Analyzing World Cultures

Unit 2: Module 2 - M2 Assignment 2

Assignment 2: Analyzing World Cultures

Media play a very large role in both the development and the perpetuation of cultural elements. You may never have watched a foreign movie or even clips evaluating other cultures. In this assignment, you will explore online videos or movies from a culture of your choice and analyze how cultural elements are presented, compared to your own culture.

Complete the following:

• Choose a world culture you are not familiar with. • Identify two–three online videos or movies representative of this culture.

These could be examples of cultural expressions such as a Bollywood movie from India or Anime videos from Japan.

Evaluate two hours of such a video. Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research articles about your selected culture.

• Select a scholarly article that analyzes the same culture presented in the videos you have observed.

• Write a paper describing the cultural differences you have observed in the video. How are these observations supported by the research article?

Be sure to include the following:

• Describe the videos you have watched. • Explain the main points of the videos. • Examine what stood out about the culture. • Compare and contrast the similarities and differences of this culture with

your own. • Examine the ways of this culture. Is it one you would want to visit or live in? • Would you experience culture shock if you immersed yourself in this culture?

Why or why not?

Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, June 25, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Analyzed how a world culture is represented in a video or movie. 36

Selected a scholarly article related to the observed culture and compared the observations of the video or movie with the findings of the article describing the cultural differences.

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Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

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