SOC 334: Medical Sociology Online Optional Extra Credit Take Home E

SOC 334: Medical Sociology Online
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Optional Extra Credit Take Home Essay
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Due to Canvas submission box, see Course Schedule for due date
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Please type your response double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. You may use
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notes/readings and discuss the topic with others prior to beginning the writing process, but your
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essay response must be uniquely your own. See the syllabus for the class policy on plagiarism. It
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is expected that you will integrate material from in-class lectures and course readings. Please use
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ASA style formatting for in-text citations and references if necessary. See link here:
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https://lib.trinity.edu/citing-sources/asa-style-citations/. No material from outside of class is
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necessary. Your essay should be around 2-3 pages. You may earn up to 15 extra credit points for
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completing this essay.
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Essay prompt
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On the next two pages I have provided two ads from public health campaigns. Select one of the
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ads and address the prompt below.
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First, describe the ad. You should address questions like: What health-related topic is the
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ad addressing? What is the objective of the ad? What message does the ad convey? What does
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the ad portray as the problem? For whom? What does the ad portray as the solution(s) to the
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problem? Who is the intended audience of the ad?
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Then, critically evaluate the ad using course material and concepts. You should address
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questions like: Does the ad portray a complete picture of this issue? How so? What assumptions
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are being made about this health issue? Are these assumptions correct? What components of this
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problem are missing from the ad? How effective to do you think this ad will be? How might you
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improve this ad or make a better one?
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