Sexism and feminism in our culture
Sexism and feminism in our culture
Final Exam Paper: Mini-Research Paper
The Paper: You will write a well-researched paper (5-8 pages) on a contemporary popular culture topic of your choice (potential topics below).
FOR CITATIONS: It is crucial to use these 3 sources. They are as follows.
– Popular Culture Introductory Perspective 5th edition by Marcel Danesi
– The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads by Tim Wu
– My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women And Hip Hop https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VVFJ3AH1j2c1zsK8W2rgkOYI5LVNogv1/view
(combined, 10 sources MUST be from those sources.)
The other 10 can be from outside credited sources.
Requirements: This paper is “mini” only in length; you must do solid research about your topic, consulting scholarly sources, popular commentary on your topic, and, of course, analyzing your subject yourself. This means that the paper must reference the course materials and scholarly sources and popular commentary outside of class. A paper of this size should have a minimum of 20 in-text citations. The paper needs to have a clear argument and topic. The essay must explain how the topic and argument relate to the study of popular culture as it is described in Popular Culture Introductory Perspectives.
Formatting: In college there is a very specific to write an essay. Anything short of these basic expectations will not be considered an essay. They include:
· An opening Paragraph.
o Your opening paragraph should summarize the essay and have a strong underlined one sentence thesis.
o The opening paragraph should provide a road map of what you are arguing and how you will prove it.
· Body paragraphs.
o Topic sentences that tie your evidence to the thesis
o Make sure the language of each topic sentence is taken directly from the thesis
o The topic sentence explains how the evidence supports a part of the thesis, thus, the topic sentence should never be something that is or can be cited.
· Conclusion
o Summarizes main arguments of the essay
COMMON NOTES I MAKE TO STUDENTS:
1. PLEASE UNDERLINE YOUR STRONG THESIS!
2. Have a thesis – it must argue something (vague langue and value judgment will receive 0 credit – make an argument)
3. A strong UNDERLINED thesis (a thesis is one sentence).
4. 12 point times roman font double spaced
5. Cite the required content in text
6. Topic sentences that tie your evidence to the thesis (Make sure the language of each topic sentence is taken directly from the thesis!)
7. Do not use contractions (can’t, couldn’t etc)
8. Only capitalize a word if necessary
9. Do not give a book report, it is an essay
10. No quotes or citations in a topic sentence
11. Do not include cited material in the opening paragraph
12. Take a stand, no weak thesis or topic sentences
13. Use synonyms to diversify the words in the essay
14. Use the proper tense.
15. Include direct quotes that are less than two lines long that support your answer.
16. Write a sentence or two to explain each quote.
17. Conclusion paragraph should explain how the evidence and findings support your thesis.
