SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Blackboard, Due Date, Microsoft Word

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Leonard Fonte

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Directions and prompt: select one of the following to analyze: a specific film, a film genre, a particular band or musician, or a musical genre. The prompt is as follows: examine the social, political, or economic messages within your chosen topic. The essay is highly interpretative, meaning it is up to you to figure out what the creators of your subject are trying to say or what messages your subject is transmitting (intentionally or unintentionally). **if you go the film genre or musical genre route, you must be as specific as possible with your genre. This means it should actually be a sub-genre. For example, horror films and punk rock are too broad of topics, whereas zombie films and post-punk are topics that are narrow enough to produce a satisfactory essay. **do not select a subject that promotes outright racist, sexist, or homophobic messages.