Final Project Summary Throughout this course, you will complete Milestones that will help you develop your Final Project, due in Week 5. NOTE: Complete the Week 1 quiz before proceeding to Week 1 Assignment 2. Week 1—Final Project Planning Download the Final Project Worksheet from the Learning Resources. Complete the worksheet and submit it as your Week 1 Assignment 2. It will be helpful to retain a copy of the Final Project Worksheet so you can refer to it throughout the course. Select one of the following social issues: • Race/ethnicity • Sexuality • Gender • Social and economic class • Violence • Indecency/free speech Once you have selected your issue, research how this issue is approached in the field of popular culture. Refer to the Learning Resources and the Walden Library Course Guide for this class. On the worksheet, explain why you are interested in this issue. This will serve as the rough draft of your Final Project introductory paragraph. Refer to at least one academically relevant source, either from our classroom, the Walden Library, or Google Scholar, that supports your interest in the issue. Select two popular culture categories as defined in this course. • Film • Episodic moving image (TV shows—may be broadcast or streamed) • Music • Music videos • Fashion • Advertising • Animation (general animation/cartoons such as Disney or Warner Brothers, or genre-specific animation such as Japanese anime) • Food • Printed material (books, magazines, manga, comic books, or graphic novels) • Video games Using the resources available in the classroom, the Walden Library, Google Scholar, or other academically relevant source, identify two quotes that discuss your chosen issue and each of the modern popular culture categories you have chosen. Each quote should be ABOUT the social issue AND the popular culture category. Record the full bibliographic details for these quotes so that you can include them in your Final Project. After completing the worksheet, you will have selected your issue, the categories of popular culture you will further research, a draft introductory paragraph project, and three academically relevant resources for inclusion in your Final Project. Week 2—Milestone 2: History Research the history of at least one of your chosen popular culture categories and your chosen social issue. The history should cover approximately 50 years but may be longer. Do this by selecting two popular culture artifacts/expressions within the category and discussing how social issue messaging within the category has changed over time. These artifacts/expressions serve as your specific examples. Include a description of how the audience has changed over time. Example: Issue – Sexuality/Gender Category – Television (Episodic moving image) Artifacts/Expressions – I Love Lucy (1951) compared to The Good Place (2016), or, All in the Family (1971) compared to Modern Family (2009) If your research indicates that the audience and messaging has not changed, hypothesize why that might be. Week 3—Milestone 3: Access and Distribution Investigate access and distribution of your popular culture artifacts/expressions. Determine who influences the distribution of your selected popular culture artifacts/expressions. Determine the ways in which the controller of distribution affects the shared experience of the audience and community. Consider how the distribution mechanism influences the issues addressed in the content. Week 4—Milestone 4: Change Select one more popular culture artifact/expressions. (Note: you should now have three to five artifacts/expressions – two to four from Week 2 and one from Week 4.) Analyze how popular culture influences society’s values and whether society’s values influence popular culture. Week 5—Final Project Revise and combine the Milestones from Weeks 1 through 4, including quotes, sources, draft introductory paragraph and incorporating Instructor feedback from the Grade Book. Add one more component by analyzing how a second issue relates to at least one of your artifacts/expressions. Example: Issue – Sexuality/Gender Categories – Movies and Music Artifacts/Expressions – Movies: Titanic (1997); Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015) Music: “Take Me to Church” by Hozier (2013); “Follow your Arrow” by Kacey Musgraves (2013) NEW ISSUE + at least one artifact/expression – Violence in Titanic (1997). Include any new research. Be sure to include an introduction, a conclusion, and references to all of your sources AND your artifacts/expressions. The whole paper should be formatted according to the guidance provided by the Walden Writing Center’s Undergraduate Paper Template found at: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general Popular culture artifacts/expressions should be formatted according to the guidance provided by the Walden Writing Center and can be found at: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/c.php?g=373747&p=2526613 In addition to the popular culture artifacts/expressions there should be at least five academically relevant resources. Final Project Worksheet In Week 5 you submit your Final Project; a 1,500-2,000-word essay. In Weeks 1 through 4 of the course, you work on Milestones that serve as building blocks for this project. This worksheet is the Week 1 Milestone Assignment due by Day 7. Information gathered here will serve as a very rough draft for your introduction. Additionally, you will have started your research by gathering 3 credible sources and 2 quotes for later use. Respond by typing directly into the boxes provided below. Please keep this worksheet as you will refer to it throughout the term. Choose one of the following social issues: • • • • • • Race/ethnicity Sexuality Gender Social and economic class Violence Indecency/free speech My chosen issue is: Explain in 100-150 words why you are interested in this issue. This will serve as the rough draft to your final project introduction. Include one reference to an academically relevant source, either from our classroom, the Walden Library, or Google Scholar, that speaks to your interest in the issue. To correctly format the source, review APA guidelines at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/c.php?g=373747&p=2526612 Source information: © 2020 Walden University Page 1 of 2 Select two of the following categories: • • • • • • • • • • Episodic moving image (TV shows—may be broadcast or streamed) Movies Music Music videos Fashion Advertising Animation (general animation/cartoons such as Disney or Warner Brothers, or genrespecific animation such as Japanese anime) Food Printed material (books, magazines, manga, comic books, or graphic novels) Video games My chosen categories are: 1. 2. Using the resources available in the classroom, the Walden Library, or Google Scholar, identify at least two quotes from credible sources that speak to your chosen issue AND one of the modern popular culture categories chosen above. Each quote should be ABOUT the category and the issue. These quotes will be the start of your research for your final project. Include full bibliographic details for your sources. To correctly format the source, review APA guidelines at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/c.php?g=373747&p=2526612 Quote 1 about my issue and my first category: “Select this text and type over it. ” Source information: Quote 2 about my issue and my second category: “Select this text and type over it. ” Source information: © 2020 Walden University Page 2 of 2 
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