Watch the video, The Dangerous Ways Ads See Women | Jean Kilbourne |
After watching the video, imagine yourself to be a sociologist and
examine gender roles in contemporary U.S. society. Keep in mind that
this assignment is not an attempt to extract your personal opinion on
particular aspects of society. You are using scientific anthropological
methods to describe specific situations. In other words, if you have an
opinion, support it through your empirical observations. Select 10
advertisements from magazines. Answer the following questions in
separate sections. Discuss your sample Describe how you collected your
ads, from what magazines, how many, dates. List the limitations of your
sample. For example, are all magazines like the ones you sampled from?
Discuss how gender is portrayed in your sample of ads. How is the
portrayal used to sell the product? Discuss how gender roles are
reinforced or contested in the situation you observed? Comment on how
your findings compare to one of the theories we have discussed in class
over the semester. Apply the theory to your observations. Draw one or
more conclusions from your analysis. Answer whether there are
limitations to the theory’s application to your observation. What does
the theory miss or not explain well? Your project commentary should be
limited to 3-4 four pages, grammatically corrected, and typed
(double-spaced, no larger than 12 point font).
Part 1Title: Lab ResponseDiscuss one feature of MS Word and one feature of MS Excel that you found challenging within the lab and why. Examples are WordArt, inserting shapes, adding borders, cell styles, etc. This response should be at least one paragraph in length. Part 2Title: History of Computers Identify and discuss a key milestone in the history of computers that interests you and why. This section should be at least one paragraph. Part 3Title: System Software vs. Application Software In your words, explain the difference between application software and system software as if to another coworker who has limited technical knowledge. Use examples to support your rationalization. This section should be at least two paragraphs. Part 4Title: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency In a minimum of one paragraph each: 1. Conduct some research on the internet and discuss one underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like blockchain, cryptography, distributed ledger technol...
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