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Moral Panic Assignment instructionPopular Culture is literally “the culture of the people,” and popular culture texts can include a variety of things including advertisements, popular fiction, graphic novels, television, film, popular music, magazines, videogames, and increasingly, the internet with sites like Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook to name a few. Occasionally with popular culture texts that are new and different comes a panic of sorts about how that text threatens society in general or a particular aspect of society – sometimes they’re deemed to possibly cause the downfall of society (to state dramatically). This assignment requires you to find out about a moment in popular culture history when a public scare surrounded a popular cultural phenomenon. You need to find a moral controversy that has not yet been discussed in the course. For this assignment, you need to find a newspaper or magazine article from the time that your moral panic was happening and then to report about the popular culture production that caused the scare, the circumstances of the scare itself, and then the attitude that the newspaper or magazine seems to be taking about the controversy. Remember, popular culture is NOT a disease or merely an event that took place in American culture – it must be a popular culture text SPECIFICALLY.There are five major steps to successfully completing this assignment: Using the university library’s online resources ONLY, you will use keyword searches to locate an article that was written at the time of your “scare” you are researching. Your article can be from a newspaper or magazinepublished anywhere in the US (but it MUST be from the US.)Save an electronic copy of the article as a PDF to hand in (or if you have found your article on microfilm, make a printout. Ask a librarian if you’re not sure how to do this.) Upload your article in the appropriate link titled: Moral Panic Article Upload only. If you do not upload your ARTICLE you will lose 15 points from this assignment. If you do not include a PROPER MLA citation at the end of your write up, you will lose 7.5 points from this assignment.Answer the questions on the Moral Panic Assignment sheet to help you get thinking about this assignment. You can find this in the Fieldwork and Research Assignment tab.You will need to write a 250-400 word short essay that explains the popular culture production that caused the scare, the circumstances of the scare itself, and then the attitude that the newspaper or magazine seems to be taking about the controversy. In your introduction you should explain where you got the article (so you can use “I,” but the rest of your assignment should have a more historical/college writing tone.) You will need to upload a copy of your paper and upload your article by the deadline stated in the course shell. Please make sure you upload your paper to the correct link.*Please note, riots themselves are not moral panics. In the examples where we discussed riots in class, it wasn’t the riots that were the popular culture texts. The riots were the result of a society’s or group of people’s reaction to or translation of tensions in a society (the zoot suit, or hip hop music that suggested the racial tensions experienced by a community).Moral Panic Assignment Sheet: This handout is for your use only, and to help you start to gather the info you need for this assignment. You do not need to turn it in.Moral Panic: A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to “threaten” the social order.Year/date this moral panic occurred:Bibliographic Information about the newspaper or magazine you’ve chosen regarding this topic:Title of article:Publication:Publication Date:Author:Topic/text you’ve chosen to research: Give some detailed background information about the cause of this scare.Who: (What portion of the population does this moral panic involve?)What:Where:Why: (Elaborate on any other information you think is relevant about this moral panic.)What is the tone or the attitude that the newspaper or magazine seems to be taking about the controversy? (In other words, how is the author talking about the moral panic? Does it seem like something that will go away soon? Is the author worried about the long lasting affects?)

Reading ResponseWrite a responseRead. Espinosa & Ascenzi-Moreno (2021), Introduction and Ch. 1Skim. García et al. (2017), Ch. 2Write a response for the following questions to reflect on the above readings:•    How did the reading allow you to rethink your work with emergent bilingual students?•    In what ways might this information be useful to you as a teacher of emergent bilingual students?

What are a few social problems identified in the article? Why is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation not as altruistic as they profess according to the author?  Why is the author critical of Billionaires Like Gates and do you agree with his perspective why or why not? What would conflict theorists say about the issue with  AstraZeneca? What does this article say about the organization of American Society?Why Billionaires Like Bill Gates Can’t Fix the Problems They Helped CreateCredit…Illustration by Nicholas Konrad/The New York Times; photograph by Nipitpon Singad / EyeEm via Getty ImagesBy Linsey McGoeyDr. McGoey is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation at the University of Essex. She is the author of “No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy.”Bill Gates hasn’t changed. His public image has. Mr. Gates’s personal behavior and his troubling management of the Gates Foundation are being reported more openly. The question is why it took so long.For years, the Gates Foundation has been steered by an unusually small board of trustees, made up of Bill, his estranged wife, Melinda, and the billionaire investor Warren Buffett.The foundation was created in 2000, merging two charitable organizations that had been established in 1994, the year Bill and Melinda married. Its size roughly doubled in 2006, to $60 billion from $30 billion, when Mr. Buffett announced he would give most of his Berkshire Hathaway fortune to the organization, saying that he trusted Bill and Melinda’s expertise to use the money for good.A paradox emerged. The larger the foundation became, the less anyone seemed willing to ask tough questions about its secretive management structure or its penchant for giving money to lucrative pharmaceutical and credit card companies such as Mastercard, despite the fact that giving away billions to wealthy corporations set an unusual and troubling precedent in the philanthropic sector.I first reported this pattern of showering money on private corporations while researching my 2015 book, “No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy.” The main argument of the book was that billionaires who make their fortunes through corporate practices that undercut workers and deepen inequality — like corporate tax avoidance, insufficient sick pay and the immoral gap in pay between executives and low-paid workers — are not the solution to problems they generate.I put it this way: Asking Bill Gates to fix inequality is like asking an arsonist to hose down your house after he just set it on fire. Philanthropists might have the deep pockets to fund the fire engine and water hose, but the money is coming from making our houses unlivable in the first place.It wasn’t until five years later that the mainstream media took much interest in criticizing the Gates Foundation, sparked by investigative journalist Tim Schwab’s important reporting on conflicts of interest there.Before then there was mostly silence. If large investment banks were seen as “too big to fail” in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, mega-foundations were too big to scrutinize. Especially in the post-2008 recession, the need for charity was more pronounced then ever, and so it seemed churlish, even Scrooge-like, to question whether the Gateses really knew as much about solving the world’s problems as they claimed.Anand Giridharadas’s 2018 book, “Winners Take All,” coined a new term for the market-led, corporate-friendly approach to philanthropy that donors like the Gateses have championed for years: “market world.” He sees it as misplaced faith in the ability of more markets to resolve poverty, when the richer investors in the market get, the poorer the rest of us become.Both of the Gateses live in market world, even though it’s sometimes conveniently forgotten that Melinda has prime property there too. In media coverage after the divorce announcement, she has been upheld as the more “humane” brake on Bill’s techno-solutionist approach to global health and development. But I don’t think there’s much evidence of any deep divide between them when it comes to seeing the market as a panacea.The best evidence that we do have is the observable track record of the foundation, both good and bad. Ultimately, any organization’s most senior management is responsible for its operations — and that includes Melinda. So when the foundation pours nonrepayable, tax-privileged grants on the world’s wealthiest pharmaceutical companies, or when it defends a global patent system that makes lifesaving medicines needlessly expensive in both poor and rich nations, the buck doesn’t just stop with Bill, but with Melinda too.In April last year, the University of Oxford was reportedly considering offering a Covid vaccine developed by its scientists on a nonexclusive basis, which would have made it possible for manufacturers across the world to produce it more cheaply and widely. But then, as reported in Kaiser Health News, “Oxford — urged on by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — reversed course. It signed an exclusive vaccine deal with AstraZeneca that gave the pharmaceutical giant sole rights and no guarantee of low prices.”This deal-making left many people aghast. It seemed to conflict with the Gates Foundation’s stated mission to improve global access to medicines, but it’s not surprising to those who’ve long followed the foundation’s proclivity to lend big pharma a helping hand. Recently, Melinda told The Times that vaccine makers like Pfizer and AstraZeneca “should make a small profit, because we want them to stay in business.”Define small. AstraZeneca paid nothing toward Oxford’s basic research on the vaccine, yet the company now has exclusive distribution rights, standing to make billions from the deal brokered by the Gates Foundation.Both of the Gateses seem to be feasting at the same table at big pharma, swallowing a core fallacy perpetuated for years. That’s the insistence that companies need to “charge astronomical prices to pay for research and development,” as Representative Katie Porter put it recently, even though “the amount they spend on manipulating the market to enrich shareholders completely eclipses what’s spent on R&D.”The best thing to come out of a sad event like this divorce is recognition that today’s global problems are ours to tackle, we the people — interdependent, global members of the public — through solidarity and shared science. We can’t relinquish this task to unaccountable philanthropists. The age of deference to them is over, and it’s about time.Linsey McGoey is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation at the University of Essex. She is the author of “No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy.”The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We’d like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. And here’s our email: letters@nytimes.com.Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.

PAPER INSTRUCTIONSLeadership and the Improvement of K-12 Student Achievement Paper. The students will review the literature related to school-level and district-level leadership practices that impact the achievement of K-12 students. This paper must conform to APA 7th edition writing style; consist of an abstract; an introduction, a literature review, discussion, implications, summary, and references. In addition, a minimum of 11 pages of text, excluding the cover page, abstract, and references; and at least 16 references must be utilized. Organize written material effectively, write in a logical, clear style, use appropriate grammar and sentence structure, use language appropriate for the topic, correctly apply mechanics of writing, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation; and use standard English in written communication.Recommended course textbooks to use as references.Marzano, R. & Waters, T. (2009). District leadership that works: Striking the right balance. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.Marzano, R, Water, T., & McNulty, B. (2005). School leadership that works: From research to results. Alexandria, VA: ASCD

“GAMERUSH” ASSESSMENT QUESTION2014You and four other friends, Joan, David, Albert, and Alice went to separate institutions to pursueeducations after high school. Joan attended Harvard where she studied management. Davidattended Stanford where he studied marketing. Albert attended Virginia where he studied humanresources management. You went to Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business where youstudied accounting and eventually passed your CPA examination. Alice attended Yale where shestudied computer science. She specialized in game design.After graduation, Alice went to work for GameDay, Inc. where she worked on game design.That company had a large number of psychology graduates who had Ph.Ds and who worked inthat company’s Psychological Research Department, which did research work on thepsychological aspects and dimensions of game theory. The Department’s research demonstratedthat there were certain aspects of games and game design, which could be built into games thatwould result in a game that produced a form of psychological addiction. During the course ofher employment, and as part of her job responsibilities, Alice became very familiar with thepsychological research being done by the Psychological Research Department.After working at GameDay for two years, Alice left the company and contacted you and theother three high school friends. She proposed that she, you, and the other three friends form anLLC to develop and design games. The name that she proposed for the LLC was GameRush,Inc.She proposed developing computer games. You and the other two friends agreed to herproposal. You all retained counsel and set up an LLC.A financial plan was proposed by Alice whereby, the production of the game would beoutsourced to a company in India. Alice knew of the plant and its production through her workat GameDay. She knew the plant was in Bhopal, India, and that the labor rates were lower thanmost other parts of India. She also knew that the turn-around time from placing an order toreceipt of the final product was a remarkably shorter time than provided by other manufacturingsites in Vietnam and Malaysia and even most other sites in India. Alice did not propose going toIndia to inspect the plant, but to simply contract with that company’s representative here inAlabama for the work to be done.David, as Chief Marketing Officer, proposed a marketing plan whereby he would contactpotential advertising clients who would purchase advertising on the game. At points, wherecommercial names could be used, the advertisers would purchase time on the game for theirnames to be used. The primary advertising strategy was to tell potential advertisers that playersof the game would use the game over and over multiple times during which the advertiser’snames would be prominently displayed to the players of the game.Alice had access to psychological research while working at GameDay which showed thatrepetition of advertisers’ names increased the probability that viewers of the advertisementswould buy the products and that the use of names in the context of “fact” scenarios, like games,increased even more then probability of users buying the advertisers’ products. This was told topotential advertisers as an inducement for them to put their advertising in the game.The plan was to build and market a game using Alice’s knowledge of the psychological researchon building into games addictive qualities which she has learned while employed at GameDay.Everyone agreed to the business plan exceptyou. You expressed your concerns.The psychological research regarding the dimensions of game theory and the advertising issueswere not the subject of any trade secret protections enforced by GameDay. Much of the researchcould be found atvariousuniversities.You have a spouse at home who has just lost his/her job and you have two children. Both aregoing to a private school in your community where the tuition for each student is $15,000 peryear.CASE QUESTIONSConsider your concerns as described in this case and prepare a memorandum that addresses theconcerns described below. Your memo should be completed in narrative form (you may useheadings if you choose to do so for organizational purposes, but do not list your responses inbullet form). Maximum page length: 10 pages (double spaced).Identify all of the potential ethical issues you see (if any). Describe and analyze the implicationsof each issue, including who or what may be affected by your or the company’s response. Inidentifying issues and addressing their implications, your discussion should be as comprehensiveas possible—you should consider any economic, social, or ecological implications, as well as thepotential impact of any cultural differences you can identify.Additionally, your analysis should thoroughly identify and discuss at least two potential coursesof action that you or the company could take with respect to each issue you have discussed.Clearly demonstrate your reasoning process—identify and explain any ethical principles orarguments you are relying on; do not simply state unsupported conclusions.If you choose to apply any approaches to ethical reasoning, clearly state what they are and howyou are applying them to this case. Of the possible solutions you identified, which would yourecommend as a resolution? Again, fully explain and justify your recommendations. Finally,explain how you would implement each solution you have recommended.

Student learning analysis (SLA) are a global summary of how certain internship tasks, journal entries, interaction with supervisors and internship staff helped students meet their internship learning objectives, and how these derived in new learning.  Personal, academic and professional efforts to operate in the context of sudden local, national and global disruption are to be included in SLA documents.   In writing a Learning Analysis there is a deliberate reflective effort, and the ability to articulate and share such reflections with an academic audience. UGS Internship Program expects internship learning analysis, at least 4 full page, typed paper.Before writing the SLA, read the ten journal entries so to reconnect with the bulk of the quarterly reflections.  Regardless of the order in which these are presented, UGS Internship Learning Analyses must address the following themes:1. a.    Rationale for choosing this particular site at this particular point in the student’s academic process, and general description of this internship position held.2. b.    Description and examples of how internship learning objectives listed in the student’s internship proposal were met.c.    Examples of core assigned tasks and how these relate to student’s areas of interest. (Liberal Arts)1. d.    Description and examples of skills, whether academic, technical, administrative, or social those tasks required, and whether the student feels at this point expert, competent, or familiar with them.2. e.    Relevant insight on the historical, political, and social circumstances that fostered the creation/existence of this internship site.3. f.    Relevant insight on the historical, political, and social factors influencing the larger phenomena or problem this internship site intends to address.4. g.    Description and examples of how the current local, national and global disruption has affected the operations of your internship site5. h.    Description and examples of how your internship site has managed to deal with such disruption6. i.    A summary of the ways in which the internship experience benefited the student in terms of new learning7. j.    Recommendations for making more meaningful, pleasant, and/or academically productive all future internship opportunities at this site, if the local, national and global disruption continues beyond one quarter.UGS internship Learning objectives- Engage in critical inquiry that employs relevant sources and methods.- Consider diverse perspectives, including opposing points of view and marginalized voices.- Connect learning with theories and experience through reflective practice.-Analyze power, oppression, and resistance in pursuit of justice.-Communicate effectively in oral, written, and visual forms.- Examine issues in both local and global contexts.

Textbook: Creswell, J. (2015). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.Read Chapter 3.Based on your reading of Chapter 3, respond to the following:1.  Define a literature review.  a.  Discuss the importance of the literature review for researchers and practitioners.b.  Describe how authors use literature in their quantitative and qualitative research studies.2.  What do you feel is the most important reason for a literature review? Why do you feel this way?Your post should be about 150 words.Provide an APA reference for your post.

In 550 words, create a literacy instructional plan for how you will apply the IWY method in your future classroom when introducing new literacy concepts.In your plan, be sure to address the following in your reflection:1.    How the IWY model supports the introduction of new literacy concepts.2.    How the IWY model creates and supports student engagement of typical and atypical students.3.    How the IWY model supports differentiation to meet the diverse needs of students.4.    Include any gaps that may be present in the IWY model.5.    How you will use the IWY model in your future professional practice.Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

RESEARCH PAPERBRAINSTORM? Think about the positive and negative effects of colorism.? List some of the effects on colorism (at least five)The concept of colorism within various communities of color has plagued those with darker skin complexions and afforded others with lighter skin tones with privilege and the ability to use their light-skinned privilege to navigate the world of racial and identity politics. In your research paper, demonstrate how complex issues around colorism. What are the themes and concerns that present themselves with color being at the center of social, cultural, political and economic opportunities in our society. Also, present in your research, why most people tend to cater toward lighter-skinned individuals versus darker-skinned individuals and how this provides positionality, racial hierarchy and a level of social status and privilege.Show through quotes, analysis, and the use of other sources how colorism and anti-blackness or racism work as a constructed system to incarcerate black and brown people from a physical, mental and psychological perspective. Draw upon historic evidence to support your claims. In your 10 page paper, discuss whether or not you believe colorism negatively or positively impact people of color in society at large.

Final Reflection (100 points)Please write a three-to-five-page paper addressing the following questions:How does your worldview influence your understanding of ethics?Why is ethics important for health care? (Reference at least two ethical theories discussed in this course and their relevance to health care.)What does it mean to be a patient advocate, and why is that important?In your own words, what is compassionate nursing?How can you avoid burnout as a medical practitioner related to emotional turmoil?