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Analyzing a Popular-Culture Artifact Through the Lenses of the Humanities and the Social Sciences
Overview: For the first part of your final project, the critical analysis portfolio, you will select an artifact from popular culture and critically analyze it through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
By viewing the artifact through these lenses, you will gain insight into how the mediated nature of popular culture affects society as well as both your own individual framework of perception and the choices, attitudes, and behaviors of others in the world around you.
For this second milestone, due in Module Four, you will analyze your popular-culture artifact through the humanities and social sciences lenses. This will provide you with a chance to practice analyzing your artifact through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt.
Prompt: First, review Chapter 1 and 2 and the activities in Modules One through Three.
Next, analyze your popular-culture artifact through the lens of the humanities by exploring the following questions:
• How does this artifact interact with you in your personal and professional lives?
• What theoretical framework from Chapter 2 frames or constructs your reading of this artifact through the humanities lens?
Next, analyze your popular culture-artifact through the lens of the social sciences, and address the following:
• How does this artifact provide a social commentary through the social science lens?
• What theoretical framework from Chapter 2 frames or constructs your reading of this artifact through the social science lens?
This milestone provides you with a chance to practice analyzing your artifact through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt.
Note: Although it is not required, you are encouraged to include a visual with your submission. For example, you might choose to present your analysis as a short paper for each lens that includes a concept map, poster/infographic, game, or a table. Your visual or infographic can be created using Piktochart, Cmaps, MindTools, etc., but also feel free to use a tool that you are familiar with and have easy access to. It is recommended that the graphic fit within a single page of a Word document (8.5 x 11'').
Also note: You are completing two separate analyses: one from the social sciences and one from the humanities. You must submit two papers in a single Word document.
Be sure to use evidence from theory and research to support your analysis. Reference the textbook, videos, and the 1-2 Popular Culture
Dictionary: Key Terms discussion in Module One as well as any other pertinent course resources to support your responses. Incorporate instructor feedback into your final project.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Lens Analysis: In this section of your assignment, you will analyze your popular culture artifact through two of the four general education lenses.
A. Analyze your artifact through the lens of humanities for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis.
B. Analyze your artifact through the lens of the social sciences for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis.
Guidelines for Submission: Final Project Milestone Two should be submitted as two papers in a single Word document. The entire submission should be 2-4 pages in length, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins.
Support your responses with at least two sources from the assigned course resources, including your textbook, and/or other scholarly sources located independently via the Shapiro Library. Cite your supporting sources in APA style.