Category: Communications and Media

Planning a Public Relations Campaign
Congratulations! You’ve just formed a new public relations firm. Your job is to handle public relations for a worthwhile non-profit organization. You must decide what kind of event your company will represent and publicize. (Note: This does not involve paying for any advertising—you must achieve all of your goals only through publicity practices.) Now you must plan the PR campaign—including which media you’ll target, what audience you want to reach, how much money you want to raise, and your campaign theme. You must have answers to the following questions.
• The concept: On no more than one typed page, describe the concept of your campaign—how it differs from others in the area, what audience you hope to reach, which media you hope to reach and specific goals for the campaign.
• Key staffers: Also on the single typed page (see the concept, above), provide the job titles in your company, as well as the name of your firm.
• The need: Clearly state why your campaign is necessary. (Hint: Be specific and concrete. Avoid generic statements such as, “People will flock to this event,” or “People will donate to this cause.”)
• User potential: Describe with as much detail as possible the kind of person who will donate to your cause or attend your event—including age, income level, single/married/family people, possible professions, typical interests, and other charities to which they contribute. How many people, realistically, do you expect will attend your event/give to your charity?
• Campaign slogan: What will be the theme or slogan of your campaign, the jingle or phrase that will accompany all of your publicity? Develop a strong theme.
• Campaign potential: What would be the best medium/media for your PR pitch: newspaper, TV, radio, magazine, Internet? Investigate the procedure for submitting media kits or news releases to the media. Be sure to check if the medium accepts photos or illustrations and the criteria for each. Propose what you think are good ways to approach different, specific media (newspaper, magazine, radio station, broadcast and cable TV). Don’t forget to consider alternative media (smaller, less well-known newspapers, radio stations or magazines that may specifically target part of your intended audience—parents’ magazines, for example, for a Children’s Day event). Can you use the Internet to gain some PR? What kind?

Answer the question supported by quotes from NRW chapter 3. 
NOTE: I UPLODED ch 3. 
1. The news story at the following URL is a mystery. Use what you learned in NRW 3 “Gathering and Verifying Information” about the disciplines of multiple sourcing and verification to discuss how you would go about trying to solve the mystery of where the nose came from and what it’s doing?
The story link:
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/03/an-8-foot-nose-sculpture-appeared-at-clevelands-hart-crane-park-why.html

With reference to the reading, “Interviewing” (NRW 4), discuss how to prepare for and get the best out of an interview for a news story. Pay attention not only to what you should do, but just as importantly, things to avoid.
NOTE: I UPLOADED CHAPTER 4

The goal of this assignment is to find and describe an example of a fictional character (from TV, movies, books) that is high in anxious attachment, and another character who is high in avoidant- ambivalent attachment. 
Please describe the characters’ behaviors that support your assessment of their attachment style (ie communication practices, how they interact in relationships, etc…), providing citations from scholarly materials to support your assessment.  Conclude with an argument (linking to the examples and broader research) on (a) which form of insecure attachment you think is more detrimental to healthy relationships and why, as well as (b) provide advice as to how that character might become more secure in the future and how you think this would benefit their future relationships.
Notes:
The two characters chosen do not need to be from the same TV show/movie/book/song.
You can discuss the character’s attachment in any type of attachment relationship (e.g., romantic partner, friends,
caregiver), or their general attachment style across different relationships.
Your page length must be 5 full pages, double-spaced, ‘normal’ margins, 12 point font
Reference page should be in APA format
Title page can be included but is not required.

The file I sent is an example of the outline for my assignment. Just plug in the example words with information from the 5 sources found. The topic for this speech is about the history of music. If you need anymore info just let me know.

1) read through Chapter 10: Delivering a Speech
2) Watch the attached TED Talk: How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure
3) In your paper, discuss TWO things you learned from this TED Talk
4) Find a new TED Talk of your choosing. (Pick something that interests you!) When you watch, analyze the speaker themself.
5) In your paper, discuss FOUR concepts from chapter ten of the textbook that the speaker either did well or poorly on. In your own words, explain the concept, and then give the speaker’s example. (Example of concepts you could use: “Pitch is how high or low a person’s voice is; my speaker did a great job varying their pitch to keep the speech entertaining.”
Your paper should be 1-2 pages double font, 12 point times new roman
In summary, your paper should include
1) 2 things you learned from Julian Treasure
2) The title and speaker of your chosen TED Talk
3) 4 defined concepts from the textbook with examples of your chosen TED Talk speaker either doing really well or poorly

This is an assignment to research and explain a topic to the audience. A visual aid should be used to explain information better visually. A smiley face when you say the word “happy” doesn’t add anything of value. Use a graph, a chart, or a picture of the parts of the brain you are explaining. Pictures aren’t bad; they just need to be useful.
submit an outline and Works Cited with a link to your presentation. 
Please follow the instructions and see attached for more details on how to complete this assignment. 

There are many debates about the best way to evaluate media content. While many focus on issues of aesthetics or narrative, media scholars Newcomb and Hirsch provide us with another way to evaluate media content – as an example of a cultural forum. The purpose of this assignment is to explore whether you feel media content has the responsibility to operate as a cultural forum for our society, as well as to identify contemporary examples of this cultural forum in the media landscape.
In lecture we discussed Newcomb & Hirsch’s concept of a cultural forum, which argues that media should operate as a space where important social issues are discussed and worked through. Since media texts can reach anyone in the country or world, they bring us together in ways that other communication cannot. And since media has this capability, Newcomb & Hirsch believe it should be used to address the issues that impact all of us. Remember, they think that the primary way for us to evaluate media should be in terms of how well that media text addresses social issues and concerns. While this is true for journalism to a degree, Newcomb and Hirsch believe that this criterion should be applied to all media texts, even the ones we use for escape or enjoyment.
Do you think media has an obligation to society to serve as this sort of space? What would that cultural forum look like in contemporary society? Are there media texts that currently operate according to this model, and if so, which ones? What makes these examples representative of a contemporary cultural forum? How does social media operate or not operate as a contemporary cultural forum?
Each essay should be at least two pages, double-spaced with one-inch margins.

The outline is done for my research paper. My professor gave annotations, which are given in the screenshots as they could not be downloaded. Please turn the outline into a full 
research paper. Be sure to review the annotations and implement what she said into the research paper. The paper must by 5 pages in length. The shortest acceptable word length is 1250, and the longest acceptable word length is 1750. The word and page count does not include the cover page or your reference list. Attached is also the guideline for what needs to be done on the research paper. Please make sure to read that and the annotations as that gives instructions on how the research paper should be done. 

To complete this assignment, you will choose one person to interview who was raised in a culture different from your own.
You will conduct the interview by asking questions that help you to learn about the interviewee’s culture. You can create some of the interview questions on your own, but you will want to cover enough information to complete the Interview Analysis Assignment that follows the interview. Below you will see sample questions you can use or edit to fit your interaction.
Here are examples of questions you can use to get the interview started or to learn details about the interviewee’s background and culture. You do not have to use any or all of these questions, but make sure your questions are diverse and detailed enough to address the requirements in the Analysis Assignment.
Where did you grow up? What was it like to grow up there?
Did you live in a house, apartment, etc? Who lived with you?
Did you grow up in an urban or rural setting?
Who raised you? What were their roles in your family? Did your family and upbringing reflect the typical family in your culture?
What holidays, traditions, and foods symbolize your culture?
What were common industries or professions in your hometown or culture? Was there a major industry that employed most workers, or was it a diverse working community?
How does your culture view conflict? Do people openly engage in conflict? Is it viewed in a positive or negative way?
How does your culture feel about authority? Are elders respected unconditionally? Do people challenge authority?
Are people in your culture blunt or reserved with communication? Do people openly express ideas and feelings? Do people avoid direct expressions of verbal messages?
Is your culture community oriented or was your culture more focused on individuals or family groups? Did it feel like you were living inside a “big family” in your town or community? Did it feel like each family was separate and independent from others?
Interview Assignment
Following the interview, you will create an essay that highlights areas of your interviewee’s culture. The essay should be two pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font, and 1 inch margin all around. Include the interviewee’s name and phone number at the top of the essay.
Here are the questions to consider in your essay. Answer four of the six questions about your interviewee’s culture.
Was your interviewee from an individualistic or collectivistic culture? What information helped you to determine your answer?
Was your interviewee’s from a more masculine or feminine oriented culture? Why?
Was your interviewee from a high-context or low-context culture? Use examples to support your answer.
Did your interviewee come from a culture with a low-power or high-power distance? What information helped to you determine your answer?
Was your interviewee from a monochromatic or polychromatic culture? Use examples to support your answer.
Did your interviewee come from an explicit-rule culture or an implicit-rule culture? What information helped you determine your answer?
After choosing and answering four questions above, close out the body of your essay by answering this question.
How does knowing this information impact the way you would work with someone from this cultural background? Use an example to illustrate two specific tips/ideas that you’ve learned and could pass on to others who may work with someone from this culture.