Final Paper – The actual prompt for the final paper will be announced during the semester and will most likely reflect on a deeper exploration of a specific theory and how it relates to contemporary communication.
Sources: You must use reliable, authoritative, peer (or editor) reviewed sources. A dictionary is never an acceptable source for a college paper.
You will be graded on:
1.How well you’ve focused your topic and how innovative it is. Do you show an active interest in discovering something new? Or are you simply relying on the easiest topic?
2.The use of five outside sources that truly help you deliver a thoughtful paper. They’re not tangentially related, but genuinely revelatory. Papers that do not use all five sources or who rely on internet sources will be receive a C at best.
3.How well you illustrate an understanding of the moral obligations of the media to democratic societies.
4.Writing style. Papers with more than three simple errors will automatically receive a C. Papers that do not follow MLA format will also automatically receive a C. Your paper must be at least five pages in length.
For your final paper, please watch The Royal Tenenbaums and read/watch the following for next week:
Rogers, Everett M., et al. “Edward T. Hall and the History of Intercultural Communication: The United States and Japan.” Keio Communication Review, 2002, www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/publication/pdf2002/review24/2.pdf
Cross-Cultural Communication. Promedion (Film), 2016.
Kim, Donghoon, et al. “High- Versus Low-Context Culture: A Comparison of Chinese, Korean and American Cultures.” Psychology & Marketing, vol. 15, no. 6, Sept. 1998, p. 507.
