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What did you notice about how older adults were portrayed?How might this portrayal contribute to ageism or help fight ageism?

Observe how older adults (65 years old and above) are portrayed in the “media”. Observe at least one of the following:

TV shows
Movies
Magazines
News programs
Advertisements
Radio/podcast, etc.

Observe how that TV show, movie, etc. talks about/to, treats, and interacts with older people. Once you have made your observations, write the answers to the following questions in the textbox or download your document to this assignment.

1.) What did you notice about how older adults were portrayed?

2.) Do you think the portrayal was accurate?

3.) How might this portrayal contribute to ageism or help fight ageism?

4.) What other thoughts did you have about your observations?

How the media framed the male and the female accused (i.e.; Were photos used to help create a particular view? Was the language or urgency of the piece different? Is there a clear discrepancy between the two cases?) Explain this, using a sociological lens.

Choose two news articles from a reputable source that were published within the past three years; one about a powerful man accused of a crime or public disgrace and the other about a powerful woman accused of a similar crime or public disgrace

Write an essay (5-6 pages) comparing the two news stories from a sociological perspective, including:

How the media framed the male and the female accused (i.e.; Were photos used to help create a particular view? Was the language or urgency of the piece different? Is there a clear discrepancy between the two cases?) Explain this, using a sociological lens.

Explain why you think these will be good ones to explore for your final project.What steps did you take in making your choice in terms of how you see them fitting together?

Cite the information from at least three relevant sources to help validate your selection of the values and topics.

The 4 topics are:

1. Achievement and Success (“Success Emphasis”) – Americans place a high value on personal achievement, especially outdoing others. This value includes getting ahead at work and school, and attaining wealth, power, and prestige.

2. Equality – It is impossible to understand Americans without being aware of the central role that the value of equality plays in their lives. Equality of opportunity has significantly influenced U.S. history and continues to mark relations between groups that make up U.S. society.
3. Democracy
4. The American Dream

What specific information did you learn from your source? (e.g., “Cyberbullying has become a popular means of abuse among teenagers, affecting about half of all young people.”)

What is a scholarly or credible source? You should rely on sources that have credibility. Appropriate sources are articles written by experts in the field, articles found in peer-reviewed journals, published documents from well-known research groups (e.g., Pew Research), and reports published by government agencies (e.g., NIH, CDC).

Submit a summary of each article using the attached worksheet. In your own words, identify the key findings of the article. Do not simply state what the article was about (e.g., “This article talks about cyberbullying”).

What specific information did you learn from your source? (e.g., “Cyberbullying has become a popular means of abuse among teenagers, affecting about half of all young people.”)

Identify two of the American values listed in the Williams document in the week 1 learning resources. Why did you choose these values? How important are these two values to American society?

https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AVS-Data-Appendix.pdf

Americans, Deeply Divided, Yet Share Core Values of Equality, Liberty & Progress

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AVS-2020-Presentation-FINAL.pdf

Select any two topics you learned about in class. Using at least 3 course resources and 3 resources from your own research (at least 6 total sources), do the following for each topic:

Discuss who is most likely to fully experience the values you chose within the context of the topic.

How do they benefit from achieving these values? Who is most limited from fully experiencing these American values

What are some of barriers and challenges that people face in fully experiencing these established American values?
Make sure to use examples from the course resources and your own research to validate your opinions.

What does your essay say about American values and American society? Give two suggestions that you think would help make your two chosen American values more equally accessible to all Americans. Make sure to validate your suggestions with your scholarly sources.

Describe the history of the behavior and the historical reactions to this act. What are the reactions or sanctions to this act that currently exist? What are the arguments in favor of the behavior remaining deviant?

Identify an act that is currently deviant and explain how or why it is deviant. This can be a criminal act such as illicit drug use or a noncriminal act such as extreme body modification.

Describe the history of the behavior and the historical reactions to this act. What are the reactions or sanctions to this act that currently exist? What are the arguments in favor of the behavior remaining deviant?

Part 2: Reclassification as Non-Deviant

Provide arguments for why the deviant behavior should be reclassified as non-deviant.

What are the arguments in favor of the behavior no longer being considered deviant? What are the manifest and latent functions (anticipated and unanticipated outcomes) that may occur socially or culturally?

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/. Even if you paraphrase, credit needs to be given to the author or the work. It is important to distinguish for the reader those words and ideas that are original and those that belong to another source. Failure to cite and duplication (the submission of the same or similar paper in more than one course) may result in a failing grade.

What is the engaging and communication style of the agency?Explain different models and theories of communication including Māori and Pasifika theories.

Reflective Essay The Environment and Context of Helping

Explain different models and theories of communication including Māori and Pasifika theories.

Choose a helping agency in your community. If there are not many in your community, choose a helping agency that interests you anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand. Write a reflective essay that answers the questions below. (You can get information on what a reflective essay is here: https://owll.massey.ac.nz/assignment-types/reflective-writing.php).

What is the value base of the agency?

What is the helping model of the agency?

What is the engaging and communication style of the agency?

What are the barriers to the agency fully meeting all the needs of their client group?

What are the relevant social, economic, and political conditions locally, regionally or nationally that are influencing/shaping the particular circumstances being researched?”

“What are the relevant social, economic, and political conditions locally, regionally or nationally that are influencing/shaping the particular circumstances being researched?”

Examine the most noteworthy events, policies, people, communities, scholars, programs, organizations, etc.

What is this organization? What is its purpose? What kind of work is it doing? How does it relate to course concepts? How does it relate to your essay’s overall argument?

Depends on research topic

Choose an issue in the sociology of race and ethnicity to research. You must take a stance on the issue to argue in the paper. Ask yourself: Can connect a theoretical perspective to this issue? Can connect any course concepts to this issue? Are there multiple “sides” to this issue, and which side do I fall on?

In this section, you should answer:

What is this organization? What is its purpose? What kind of work is it doing? How does it relate to course concepts? How does it relate to your essay’s overall argument?

Perspectives in Psychology are our basic “theories” on how we understand human and animal behavior. In a 3-4 page APA paper use the 3 perspectives you selected in Module 2 > Neurology and discuss?

Evolutionary, Behaviorism and Cognitive & Psychosocial

Perspectives in Psychology are our basic “theories” on how we understand human and animal behavior. In a 3-4 page APA paper use the 3 perspectives you selected in Module 2 > Neurology and discuss?