leadership and critical leadership perspectives. You should also consider the extent to which there has been ‘gender bias’ reporting of Marissa Mayer’s leadership.
You should read widely on theories of leadership, styles of leadership and critical leadership, and apply these critically to Marissa Mayer. You should also incorporate a regard for the ethics of leadership. In critically evaluating Mayer you may want to compare her style with other leaders, in the Tech industry. Have a look at the following two links which will introduce you to competing perspectives on Mayer’s leadership:
Marissa Mayer’s – contrasting views on her leadership
Marissa Mayer – A case study of poor leadership

Learning Outcomes for the module
At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge
1.Explain a variety of theories of leadership.
2. Explain competing positions regarding the ethics of leadership.
Thinking skills
3. Critically evaluate case studies of organisational leadership.
4. Critically reflect on their own experience of leadership (whether as a formal leader or as a participant).
Subject-based practical skills
5. Analyse different styles of leadership and show an understanding of why/how different styles of leadership might be effective.
Skills for life and work (general skills)
6. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their own practice in working with others, and how this might be developed.

Step 1
Find a news article or story what was published since the start of the term (May 2018 – present). It can really be about anything since economics can offer insight into any event, but it’s a little easier if you start with a story that relates to business, money, finances, or the economy in general. Here are some places to try.
American Public Media’s Marketplace
Nightly business report
Michigan Radio
CNN money
Detroit Free Press

But really, any news site is fine. And the story doesn’t have to be a written article. It can also be a video or audio clip.

Step 2
After reading/viewing the story try to identify the economic concept(s) that best relate to the story. It should be something that helps either give a deeper explanation as to what’s going on, or even offers a contrasting explanation to what the author is saying.

Step 3
Write your one page paper using economic concepts to offer additional insights to the article. Warning: Don’t just recap what the story said, this is not a book report. You are to analyze the story and offer additional points using your newly gain knowledge of economics. A good way to do this is either elaborate on what the author is saying or try to challenge it. But use economics! Start by thinking of the story in the economic framework; scarcity, tradeoffs, incentives, equilibrium… And try to identify relevant concepts from the book. Remember the ultimate purpose of these papers is to demonstrate your knowledge of economics/macroeconomics so I can award you extra points. To make your use of course content glaringly obvious, bold and underline and vocabulary, names, or terms from class. For example you could say “this is a good example of Adam Smith’s invisible hand theory and goes to show that with the right institutions the self interest can match the social interest.” There is not a required maximum or minimum name of terms to use, but if you look back at your paper and you only have 1 or two terms bold/underlined on the entire page, it probably won’t get too many points.

Topic: Trauma Registry and the Input of Quality Data..

This essay is a Capstone project; so I need someone who has a great length of experience of writing a Capstone..also, you must have experience in writing literature reviews (15 are needed)..

No Plagiarizing…Great Grammar Usage…Be able to follow the instructions that I have included…

APA style…The number of sources could be less..

Disregard, part E & F.

Aspects of Data Quality:

Accuracy; Completeness, Relevance, Timeliness; Detailed; Reliabiltiy; Accessibilty; Validity

SOCIAL ISSUES IN SONGS:How Songs Mirror Our WorldMusic has a powerful social influence on society. It helps us remember the past, grapple with current issues and trends, and look to a brighter tomorrow. Popular music and lyrics are often focused on social and/or political issues related to the time they were created. For example, The Rolling Stones 1969 hit, Gimme Shelter, is a response to the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. Clearly, the repetition of the phrase, “Rape, murder! / It’s just a shot away / It’s just a shot away,” sheds light on the negative climate surrounding our involvement in the Vietnam War.The purpose of this assignment is to1)select a song, 2)analyze it, and 3)make a claim as to how the song accurately reflects social/political issues occurring at that period in time.Guiding questions:What is this song in response to? What political and/or social issue is it addressing?What is the artist’s response to this social issue? What is he/she trying to say aboutit? Use evidence from the song to show this.In what ways does the artist’s response to the social issue reflect society’s response as well?What was occurring in history at the time this song was written? In what ways could this song be a commentary on the events occurring at that time?How do I even begin this paper?There are a number of ways you can begin this paper, but here are a few options. Please note that although these are suggestions for how to begin your paper, you will want to include all of these components at some pointin the essay:Begin with a summary of the song (What is the song about? What do the lyrics mean?)Begin with a historical overview of the time period the song was written.Begin with an overview of the social/political issue the song is addressing.Begin with your connection to the song.REQUIREMENTSYou must provide historical contextof the song.You must provide an explanation of the social issues the song addresses.

Literature Research Essay
This written assignment requires students to formulate a specific topic according to their own interests and preferences that engages with the overall anthropological focus of the course. Selecting their personal topic – i.e. on changing marriage patterns in a given community, on same-sex marriage in a given setting, or on ideas about femininity in a given society –, students will then produce a 1500 to 1800 word essay, using at least five (5) academic (mainly anthropological) sources, a maximum two (2) of which can be taken from the course’s required reading texts. APA style will be used for references and bibliography (a style guide is provided for download from the course Moodle site).
This assignment requires you to write a short essay that uses a combination of course resources and academic resources that you will research for yourself. The overall goal is for you to challenge common sense ideas around a given topic relevant to the course and to demonstrate why it is necessary to use a critical anthropological perspective in analyzing this particular phenomenon.
As a next step, you will need to research the available literature on that topic and ascertain that you have enough (and not too much) material to write about that topic and, in so doing, challenge commonsensical notions on that topic by making a valid anthropologically minded argument. What is important here is to demonstrate the difference between popular perceptions of a subject and the more complex and specific reality that anthropological analysis provides.
Anthropology is concerned with correcting misconceptions about culture by using critical and historical perspectives on how societies develop and what that means for people living in them. Your Literature Research Essay allows you to practice your critical anthropological lens by focusing in on one of the key topics of the course, investigating how it presents itself in a social context of your choosing – e.g. in Canadian Inuit society, in the LGBTQ community in Rio de Janeiro, in rural Southern Nigeria, among low-income inhabitants of Paris, in colonial Samoa, etc. At the same time, it invites you to demonstrate how the knowledge conveyed in the course challenges commonly held and often ‘naturalizing’ ideas about sex, gender, the body, sexuality, kinship, or marriage. In order to reach the best possible result in your analysis, try to make your focus as specific as you possibly can – i.e. define your focus as narrowly as your literature will allow.
You will have to use at least 5 different academic sources (book chapters, journal articles, books), most of which should have an anthropological focus. At least 3 of these sources should come from your own independent literature research while the remaining 2 can consist of required readings assigned in class. Films watched in class, e.g., may be used as additional sources. If you intend to use lecture material to support your argument, make sure you actually access the literature referenced in the lecture slides (check the presenter comments on the respective slides); the PDF slides themselves do not count as a viable literature source for your bibliography.

Topic of Paper: Qualitative Article Critique:
Care Seeking Experiences of Undocumented Immigrants

Qualitative article analysis paper and discussion

Analyze this article according to the information in your text. Each student will create a 1500 to 2500 word paper consistent with APA format critiquing the qualitative nursing research article selected. Utilize the grading criteria for a qualitative study critiques posted in the content section of your course. Students will address:
•Overview of the Study, title and abstract/ Global issues
•Introduction to the Study
•Methods Section
•Results Section
•Discussion Section

This assignment will be graded using this objective grading rubric structure. The grade will consist of the elements of the paper critique as well as the performance in conducting the online discussion.

Remember that this is a “critique” and not a summary. Many students make the error of citing the information regarding sampling, design or statistics, straight from the article. The purpose of the assignment is to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts in the reading as translated to the critique assignment. You will lose points in each section if it is not properly critiqued. Check your text thoroughly and follow the guidelines set out in each appropriate chapter. Most chapters have a table that summarized the information required to critique that section. Additionally, your paper must consist of your own original critique, and not a series of direct quotes. Simply writing down direct quotes is not a critique. This should be a critique written in your own words!

North Korean Private market
which was started by women in 1996 as a solution to helping feed their families during the Great Famine. It is a bottem up free market ecomomie and Capatialisitc .this is a topic which does not recive very much attention and is overshadowed by Nuclar weapons, predictions of economic collapes and etc.

the private market is impressive and amazing that the North Korean women were able to do this. It could be a model for other countries who have represive regimes or who are stuck in poverty.

I belive the private market it is the change agent in North Korea and that there is a quite social revoluton taking place in North Korea which we are not paying attention to . There is a middle class or the money mastes as they are known which has developed and seems to be growing as the result of the market. The miliume generation is also important becuse this generation wants to make money and many of their parents own shops in the markets.

I also want to, if possible to present this in the context of North Korea .

We have a Korean concept of self reliance which is vey differnt from the US concept which is one of the things which drive the private market. ( Its not Juche but simular)
In my paper I am not interested in addressing human rights issues, stravation ( North Koreans are currently in the under nuouiised catigory) or putting a lot of attention on Weapons of mass distrution or things that the western medis see as being wierd or sensational.

I wish to go beyond the stero types and propganda that keeps us stuck in our views of North Korea and I want of foucs on the the people and how they have created a economic systeme that allows them to servie with in a difficult goverment sturcture.

I see North Korea as like most other developing nations .It has the same problems as many other countries.

Government Budget Paper
You are required to select a local government (preferred) or state government and analyze their budget based on actual budget documents. They are either available on the state/local government website or you may want to obtain a hard copy of the budget from the state /local budget office.

The paper should include two major sections:

First Section: includes introduction, budget process and format.

Second Section: includes expenditure and revenue trends, managerial and policy conclusions and recommendations.

Detailed guidelines will be provided in the Assignments section of the course, along with a sample of a budget project analysis for your reference.

The paper must be submitted in the following parts by their respective deadlines (see weekly calendar).

Selection of local government
Draft of the first section (overview and budget process/format section)
Draft of the second section (expenditure and revenue trends section)
Final paper submission

A. Assignment
Each student will analyze the budget and budgetary trends for a local government (city or county government). The paper will be formatted as follows:

Overview and budget process and format
Expenditure and revenue trends
Conclusion and Recommendation
Below are the components of the project(see syllabus for due dates):

Selection of government
Draft of the first section (overview and budget process/format section)
Draft of the second section (expenditure and revenue trends section)
Final Paper
The primary source of data will be the budget of the government that you are analyzing. You may be able to get copies of these from the government. Many governments now also have budget documents posted on their Web site. You may also want to review Census data for socio-demographic information about the area. Finally, you might search newspaper indexes to find information on major recent budget issues.

If you work with one or two partners, you may divide the project up in a number of different ways. Generally, all of you will receive the same grade for the project. However, it is possible that grades will vary if one member has not performed adequately, or if one student’s performance is exemplary.

There is no “cookie-cutter” approach to this project. Each government is different, so the focus of the analyses will vary somewhat. The following sections are intended to provide guidelines for you to consider, but your paper may be quite different from this. You are expected to organize the report in the manner best suited to the entity you are studying.

B. Overview and Budget Process/Format
The paper should be written as if you were briefing a new budget director for this government. The new director is moving here from another part of the country, and knows very little about the area or the budget issues. This section should first include a brief overview of the state or locality, including factors/trends that may affect the budget (e.g., location, population, income levels, primary types of employment, etc.)

This section should also address the budget process and the format of the budget. You may include the following, for example:

Is the budget annual or biannual?
What is the fiscal year?
Brief description of the process
Form of government (e.g., a city could be operated by a council-manager, mayor-council, or commission form)
Elected officials (number and term of legislators, executive)
Do citizens appear to play any role in the budget process?
What budget format is used?
Does the executive (e.g., Mayor or Governor) have veto authority?
Does the budget include performance information? If so, does it appear to be primarily related to workload/activities, or results/outcomes?
Does the budget include forecasts for future years, and/or data for prior years?
To what extent do you find the budget document to be a readable communication tool?
What type of budget information, if any, is included on the government’s web site?
C. Expenditure and Revenue Trends
This section will analyze major sources of expenditures and revenues, as well as trends over time. For trends, use the most current budget year available as well as one prior year (most budgets will include data for at least one or two prior years; it will probably be most interesting to use the oldest year and the most recent year for comparison). For the “older” comparison year, you can use either actual or budgeted revenues and expenditures.

Use tables or graphs to help display key information. You should have at least one table for expenditures and one table for revenues, using the same format as the first homework assignment. Some jurisdictions may have a large number of departments and/or revenue sources, so it may be helpful to aggregate some data in your tables (for example, in an expenditure table, you could list the largest departments, then combine the other departments into an “other” category). You may want to show the breakdown of expenditures in different ways, such as the following example:

Table 1

City of Somewhere

2014-2015 Expenditures

2014 Actual

2015 Budget

Change

Amount

% of Total

Amount

% of Total

$ Change

% Change

Expenditures by Department

Personnel

Executive

Public Safety

Other Depts.

Total

Exp. By Fund

General

Utilities

Roads

Total

Exp. By Category

Personnel

Equipment

Other Non-Personnel

Capital

Total

Following are the major questions you should answer regarding expenditures:

What is the total expenditure budget?
It is often helpful to relate this to something else to give the reader some perspective – e.g., how much is this per capita (total budget divided by population)?
Where does the money go?
Which are the largest departments/activities?
Which are the largest funds? (this will require breaking down the total budget by fund).
What are the major sources of growth or decline over this period?
If the budget has increased by $10 million over the past two years, you should be able to explain where most of the increased expenditures have occurred (your tables will tell you which areas have experienced the most change; the message at the beginning of the budget, or detailed discussion within the budget document, may help explain the reasons for the change).
These are the general questions regarding the revenue structure and trends:

Where does the money come from?
What are the primary sources of revenue? (e.g., property tax, sales tax, etc.)
See the note above about aggregating revenue sources in the table if necessary
How much have total revenues changed over this period?
Which revenue sources have experienced the most change over this period? To the extent possible, attempt to explain why the changes occurred.
For major tax sources, try to provide detail on the tax rates, and any pertinent changes in the tax base or rate over the period studied.
D. Conclusion and Recommendation
This section should draw conclusions about the overall fiscal health and future outlook for this government, based on your analysis. Do they appear to be in good shape? Is there structural balance between revenues and expenditures? If they are experiencing fiscal stress, how have they responded to it (e.g., service level reductions, increased tax rates and/or user fees, etc.)? What are the major issues facing this organization in the near future? What effects has the recession had, and/or what difficulties might it present soon? What are the key things the new budget director needs to know?

E. General Notes for the Analysis
In your analysis, start with the numbers. Prepare the tables before you begin writing the narrative about revenue and expenditure trends. The text should follow from the tables.
Look at the BIG PICTURE! Do not spend time discussing a change in a department that is only 1% of the budget.
Document what you say with supporting numbers. For example, do NOT say, “the budget has grown a lot,” DO say, “the budget has grown 5% over this period.”
Do not force the reader to look at and interpret the tables and charts. You need to tell the reader the key points from the table. One way to do this is to pretend that you will not be including the table in the paper, so you have to write as if it will not be there. The tables are there only as additional information, to support your statements and analysis.
Label and title your tables and charts.
Include totals in your tables.
Think about what the numbers show. Do your conclusions seem logical? If not, verify that the data and formulas in your spreadsheets are correct.

Each student will analyze the budget and budgetary trends for a local government (city or county government). The paper will be formatted as follows:

-Overview and budget process and format
-Expenditure and revenue trends
-Conclusion and Recommendation

The primary source of data will be the budget of the government that you are analyzing. You may be able to get copies of these from the government. Many governments now also have budget documents posted on their Web site. You may also want to review Census data for socio-demographic information about the area. Finally, you might search newspaper indexes to find information on major recent budget issues.