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Find two current research studies (2014-present) on one of the following topics:* Media & the Environment* Social Media* Media & PoliticsFor example, here is a research study published in a scholarly journal: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leigh_Raymond/publication/272524477_Framing_partisan_predispositions_and_public_opinion_on_climate_change/links/55228b540cf2a2d9e1456950.pdf (Links to an external site.)Briefly discuss each study. Why were you interested in this area of study? Are the studies you found Effects Studies, Gratifications Studies, or other? What theories/concepts are discussed in the studies? If you were doing research in this area, what kind of research study would you conduct?Leave (Links to an external site.)in-text citations (Links to an external site.). At the end of your response leave an APA style Reference List of your two websites. Review the APA Style guidelines under Course Home.• EFFECTS STUDIES: studying the ways mass media affect how audiences think and behave; studying the impact and effects of media on society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_influence (Links to an external site.)• GRATIFICATION STUDIES: uses & gratifications studies; understanding why people actively seek out specific media outlets and content to satisfy needs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_and_gratifications_theory (Links to an external site.)

-DONT USE ARTICLES FROM INTERNET, BUT JOURNALS AND BOOKS FOR THE REFERENCES.(sources of evidence)-ITS A CRITICAL THINKING ESSAY NOT DESCRIPTIVE.-PLS REFER TO THE NOTES I HAVE ATTACHED. PAGE 1-66-IT IS ABOUT STEVE JOBS(APPLE INC)-PLS READ ALL THE QUESTIONS PAPER PROPERLY.THANKS

Post a brief description of the example of assessment or evaluation (custody hearing, competency to stand trial, or death penalty hearings) and the type of client (adult or juvenile) you selected. Then explain potential limits to confidentiality and use of informed consent related to the example. Finally, explain the implications of potential limitations on assessment and evaluation in forensic settings.

Please watch the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0ycXsrN7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvSZ-KSz93M

Discuss the issues presented within them. How does skin cancer form? What myths are often believed regarding skin cancer? Did you believe any of these myths? What is your opinion regarding tanning beds? What is your opinion regarding the new 10% tanning bed tax that has been instituted starting July 2010?

Assignment: Selling the VisionLeadership is not magnetic personality—that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people”—that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.—Peter F. Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, PracticesKotter (2001) identified creating a vision as one of the defining characteristics of leadership. Academics and business leaders alike seem to echo the sentiment; however, each offers his or her own guidelines and advice on how this critical task of setting a vision can be accomplished. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of business, you must draw on the work of others and add your voice to those developing a strategy for accomplishing this crucial leadership responsibility. More than that, you must develop a concrete mechanism for verifying the successful adoption of that vision. Even if you do not occupy a central leadership role, you can use the strategy you develop to help guide others in the field.To prepare for this Assignment, reflect on Dr. Craig Marsh’s case study. Consider his challenges as well as his strengths and how you have adopted a model for corporate change. This model should include your organizational change or cultural change model, steps you would take to change the culture, and the dissection and explanation of how these steps will influence each of the challenges you face. Also included will be the mitigation plan to address the challenges, the creation of your vision statement, and a description of how you will translate your vision into measurable objectives. This week you compile these elements into one PowerPoint presentation that is your strategic plan to sell your vision to your organizational team.Submit a 5- to 8-slide PowerPoint presentation, excluding title and References slides, that includes a leadership strategy for translating your vision into organizational success. In your PowerPoint presentation, do the following:• Create your vision statement.• Delineate your plan for how you will get others within the organization to adopt it as their own. In your plan, be sure to include the following:o The organizational change or cultural change model you used as the basis for your plano An explanation of the steps you will take to change the culture and how these steps will influence each of the challenges you faceo A brief description of the mitigation plan to address the challengesYour PowerPoint presentation must contain a minimum of five scholarly resources on the last slide of the presentation. Additionally, in the Notes section of each slide, you must provide detailed support, including relevant citations, for the bulleted information within the slide. Your resources can be a combination of the Learning Resources used throughout this course and new scholarly resources. Note: Your presentation should adhere to the APA Presentation Template, found in this week’s Learning Resources.

This paper is 1250 word count minimum. Must argue a causal connection between 1980\’s punk rock and its effect on the punk subculture. Prove that some things caused something else within the subculture. Working thesis: Punk Rock’s do-it-yourself ethic of music production and performance through economic minimalism, self-assembled fashion, and unique style of stage performance narrowed the gap between Rock musicians and their alienated audience, inspiring a new wave of individuality. This thesis may be edited if necessary. Please make strong argumentative points with factual information to back it up. Parenthetical citations are necessary along with a works cited page with MLA formatting. The works cited page is not included as one of the 6 pages. If this is an issue please contact me.

Knowledge:

By completing this assignment, you will better understand:

How state and local political systems relate to the federal government.

How unpredictable issues and government policies shape the experience of everyday citizens.

Skills:

By completing this assignment, you will better understand:

Federalism and how it plays a role in state government.

The role that the federal government has in uniting the states, and the challenges that arise with the power of the state.

Task:

After viewing the movie, write a coherent essay (introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion) that addresses the following questions:

Why did the communication system break down hours after Hurricane Katrina? (Worth 15 points)

What was the purpose of the Hurricane Pam exercise? (Worth 10 Points)

What lessons could have been learned, had the Hurricane Pam exercise been completed? (Worth 10 Points)

How did federalism play a role in what happened with Katrina? (Worth 30 points)

Is Texas prepared to handle the next big hurricane? (Worth 15 points) Why or why not? (Worth 20 points) For these responses, do not just provide your own opinion. You will lose points if you do not provide outside research to answer these questions.

Criteria:

Situation Explanation

No citations within the essay Will not be graded

Less than 1 page Will not be graded

No works cited Will not be graded

*Copied work Will not be graded

*Copied work includes work that is copied and pasted. This may result in academic probation.

Background Information for the Assignment:

The Storm (Running Time: 60 Minutes) HYPERLINK http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/view/ \\t _blank http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/view/

This video takes an in-depth look at what happened behind the scenes of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Even though this video is not directly focused on Texas Government, it provides an excellent real life example regarding federalism and the relationships between federal, state, and local government. Additionally, there were many people that resettled into Houston as a result of the hurricane. The video has been broken down into five smaller parts to increase the quality of the video and audio. You will need to watch the whole video to complete this activity and to get the information within its proper context.

The transrpt is available here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/etc/srpt.html

Avoiding Plagiarism with this Assignment:

All drop boxes are connected to Turn It In and will provide you with a report about plagiarism (if you are not sure how access this report, see notes on this in the highlighted section below).

Make sure you have looked at the report and made changes as needed before submitting your final copy (pay attention to the highlighted sections). Even if you are sure that all material is in your own words, I strongly advise you to check the feedback report. I will grade based on this report and will not grade any work that does not acknowledge all sources.

I will only grade the final submission of your essay, so if you need to submit the essay several times in order to access the feedback report that is totally fine. Every time you reference the work of someone else, you must acknowledge the source of the information both in the body of the essay (in-text citations) and on the works cited page (reference page). If you have concerns about this process, be sure to visit or communicate (by email, etc.) with your instructor, the Academic Success Center, or the LSC librarians. We all realize that everyone is coming from different backgrounds in writing and we are more than happy to help you.

It is important that you use sources that are known for reporting information in a nonpartisan format. Although there are a number of other sources that can be used, the Houston Chronicle, Texas Tribune, and Texas legislature online are good outside resources to use in this class. The strongest essays are those that meet and exceed all requirements, and demonstrate evidence of critical thinking. Additionally, this is a class in Texas politics, and you must make sure that all of your written assignments are centered on this topic (many students write about the federal government).

Reviewing the feedback report:

To access the feedback report once you have submitted your document, go into the folder where you submitted your work again. Click on the icon that shows a color and percentage. The percentage tells you how much of your writing is coming from someone elses work available on the internet. The information within your document that is highlighted shows you which information came from a different source. It is necessary to have information in your essay that comes from different sources; but, you must provide in-text citations and put the information in your own words or provide quotation marks. Otherwise this information will be considered copied and pasted. If you are still unsure how to review this report, look for feedback report notes under the content section of our class in D2L.

Subject: Project FinanceSchool: Finance and EconomicsWriter\’s Task: The report is a group project. The writer\’s task is to add on to the risks and mitigation section of the group report. A sample of the group report is attached and the relevant section is 2. Risk and Mitigation.- some risks have been discussed and the writer is tasked to discuss the following risks and mitigation2.5 Construction Risk2.5.1 Completion Testing2.5.2 Raw Materials2.6 Technology Risk2.7 Infrastructure Risk2.8 Market Risk2.9 Force Majeur – (brief paragraph)Included are also lecture slides relevant to the section in particular L2 and L3. Also refer to the reference list in the Group Assignment file if you need more information on the project itself.The assignment will also go through turnitin for plagiarism check and we need a maximum of 5% overall similarity with no more than 2% single similarities.Please dont hesitate to contact me during this period. Thank you very much 🙂

Summary for History Essay1. Find at least one academic article related to your History Essay topic.2. Print it out. Put a box around the section of the source which you will use in your essay.3. Summarize that section.4. Turn in the print-out and the summary.\”Focus On Literacy\”1. Find at least one academic article related to your History Essay topic.2. Print it out. Put a box around the section of the source which you will use in your essay.3. Summarize that section.4. Turn in the print-out and the summary.\”Focus On Literacy\”

Read Chapter 8, Engineer in Organizations. Then read Case 26, Peter Pachinsky: Ghost of the Executed Engineer. Page 265- 266Answer the following questions:Discuss whether it can be rational to be willing to die rather than confess to crimes to which one has not committed.How much personal sacrifice should one be willing to make to maintain one’s professional integrity?Submit your responses in a short essay format.