Open and watch the video https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems/transcript?nolanguage=en%23t-926261#t-438324 (Links to an external site.)and answer questions1 thru 4 to the best of your abilities based on the video :How does the author explain that the Chinese one-party political system is adaptable, meritocratic, and legitimate even though there are no elections held? How does the party's Organization Department work?What is the author's take on government corruption? What is the author's prediction for China?Watch Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230 (Links to an external site.) Discuss the differences between western-style representative democracy and autocratic governments as presented in the video. In January 2021, many news outlets reported the fact that Jack Ma was laying low. Find out exactly WHAT was reported, WHAT people think it happened, and WHAT is the relationship between his "temporary disappearance from the news" and the communist party. Provide references.Many critics of the Chinese government believe that the current pandemic could have been controlled earlier if China did not have a one-party system. Find out at least three articles to validate this assertion and write a short summary about them. Provide a link to each article followed by a summary of itWrite a word document, make sure you use proper headings/subheadings to differentiate the seven questions being asked. For questions 6 and 7 you must provide references.

Students will keep a journal in an electronic format where they outline ten diiferent business ideas . The Idea Journal is where students use strategies to locate, identify, and describe new ideas and identify problems or issues requiring a new solution.Submission InstructionsSubmit a journal of ten new business and describe how these business meet consumer needs. These should be original ideas that show a wealth of critical thinking.

In this final discussion, look back on your experiences in the course and provide an overview of what you have learned from the course with regard to popular culture. In your initial post, address the following questions:How has your definition or understanding of popular culture changed?How do the four lenses approach the study of popular culture with respect to the individual and society?How do the four lenses represent a way of framing popular culture?What are the implications of popular culture on the future?How are you going to implement what you have learned in this course into your own life?In your response posts, compare your experience to your peers’ experiences.Compare similarities and differences between your plan for implementing what you have learned throughout the course and from your peers.How do your peers approach the study of popular culture through the four lenses, and how could their insights be useful to you?Reply 1: Jaime LojowskyMy understanding of popular culture has changed as a result of analyzing it through the four lenses. Examining popular culture through the lenses allowed me to step outside of my personal bias’. I realized that bias not only influences how we view popular culture, but popular culture also shapes our personal bias.The history lens helps us to understand societies greater role in popular culture. Considering history allow us to see patterns and causes, giving us an overall deeper perspective on an artifact.The humanities lens helps us to understand why the human experience drives us to ask big questions and in that pursuit of a deeper understanding we express ourselves through art. It is that expression that shapes popular culture.The natural and applied sciences lens helps us to see not only our impact on our natural environment but how we interact with the natural world around us. We can see how our expression in popular culture help us to grapple with our place in nature and the world around us.The social science lens helps us to look closely at how our relationships with each other and to society shape popular culture. This lens helps us to analyze specific groups and sub-cultures within popular culture.Popular culture is constantly evolving and shifting with the trends. What was popular in the past such as shoulder pads or Vanilla Ice, might seem ridiculous now. Gangnam Stlye and the floss dance will likely seem ridiculous in the future. That’s the funny thing about popular culture. Its trends tend to only make sense in the present moment, and sometimes not even then!My biggest take away from this class was the realization that my popular culture preferences are a result of my personal bias. Analyzing popular culture through the four lenses better allows me to take a step back from my own perspective to gain a more holistic perspective of popular culture artifacts.Reply 2: Tosha CornaliWhen my advisor asked me which final humanities class I wanted to think popular culture seemed to be like a no brainer. But actually this class was somewhat challenging for me as it related to the projects. I really thought this would be more straightforward thinking tied to entertainment, what is popular or trending at the moment. But with the some persistence I realized looking at popular culture through the lenses was much more than just surface level entertainment. When asked to look my topic the nfl/cowboys and then how social science or natural science can impact something popular you start to look at real issues, like player safety or protesting during the national anthem. It gave the topic a whole new meaning. Popular culture is going to change, it might even repeat itself again, similar to what we see now we the resurgence of the 80's, but if we can also learn from topics like football players safety it will make continued improvements in the future.