Cultural Critique Essay

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For this assignment, you will write a 500-750 word reflection paper on a documentary or interview that looks at the issues of character and/or culture. The three video options for this assignment are available either online through Regent’s digital library, or through a link provided for each item below. Access the digital library through this link or navigate to the Regent Library homepage, click on Databases under Research Tools, hover over the Browse by Category tab, and click on Digital Videos & Images. Both Generation Like and Minimalism are available through the Kanopy Film Collection.

DISCLAIMER: The views and philosophies expressed in these videos do NOT necessarily reflect a Christian worldview, but they do express various cultural views that are important for Christians to be aware of and to examine.

Select one of the following videos to view:

1. Generation Like

DISCLAIMER: Contains content that some may find offensive. If you are concerned that this may be a "stumbling block" to you, please select one of the other options.

Thanks to social media, today's teens are able to directly interact with their culture--artists, celebrities, movies, brands, and even one another--in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers still hold the upper hand? In Generation Like, author and FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media--and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers. Do kids think they're being used? Do they care? Or does the perceived chance to be the next big star make it all worth it? The film is a powerful examination of the evolving and complicated relationship between teens and the companies that are increasingly working to target them.

2. Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things

Can true happiness and success be measured by material possessions? What is the personal and global impact of our consumer culture? Is there an alternative? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many aspects of the growing "minimalist" movement that is challenging compulsory consumerism and seeking a different path. It takes viewers on a road trip across America that reveals the core ideas behind minimalism and meets people who share their transformational stories.

3. Simpson-Bowles Budget Interview

In this interview on the Charlie Rose program on PBS, the co-chairs of President Barack Obama's Bipartisan Deficit Reduction Commission highlight the unsustainability of our nation's financial situation and explain how the current political climate makes it impossible to remedy the structural problems that underlie the debt crisis.

Select one of these videos and watch in its entirety.

As you watch the film you selected, thoughtfully consider all that you have read, watched, and discussed in the course to this point, in particular, your readings from N.T. Wright on character, Andy Crouch on culture, Kouzes and Posner on leadership, and the Scriptures. Appropriately incorporate these readings and, when possible, bring in the expertise and/or perspectives from your major field of study. Interact with the film and materials and write a 500-750 word reflection paper on something you saw or heard in the film that grabbed your attention and warrants a response. In your response, please include a discussion of if or how the principles and leadership practices you have learned in this course were or were not reflected in the film. A large portion of your grade will be based on your ability to integrate the ideas and concepts from the course materials.

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