3 PAGE PAPER 500 WORD MINMUM

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WEIGHT: DUE DATE:

15% of your final course grade

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HUM 223-O— Popular Culture in Media

PROJECT 4: GLOBAL INFLUENCES ON CULTURE

Overview Culture consists of the customs, beliefs, arts and institutions of a group of people. The internet and mass media have provided an outlet for globalization and cultural diversity, allowing many cultures to impact one another simply by the sharing of information. Due to the unprecedented access to cultures, a much wider audience than ever before has a gateway to see, hear, and experience various cultural differences.

What You’ll Need • High-Speed Internet • MacBook Pro • MS Office

Prepare Be sure to read and watch all the read/view activities.

Create Select, research and analyze an example of American popular culture’s influence on another culture or an example of a non-U.S. culture’s influence on American popular culture and media.

• How do you define American culture and society? • What are the differences between the two? • How has your example of American culture influenced other countries? • What culture do you most identify with and why? • Do you believe the world is interconnected? If so, how? Give examples. • What are the positive and negative effects of cultural diversity? • Give examples from your research to support your responses. You may write a 2-3 page document with a minimum of 500 words. Your document should be formatted in APA style and include a cover page and header. It should be double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font. As an alternative you may instead create a 3-5 minute audio visual presentation including narration, text and images. A minimum of 3 credible references should be cited for this project. Incorporate the concepts and terminology learned from this week's readings into the paper or presentation.

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PROJECT 4: GLOBAL INFLUENCES ON CULTURE

Submit 1. Save your completed project as a Word document or 3-5 minute QuickTime

video. 2. Name your project as follows:

LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_WORLDCULTUREP4 3. Upload your MS Word Doc or QuickTime file to LAO and submit.

Note: If your QuickTime video file is too large to upload to LAO, upload it to YouTube as an Unlisted video, then copy/paste the YouTube link into the LAO Comments box for this assignment. For instructions on how to upload an Unlisted video to YouTube, watch this video:

https://youtu.be/1f-Zogch8cw

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PROJECT RUBRIC HUM 223-O— Popular Culture in Media

Exemplary
 (100-90%)

Accomplished (89-80%)

Developing (79-70%)

Beginning
 (69% or less)

Relevance and Thoroughness

The required topics are responded to thoroughly. The submission is thoughtful 
 and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the course material. Research meets assignment requirements and is credible.

The required topics are responded to thoroughly. Submission is thoughtful. 
 A few vague areas may need additional clarification. Research meets the assignment requirements and is credible.

The required topics are addressed, 
 but more explanation or further development is needed in some areas. Research, if required, meets few of the assignment requirements and/or sources are not credible.

The required topics are not addressed in adequate detail. Research, if required, meets few of the assignment requirements and/or sources are not credible.

60 points 60-54 points 53-48 points 47-42 points 41-0 points

Clarity and Organization

The assignment is highly organized, providing clarity for viewers. The presentation makes effective use of text and images to convey ideas. Audio narration is complete and effective.

The assignment is generally well organized, providing clarity for viewers. 
 The use of text and images is somewhat effective to convey ideas. Audio narration is somewhat effective.

The assignment is somewhat 
 organized but lacks clarity in some 
 areas. Improvements may be needed in the use of text and images. Several places may be choppy or may 
 not flow well. Audio narration is not fully effective or is incomplete.

The assignment is not complete or well organized, making it difficult to understand or follow the ideas presented. 


30 points 30-27 points 26-24 points 23-21 points 20-0 points

Writing Mechanics

Writing conveys message in clear and effective phrases and demonstrates exceptional command of grammar and punctuation with no major errors in sentence structure (e.g., capitalization and terminal punctuation) or spelling (including apostrophes).

Writing conveys message in clear and 
 effective phrases and demonstrates solid awareness of grammar and mechanics with few major errors in sentence structure, capitalization, or spelling.

Writing is moderately effective and demonstrates some awareness of grammar rules and mechanics. 
 However several errors in sentence structure, capitalization, or spelling reduce clarity or cause reader distraction.

Writing has awkward or unclear 
 sentence structure that results in difficulty understanding intended meaning. 
 Writing may contain text-speak and/or excessive errors in sentence structure, capitalization, grammar, punctuation, or spelling.

10 points 10-9 points 8 points 7 points 6-0 points