WEEK 6 DISCUSSION: Illustrating Religion and MythGENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS: Your contributions should be thoughtful and developed. Answer all parts of the question and use concepts from the course materials. Use a professional style of communication, with attention to grammar, spelling, and typos; cite your sources. Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, choose ONE of the following questions, and give a substantive response to at least two other students.1. THE MATERIAL DIMENSION OF MYTHIf you look at the Learning Resources for this week, you will see myths from religions paired with elements of the arts which express or are related to those myths. For example, the Jewish Passover myth is covered, and then there is a link to a Passover dance and some material decorative items used in the Jewish Passover ritual, which re-enacts the myth. Also, the Eucharistic myth is covered under Christianity, and then there are some examples of how the story of the Eucharist is expressed in the arts, including in music and poetry.For this discussion, pick one of the five major world religions. Find a myth from that religion that you can directly connect to something in the religion’s material dimension (the arts).Provide a link to a version of the myth and give us a very short (3-5 sentences) description of the myth.Provide a link to the element from the arts that links to the myth and give us a paragraph that analyzes how the two are connected. For example: Is this an object that is part of a ritual? Is it used by believers to accomplish something? Does it teach believers something? Does it help a community express their beliefs? Is it something (like a work of visual art) that critiques the values/beliefs/practices etc. expressed by the myth, or offers a new perspective on the religion?Keep in mind that according to the Encyclopedia Britannica online a myth is: a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially associated with religious belief. It is distinguished from symbolic behaviour (cult, ritual) and symbolic places or objects (temples, icons). Myths are specific accounts of gods or superhuman beings involved in extraordinary events or circumstances in a time that is unspecified but which is understood as existing apart from ordinary human experience. The term mythology denotes both the study of myth and the body of myths belonging to a particular religious tradition. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/myth).2. THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGIONTo address the following questions, consider the four approaches to religion described in the introduction to this module: exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism and empathetic interest in other people.Which of these four approaches do you take in your everyday life, and why?Describe a friend, acquaintance, or relative whose approach to religion is different than yours. What approach do they take? Given your different approaches, how would you communicate with them about religion?If you were to take a college class on religious traditions, do you think the academic study of religion might require you to adjust your approach? Explain your answer.You will not see any other postings until you post your own.Initial posts are due by Saturday, 28 Nov 2020 at 11:30PM ET. Two responses to fellow classmates are required by the end of the academic week on Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020 by 11:30PM ET. A response to the Professor's follow-on question(s) is required.

Read the complete article about the history of advertising, then complete the following items.In a complete paragraph of approximately 7 to 10 sentences, write an objective summary of the article. Based on what you have read, what can you infer about the relationship between advertising and the price you pay for a product and/or service?Please include a direct quote, using proper parenthetical citation, from the article to support your inference.Answer the question in 2 to 3 sentences. Need more information about parenthetical citation?AdvertisingIn the 21st century, with an intensely competitive consumer market, advertisers increasingly used digital technology to call greater attention to products. In 2009, for example, the world's first video advertisements to be embedded in a print publication appeared in Entertainment Weeklymagazine. The thin battery-powered screen implanted in the page could store up to 40 minutes of video via chip technology and automatically began to play when the reader opened the page.For an advertisement to be effective, its production and placement must be based on a knowledge of the public and a skilled use of the media. Advertising agencies serve to orchestrate complex campaigns whose strategies of media use are based on research into consumer behavior and demographic analysis of the market area. A strategy will combine creativity in the production of the advertising messages with canny scheduling and placement, so that the messages are seen by, and will have an effect on, the people the advertiser most wants to address. Given a fixed budget, advertisers face a basic choice: they can have their message seen or heard by many people fewer times, or by fewer people many times. This and other strategic decisions are made in light of tests of the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.There is no dispute over the power of advertising to inform consumers of what products are available. In a free-market economy effective advertising is essential to a company's survival, for unless consumers know about a company's product they are unlikely to buy it. In criticism of advertising it has been argued that the consumer must pay for the cost of advertising in the form of higher prices for goods; against this point it is argued that advertising enables goods to be mass marketed, thereby bringing prices down. It has been argued that the cost of major advertising campaigns is such that few firms can afford them, thus helping these firms to dominate the market; on the other hand, whereas smaller firms may not be able to compete with larger ones at a national level, advertising at the local level or online enables them to hold their own.Finally, it has been argued that advertisers exercise an undue influence over the regular contents of the media they employ—the editorial stance of a newspaper or the subject of a television show. In response it has been pointed out that such influence is counteracted, at least in the case of financially strong media firms, by the advertiser's reliance on the media to convey a message; any compromise of the integrity of a media firm might result in a smaller audience for the advertising.

Inventory TestsUsing resources such as the South University Online Library and the Internet research various interest inventory tests and select one free test to attempt.After attempting the test, write a report that includes the following:A brief description of the test.An explanation of the purpose of this test.A brief description on the theoretical basis for the test.An analysis of the test results.An explanation on whether your results surprise you.A list of the references cited for the construction or development of this test, if any.In your report also provide answers to the following questions:How much faith do you have in this test and its results?On the basis of what you learned about interest inventory tests, what would you change regarding this test and why?What are the implications of taking this test on a computer? Would this test be better as a paper-and-pencil test?What are the positive and negative ramifications of this test's availability?Is the test associated with a reputable organization? If yes, give a brief description of the organization.Are there different subscale scores, or is it just one aggregate score? What scoring unit is used—z scores, percentile scores, or raw scores? What are the theoretical implications for the scoring of this test?Support your responses with examples.Using APA format, appropriately cite your sources throughout the assignment and include references on a separate page.