Assignment: Critical Analysis Portfolio
Length: 6 to 8 pages.
For the first part of the project, you will compile a series of critical analyses of a single popular culture artifact through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences.
I. Introduction: In this section of your portfolio, you will describe your artifact and explain how it relates to popular culture.
• Explain why your artifact is a piece of popular culture? Describe what it is about your artifact that tells you it is a product of popular culture's mediation. Using the four lenses, explain how your artifact has or has not influenced modern society
II. Lens Analysis: In this section of your portfolio, you will analyze your popular culture artifact through each of the four general education lenses.
• Analyze your artifact through the lens of history for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis.
• 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.
• Analyze your artifact through the lens of the natural and applied sciences for determining impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis.
• Analyze your artifact through the lens of the social sciences for determining impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis.
III. Conclusion: In this section of your portfolio, you will explore what is gained by studying popular culture and analyzing your artifact through each of the four general education lenses.
• Explain how integrating the four lenses helps people to understand how popular culture artifacts impact others in both professional and personal contexts.
• Analyze how social practices have been shaped by popular culture artifacts in modern culture. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of analyzing popular culture artifacts.
• Explain how analyzing popular culture can help in your interactions with those with different viewpoints, cultures, and perspectives.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.