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Please answer the following question in a 750- 1000 word essay. This assignment is meant to be a reflective essay on the impact of globalization. APA style is required for this assignment.
QUESTION:
Explain the impact of globalization on your own life and your country (provide specific examples). Provide examples of evidence of changes. Consider how modernization and growth has affected your consumption behavior and your thoughts. Do you support globalization why or why not?
Essay will be graded as follows: 13 – 15 points = Excellent paper is well written, clearly answers the items for the assignment. 11 – 12 points = Good paper but has errors in the writing. 9 – 10 points = Fine job but has writing errors and there are some issues with the analysis. 7 – 8 points = Poor job that does not show pride in work or that time and effort was spent. 1 – 6 points = Turned in something but does not meet the requirements at all 0 points = Missing

Choose one of the six topics listed below. Note: You cannot complete an essay on the
same topic that you did your debate on.
Using the Facebook posts provided for your chosen topic as stimulus, write:
? a 50 – 100 word reply to at least one individual comment
? a 1,100 word justification/explanation of your response in essay format
Your justification should:
? Identify the key issue(s) or idea(s) raised in the topic
? Formulate an argument that supports or opposes these key ideas
? Respond directly to the ideas raised in these posts, with specific reference to at
least one individual comment from the stimulus provided
? Use academic terms you have learned in class
? Provide a full reference list that contains at least four readings
Note: While your own hypothetical reply to the Facebook comment(s) does not need to use
academic language, your essay should aim to meet the conventions of a formal academic
response.
All of these topics will be discussed in detail during class time, and will also be addressed in
the Seminar presentation assessment. Time will also be dedicated in class to discussing the
essay topics in order to help you choose the best topic for you. If you have any questions,
please ask your teacher.
Attachments:
5444556_1_CP-Assessment-4-Essay-2019-1-.pdf

This assessment has two parts: 1) Report and 2) Briefing Note on related aspects of the same topic.
Students are asked to conduct an investigation into a contested public issue of their choice that affects policy development and discuss the public opinion and debate that may affect the trajectory of the issue to inform a future public affairs and media strategy.
The Major Project must include details of the issue, and public debate of the issue, are based upon: desk research, media content analysis and discipline-specific research (i.e. reference to the unit content).
This task involves students’ development of two outputs (see above) which have two different professional communications contexts and audiences. In addition, it enables students to demonstrate their critical and analytical skills, as well as their professional competencies in communicating a complex public affairs issue that is affected or influenced by public opinion.
Both the report and briefing note will equip you with the tools to prepare a variety of communication modes utilised in professional practices and tailored for different audiences.
Part A: Report: 2000 words
You work for a consultancy called ‘Livewire Public Affairs’.
Livewire has a reputation for intelligent and successful research-driven campaigns. They have experience in providing effective political communication strategies around issue management for a variety of high profile clients in government, peak bodies, lobbyists, grassroots community groups and other stakeholders. Livewire has 30 public affairs consultants who are renowned for their knowledge, analytic skill and tenacity in managing difficult issues and media relations for clients. They are able to identify what will become ‘hot topics’ and anticipate what will shape public opinion and influence debate and policy development. Their motto is: In full command of the facts.
In anticipation that it may be required to respond quickly to clients, your manager at Livewire has requested that you write a general report on a contested public issue. Its purpose is to provide insight into the current public debate surrounding the issue and its likely trajectory in affecting policy development. Your work may be used to inform a future client public affairs and media strategy.
You will therefore select a contested public issue that will possibly affect future policy development. Examples are:
Sugar tax
Obesity tax
Vaping
Poker machines
In researching and writing the report you will identify key issues and social actors in the debate such as NGOs, peak industry bodies, lobby groups, key media sources, politicians, political parties and influential media commentators.
Your work will include the research of public opinion around the issue, including dominant positions evident in a time bounded period of heightened media activity. This could be achieved a key words search e.g. in search engines such as Google and publicly available sources of social media (Twitter and Facebook).
This investigation will also be analysed in the context of disciplinary research (ALR782 unit content Study Guide and Readings).
The Livewire report will be comprised of an executive summary, in addition to the full report which will: outline the issue, provide research-based evidence of public opinion, a discussion of the key actors and positions influencing the debate, an analysis of the appetite of government in relation to the issue, and a forecast of key trends of the issue.
The Livewire report must contain these sections:
1. Executive Summary (short overview of report and its findings. Approx. 200 words)
2. Background/Context (situation analysis of issue, the public debate and its significance to policy development. Approx 400 words)
3. Media Content Analysis Statement (Description of research methods e.g. how, what, and period under review. Approx. 200 words)
4. Findings: Issue positions (e.g. dominant media themes at play), actors and organisations influencing public opinion formation (e.g.
NGOs, peak industry bodies or lobby groups
and their donors, funding sources, affiliations. Approx. 400 words).
5. Discussion: Analysis of your finding’s significance in relation to government action. Approx 300 words)
6. Forecast of key trends of the issue in public debate and policy formation (Approx. 300 words)
7. References (Harvard style, include only sources that you quote from)
8. Appendices (optional: only append highly relevant source material)
See this link to assist you in report writing:
Business Report Writing Guide
Part B: Briefing Note: 500 words
Adopt a position of
one of the NGOs, peak industry bodies or lobby groups
that the Livewire report identified. Now prepare a 1-2 page briefing note for that organisation’s management team advising them of the key issues and upcoming trends in relation to promoting their particular cause.
The Briefing Note must contain these headings:
1. Audience – state the organisation name.
2. Date.
3. Purpose statement
4. Background summary
5. Current status of key issues
6. Trends/forecast/
7. Recommendations
8. Your name and contact details
For more help please see these links:
Writing for results
Writing Briefing Notes
Developing a Briefing Note
Examples: 1) Briefing Note example2) Briefing Note example3) Briefing Note example
N.B. these are representative only and may vary from our assignment instructions
AT3 assessment details:
Word limit: 2,500 (+/- 10% max)
Weighting: 50% of unit mark
Due date: Friday, 29 May, 11.59 (AEST)
Submission: CloudDeakin > Assessments > Assignments > Major Project
NB: Deakin late policy applies – see ‘Rights and Responsibilities as a Student’
Formatting:
• Use the Harvard referencing style
• Write your name/student number in the document footer
• Insert page numbers
• Use 2.5 cm document margins
?• Use 1.5 or 2 line spacing
• Use 10 or 12 point font (Arial or Times Roman)

You are a consultant hired to review the instructional staff at the local community college. You have collected data from learner surveys regarding the instructors’ performances. You have also collected data on the ratio of grades given by each instructor. You have gathered both quantitative and qualitative data. Click here to see the data that you collected. Write a paper (in APA manuscript format) in which you do the following: ? Review the data, and identify the types of data as quantitative or qualitative. ? Describe what the data indicate, and include the following: ? Descriptive statistics of quantitative data ? Trends identified in the analysis of qualitative data ? Make recommendations for change based on the data analysis. ? Make recommendations for additional data collection to have a clearer picture of the instructional staff.
Attachments:
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You are currently working as an instructional designer in the training organization of a large widget manufacturing company. Recently, the number of defects in completed widgets has gone up resulting in the need to scrap 6% of the widgets coming off the assembly line. The line manager for the assembly operation is claiming that the training organization is not providing adequate training for the widget operators and that this is the cause of the problem. The company president has asked you to provide the necessary documentation to prove that the training was effective and appropriate by the end of the month. Prepare an evaluation plan for measuring the success of the Widget training.
You will write an evaluation plan showing ways to collect data to meet the 4 levels of Kirkpatrick’s model of evaluation. Your plan should discuss the Kirkpatrick model and why each level is important. Be sure to discuss it in terms of transfer of learning. Identify at least 2 means of gathering subjective and objective data, for each level. Out of the 8 evaluation tools you described in your plan, create at least 2 tools you would actually use to gather the data described. Add the created tools to the end of the evaluation plan as an appendix and submit as all one product.
Attachments:
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– Demonstrate an insightful grasp of the contextual underpinnings and implications of digital media and perceptively explores its conceptual complexity. Builds an appreciation for the ways that communication technologies shape the way they read, navigate, understand and respond to digital, multimedia, multimodal and nonlinear texts. – Achieve an assured, cohesively structured PRESENTATION in an appropriate form, successfully integrating, in a sophisticated way, ideas and concepts. – Captivate and engage the audience throughout the whole talk, using a relatable example or an intriguing idea. – Explain the idea succinctly and with conviction using an authoritative voice. – Describe evidence thoroughly and how and why the idea could be implemented. – Communicate an idea in a sustained and controlled manner, not to tell a story or to evoke emotions.
Attachments:
5446008_1_Year-11STD-ENG-Task-2-Module-A-Task-Notification–2020-.docx

In the composition of their TED Talk, students must use a variety of mediums including short video clips (Maximum 30 seconds), Keynote, PowerPoint, Prezi, iMovie or other appropriate tools. Students may present this by either: a) Recording their voice over the top of their presentation OR b) Recording themselves NEXT TO their presentation (i.e. have the presentation on a screen beside the speaker etc.)
Attachments:
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Do you think that changes in technology, and availability of data, have made greater changes to qualitative or to quantitative research methods and outcomes? How might you illustrate this? Give examples.
Attachments:
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Essay 1: Credibility Analysis of a Conspiracy (Theory)-Related Visual Text
Deadline
: Saturday, June 6, 2020, by MIDNIGHT.
Word Count
: 750 words minimum, not including the Works Cited page
First, you’ll choose a visual text to analyze. Your visual text should be discussing a conspiracy or a conspiracy theory in some way.Googling any of the conspiracy/conspiracy theories on the Course Topics handout in Monday 6/1’s foldershould bring up Youtube videos exploring those topics that would be good for your presentation’s analysis—though you don’t have to get your visual texts from Youtube. (But if you’re confused about a visual text is, they are videos like the content on Youtube or shows on Netflix.) You will focus on a visual text, or part of a visual text,
that is no longer than twenty minutes
. You can take a clip from a visual text that is longer than 20 minutes, as long as you clearly identify where it’s from and provide other necessary context.
The clip from the BBC JFK conspiracy theory documentaryhere that we’re working with in our class assignments for is an example of a type of visual text you might choose for this assignment. (You may NOT write about this example visual text for this essay.)
Overall Assignment Outline
An outline for this assignment is:
-introduction (providing
context info
for what the text is, identifying the
argument
it’s making about which conspiracy theory, and concluding with a
thesis
about how credible that argument is)
-summary of the visual text’s content
-at least two body paragraphs (adhering to the MEAL plan)
-conclusion
*Note that this essay requires a total of five paragraphs to meet the assignment’s requirements.
You will
summarize
the content of your visual text, identifying the text’s
purpose/argument
, and come up with a
thesis
listing reasons a visual text’s message/argument is or is not credible. Note that the visual text might be making an argument that actually is
not
true, but could be doing so in a way that would convince viewers that it was true, even if it wasn’t–in this case the visual text would be
convincing
, but would be
credible
. For the purposes of this course we’re focusing on whether a text is
credible
rather than convincing, since for your research papers you’re going to want sources that are credible—credible sources make a stronger argument than sources that are convincing but not actually credible. A credible source presents information that is reliable, that the person reading/viewing the text can, for the most part, trust is true.
You will have
at least two body paragraphs
(the summary paragraph does not count as a body paragraph) supporting your thesis and analyzing the effectiveness of a particular rhetorical strategy and/or piece of evidence the visual text is using/presenting.
You will
include a screen shot
(minimum one, maximum two) from your visual text to help serve as evidence in one of your body paragraphs, and will also
include an outside source
that either corroborates/supports or refutes evidence that the visual text presents as part of the Analysis of whether we should trust what the visual text is telling us.
The first paragraph, your introduction, should include
context information
that provides general information about the text (it is a clip from; it’s clip from a BBC documentary that first aired in 2014). The introduction should identify the what conspiracy (theory) the visual text is discussing and the argument that it is making about that conspiracy (theory)—i.e., that the conspiracy really happened or not, or somewhere in between. The second paragraph should be your
summary
, explaining what’s happening in the visual text to an audience that may not be familiar with it in as much relevant detail as possible (in other words, your reader shouldn’t have to Google your visual text to understand what it is or what you’re saying about it). Then, after your two body paragraphs analyzing how strong/weak the visual text’s evidence is for the argument you identified in the introduction and/or analyzing a strategy the visual text is using to support its argument, you will have a
conclusion
recapping your general discussion.
NOTE
: Do not use “I” or “me” or “my” in your essay. Instead of saying “I think this text is credible because…” just say “This text is credible because…” Remember that this essay is not about your personal opinion. It is an argument that can be made using evidence from the visual text itself, and you can describe what this evidence is without saying “I.”
Your paper will be in MLA format:
You’ll want to consult this MLA Formatchecklist to make sure you’ve done everything.
You will include a new page entitled “Works Cited”:
Gives the formal citation for your article in MLA (Works Cited) format. You can find the general guidelines of and models for MLA citations by consulting: the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). The Works Cited citations do NOT count as part of the paper’s word count. This paper will include at least two sources in the Works Cited—the main visual text you are analyzing and at least one outside source you’re referring to to help support your argument.
No one method yields the right answer or the perfect essay – rather, you need to find a method that works for you and helps you better understand or interpret your particular visual text. If you’re stuck, some helpful discussion tips can be found in the checklisthere.
I encourage you to look for patterns or trends in your own observations and writing about the text. Those patterns or trends that you notice can end up being the focus of an analytical presentation or essay.
Imagine your audience as UH students who are so used to visual texts that they have stopped noticing how those texts affect them. Pretend your essay is appearing in a UH database designed to create a more aware and informed citizenry.
Your presentation will be graded on the following criteria, weighted equally:
Organization
• thesis presents a claim or interpretive statement (not a “true fact”) about a visual text and how it persuades its audience, who its audience is, why it was made, etc.
• each body paragraph has a topic sentence that both supports the thesis and expresses the main idea of the paragraph (M in MEAL)
• each body paragraph has a sentence at the end reinforcing the paragraph’s connection to the thesis or transitioning to the next paragraph’s points (L in MEAL)
Evidence
• each main point is supported with evidence (E in MEAL) from the text itself (e.g., description, specific details, references to moments or parts) or an outside source (quoted or paraphrased)
• all sources used are cited by name in the text of the paragraphs (whether quoted or paraphrased), including Wikipedia and all visual texts
• uses a combination of paraphrase and quotation when integrating other sources
Analysis
• evidence is not just presented but also explained in analysis (A in MEAL) answering the questions: How does the evidence illustrate your point? Why do you have the interpretations you do? What might the evidence mean? What else might it mean?
• the writer’s original thinking is shown in the paragraph: how has your thinking and writing led you to make the claims you are making?
• the writer “makes the implicit explicit” by articulating what is unspoken or unstated in the visual text but implied or suggested
Revision (from outline to body paragraph)
• the MEAL points have become more specific and refined than they were in the outline
• irrelevant or lengthy passages have been cut down or deleted
• the paragraphs have been proofread or edited for sentence-level errors
A
Succeeds in all elements of the assignment, excels in at least one element, contains clear
and elegant prose
B
Succeeds in most or all elements of the assignment, contains mostly clear prose
C
Attempts to accomplish all elements of the assignment, contains mostly sensible prose
(though some effort might be required to decipher meaning)
D
Fails in one or more elements of the assignment, contains nonsensical prose
F
Fails in all elements of the assignment (including possibly length), contains large sections of nonsensical prose
Attachments:
5446462_1_essay-1-rubric.docx

Imagine that you are a case manager for a disability services work placement organisation
who has just been assigned a new client, Steve. Steve is 19 years old and was involved in a
serious car accident 18 months ago in which he suffered from a traumatic brain injury.
Since that time Steve has been assessed by a number of doctors, psychologists, and
physiotherapists. You know that they have conducted a range tests in order to assess
Steve’s level of functioning and to monitor his rehabilitation. Steve’s mother has brought
Steve into your organisation because Steve says that he wants assistance finding suitable
employment that works with his current level of functioning.
What sort of information might you want to gather about Steve and how might you go
about sourcing this information? (Your response should be no more than 50 words)
Attachments:
5507972_1_cmb6-bookofreadings6–1-.pdf
5507972_2_cmb6-studyguide6.pdf
5507972_3_cmb6-assessmentbook6.pdf