The signature assignment for this course is an APA-formatted 8-10

page research paper (excluding cover page and references) which

examines the potential psychological impact of long-term exposure to

mass media messages on a topic of your choice. In other words, you

can research and write about any topic of interest covered in Modules

1-8 that relates to the psychological impact of mass media on

individuals.

Some of the topics you can focus your research on include:

Body image and advertising

Representation of women in media

Representation of minorities in media

Representation of LGBT in media

Drug use in popular film and its effects on youth

The major issues surrounding political advertising and political

campaigns

Effectiveness of fear tactics in editorial advertising

Depiction of violence in sports media and graphic

enhancements in print advertising

Ethics in journalism

The relationship between popular music and culture

Social media as a catalyst for change

Another media related topic (where you can include arguments

on why it is currently relevant and impacts society)

No matter what topic you choose, the final product should not be an

opinion paper - you must use a minimum of at least 6 peer reviewed

resources from the Touro online library in support of points made in

your Signature Assignment.

Written assignments must be submitted in APA format. At a minimum:

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Your essay should have a cover page and reference page.

Abstracts are not required.

Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and typed in

12-point Times New Roman.

When quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing information taken

from another source, use in-text citations to indicate source of

information, with complete reference information on the

reference page.

Every reference needs a citation, and every citation needs a

reference. You must cite all texts using in-text citations

(including author, year and page number) and the full reference

information on a separate reference page, as required by APA

formatting guidelines.

Acts of plagiarism will result in a zero. Please note that

Wikipedia may be helpful in locating links that will take you to

credible sources of information, but quotations from Wikipedia

text are not recognized as credible, scholarly sources of

information.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries should not be used as

references in college level work, and blogs are not credible

resources, either.