Social Movements and Intercultural Communication Research Paper: In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to research how groups in the U.S. have worked to confront and transform oppression through learning about social movements, activism, and communication. The growing emphasis on collective action raises new questions for research and practice in communication for development and social change. For example, what actors drive processes of collective action? What are the communication features of their interventions?
What type of social change processes do they enhance? What communication theoretical frameworks inform our understanding of collective action and social change? The project involves connecting our course materials and discussions to outside materials in order to make an informed analysis of how and why forms of oppression have been challenged and how social gains have been made through group communication (local, regional, national or international).
Your paper will should be 8-10 pages long. Please put your best effort into this, as it is worth 20% of your final grade.
In this paper, you will need to demonstrate all of the following:
An understanding of the systemic and institutional nature of oppression;
An understanding of the histories and issues of social identities/social locations of the dominant and subordinate groups that are involved in a form of oppression;
A historical analysis of how and why the social movement emerged;
An understanding of how the social movement participants understood the workings of social injustice that they sought to challenge;
An understanding of the activities of the social movement, its participants, visions, and communication strategies;
An understanding of whether the social movement addressed more than communication issue and/or social injustice
An understanding of what the social movement achieved specifically and what still has yet to be achieved regarding the ending of oppression and improving communication between groups.
Some social movements that you may be interested in researching can span from recent movements (Black Lives, Me Too, Indigenous People Movement) to previous decades or centuries (Occupy Wall Street, Gay Liberation Movement, Civil Rights, Women’s Suffrage, The U.S. Abolitionist Movement, Environmental Movement). You can explore a list of social movements in American History online or in the library database.
All topics will be approved by the instructor.
Your paper will be evaluated based on completeness, accuracy, ethics, and clarity. You will consult Web resources, available bibliographies, and electronic databases available through the CUNY libraries. Some of the sources you can site to develop your ideas include newspapers, magazines, academic articles, and press releases from nongovernmental organizations. You should have a topic approved by your instructor by the 4th week of the course.
The final paper should be 8-10 pages, double-spaced, 12-font Time New Roman, one-inch margins, and have a minimum of 5 citations. Your paper should be free of grammatical and typographical errors. All papers are submitted through Turnitin. All work must be original and consistent with individual student writing
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