Essay

Final Project – Outline

Below is an outline template that you will use to organize your final paper. Anything listed in RED should be changed to reflect your specific topic and information. Keep in mind – outlines are to be brief bullet points as you will expand on these points for the paper. This is worth 7 points of your overall final project. The outline is due on Friday, November 16th, 2018 by 11:55 PM, submitted to Blackboard.

Outline Rubric:

Outline contains the topic name, relationship to sociology, topic sentence 1 point

Outline contains 2 points of background information regarding the topic 1 point

Outline contains 3 areas of exploration of the topic for the written paper 1 point

Outline contains 3 sociological theories to be related to the topic 1 points

Outline contains 2 points on why the topic is important 1 point

Outline contains reason why the topic should be studied 1 point

Outline contains 3 scholarly academic journal references 1 point

Total 7 points

Outline:

I. Introduction

a. What is the topic?

· Media influence on society.

· How can the media impacts society.

b. Topic’s relationship to sociology.

Since sociology is the study of social behavior and human group. Media influence society behavior and this topic can reveal how that can be done.

c. Your topic sentence

In this advanced technological age, media has become part of society’s daily routine. This routine can impact people’s thoughts and behaviors in many ways.

d. List of theories being applied.

· Media influences society.

· Media create stereotypes or certain images on certain group of people.

· Media is important in affecting society in creating good or bad habits.

II. Body of Analysis

a. Definition of topic.

“Media influence on Society” This topic explains what might the effects that can media influence towards society be.

b. Provide at least 2 brief points of background information regarding your topic

i. Background information point 1

· Media such as TV or Radio news are structured to keep people informed of local and worldwide important news and events.

ii. Background information point 2

· Other types of media like TV shows and movies have influence on society which will be explained in the final project.

c. Provide at least 3 components of the topic you will be discussing, below

i. Component 1 / The effects of media effects.

ii. Component 2 / Media creating stereotype for certain groups of people.

iii. Component 3 / How media can develop new habits.

d. Theoretical Background (at least 3 theories should be used)

i. Theory 1: Interactionist.

ii. Theory 2: Socialization.

iii. Theory 3: Conflict.

III. Conclusion

a. At least 2 brief points of why this topic is important

i. Point 1. To make the most positive outcome from this advanced age and the use of media, there should be actions taken and lessons taught.

ii. Point 2. society should be educated on what are the pros, cons and impacts from using today’s technology such as media.

b. At least one brief point regarding the recommendation

i. Recommendation 1. Media is very important because it can be misused and misleading intentionally or unintentionally to a lot of people by the way it’s presented.

IV. Reference Page

a. Academic Journal 1 reference:

Sherrick, B. (2016). The Effects of Media Effects: Third-Person Effects, the Influence of Presumed Media Influence, and Evaluations of Media Companies. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 93(4), 906–922. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699016637108

b. Academic Journal 2 reference

Heatherton, T. F., & Sargent, J. D. (2009). Does Watching Smoking in Movies Promote Teenage Smoking? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(2), 63–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01610.x

c. Academic Journal 3 reference

Park, S.-Y. (2005). The Influence of Presumed Media Influence on Women’s Desire to Be Thin. Communication Research, 32(5), 594–614. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650205279350

d. A list of any additional resources, to date.

Schaefer, R.T., (2019). Sociology matters. 7th edition. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill.

*** Perhaps, look at interactionist theory, socialization, conflict theory, labeling theory. Interactionist might relate to media effects, socialization might relate to new habit development, and conflict and labeling theories might relate to stereotyping. These are just recommendations, you do not have to take these specific theories, but you will want to include 3 theories in your paper.

Theories.

Conflict: Assumes social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.

Interactionist: Nonverbal communications that generalize everyday forms of social interactions to understand society as a whole.