Category: Communication

Language invisibility, what are the terms used to describe people making fashion: workers, petites mains, designers, labourers, what is the hierarchy?
Can you come up with new names and with a system that is fair credit to everybody?

Short Paper #3: 500 (min)-600 (max) words; 12.5 points.
Prompt: Write a short paper on Machiavelli’s thesis and its relevance today.
Critically evaluate Machiavelli’s thesis that the on-going struggle between elites (patricians) and common people (plebians) and the periodic tumult of the people are indispensable for preserving republican liberties, institutions, and solidarities against the predations and transgressions of the elites. This thesis is primarily based on Machiavelli’s reading (via Livy) of the history of the Roman Republic and is drawn from practical experience with the Italian city-republics of his time (review Skinner’s essay).
On the other hand, it is conceivable, as attested by the history of the Roman Republic (review the slide on the Lessons of the Roman Republic), that the constant struggle between elites and masses paves the way for the emergence of an authoritarian figure (often popular), who promises to end civil strife and to ensure peace and stability, leading to a weakening, if not the end, of republican liberties and self-rule. (Please note that Machiavelli was aware of this danger, but it is not discussed in the reading assigned to you)
What do you make of these two contradictory propositions and possibilities (outcomes)? Is there any way of managing the conflict between elites and common people that can avoid the emergence of an authoritarian figure or solution? Does this problem/challenge resonate with and relate to our experience of democratic crisis today?
Descriiptive Part of Assignment: Please give a descriiptive/analytic summary of the two propositions (paragraph 1 and 2 of the prompt). To complete this part of the assignment, draw on the assigned readings by Machiavelli and essay by Skinner, on The Italian City-Republics.
Interpretive Part of Assignment: Here, you should address the questions posed in paragraph 3 in the prompt and answer them to the best of your ability drawing on class lectures in which those questions have been a recurrent theme since the beginning of the course.

identify and profile the target audience, including demographics, interests, and social media usage
patterns of the CRA’s social media sites. I only need the analysis of Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter. Please ensure to have detailed demographics, psychographics, and social media
behaviour, Insights into audience needs, preferences, and content consumption habits.
Additionally, these components for analyzing the CRA themselves. (this section can be short, Please focus main content to the above instructions.)
d) Brand Voice and Visual Identity
i) Descriiption of the brand’s voice, tone, and messaging pillars.
ii) Overview of visual identity elements (colors, fonts, imagery style)

Language invisibility, what are the terms used to describe people making fashion: workers, petites mains, designers, labourers, what is the hierarchy?
Can you come up with new names and with a system that is fair credit to everybody?

For the first part of your assignment you will submit a complete sentence outline (NOT a topic outline or a written transcriipt!) You can review a sample outline on page 309 of your textbook. No other format will be accepted, so please use the examples listed to ensure your assignment is completed according to the requirements. All sources should be formatted using APA 7th edition style.
Remember that visual aids are required this time. You will need to show them when presenting the speech, as well as list them in your outline (after Conclusion and before your References section).
This speech requires a minimum of 4 credible peer-reviewed academic sources that must be verbally cited in the speech, as well as included in the APA formatted References section of your outline. Keep in mind that a variety of sources will be worth a little more on your speech, so look in books, magazines, online library, brochures, interviews, videos, etc.

After World War II, The United States never stepped down from its military mobilization, leading President Eisenhower, a war
hero General himself, to warn the public about the hegemony and entrenchment of the military industrial complex. It is little wonder,
then, that the methods of propaganda have continued to inform politics and support political candidates, in the United States and
beyond. From the perspective of people who considers themselves sophisticated consumers of discourse, the propaganda of authoritarian
states can seem almost comic, despite the rhetorical violence, because it is often so obvious and crude. However, even the most
sophisticated campaigns for candidates and issues in the United States uses elements of propaganda, including, of course, a grab bag of
American commonplaces! It is Morning in America, for the Man from Hope, or it is time to Make America Great Again?
For the second Image Analysis, select three related examples of political propaganda with a strong visual aspect. One way to
proceed is to gather three examples from the same campaign or supporting the same candidate, issue or regime. However, you may find
other patterns of connection: for instance, President Reagan is not alone from using the “morning” motif to suggest a new beginning;
tracing this strand in American politics would be intriguing. You may also find different examples from a single person or issue over a
span of time: for instance, how has “pro-gun-rights” political propaganda changed in recent years? As you develop your analysis, this is a
good opportunity to consider a question without an easy answer: when does advertising or public relations seep over into propaganda?
Are their lines that can be drawn, or is this more of a continuum? Are their qualities that establish certain motifs or ways of arguing as
propaganda that are beyond the usual political campaigns? The prompt for this paper is the same as in the first analysis paper, but for
political propaganda, rather than war. Build your critical acumen and refine your concept of propaganda. Enjoy and impress.

Create a blog or a strategic memo or persuasive message for an audience of your choosing. While you are writing this message, use ChatGPT or another AI tool as a writing tool. Keep track of how you are using that tool for writing

Write a memo to me describing how you used ChatGPT, evaluate its usefulness, and describe your strategy for when and how you might use it in the future to create communication messages.

*Submit the document you wrote with ChatGPT and add your memo about the use of ChatGPT at the bottom of the memo and submit the one document

Perhaps some of the highest stakes documents you’ll create in your professional career will be job application materials. This assignment will give you to opportunity to refine and develop any materials you might already have and practice tailoring those materials to a specific employer and job posting.
Conduct a job search for openings and find a job you could reasonably see yourself applying to, either now or after you have earned your degree. Feel free to use the job posting you found for this week’s discussion and the research you conducted into the organization. Or choose a new job posting.
Assemble the following in a single document:
Page 1: A screenshot of the job posting and a link to the job posting online.
Page 2: A single-page job application letter, formatted according to the guidelines for business correspondence in this week’s reading, and specifically tailored to the job and employer you’ve chosen.
Page 3: Your resume, tailored for the job and the employer. (You may adapt this from your existing resume if you have one)
Page 4: A 200-word reflection on your job package, addressing the following:
How did you tailor your application letter and resume to this job and employer? Be specific and detailed in your response.
How satisfied are you with your two documents? Do you still see any room for improvement?
What did you find most challenging about this assignment?
**Please just choose any registered nursing position, preferably one appropriate for newly licensed nurse.Attached are my resume and cover letter to go off of. Feel free to change it accordingly for assignment.

Let’s explore email etiquette in professional settings. Begin by reading through this list of unprofessional email habits. https://www.businessinsider.com/unprofessional-email-habits-2017-2#-10
Next, draft an unprofessional email to your English professor for this class. The subject is up to you. Assignment extension. Grade change? Clarity on a concept? Rant? It’s your choice. Have fun.
Use at least three of the unprofessional email habits from the article, but extra props will go to those who include more. Feel free to replicate the “To:” “CC:” “BC:” and “Subject” headings typical in email correspondence.
Although your email should be unprofessional, it should stop short of violating Nightingale’s Learner Code of Conduct.
In your responses, identify the most unprofessional aspects of your peers’ emails and make specific suggestions for revision.

This week’s Writing Assignment will require you to produce an application letter and a resume, tailored to a specific job and employer.
For this discussion, conduct a job search for openings and find a job you could reasonably see yourself applying to, either now or after you have earned your degree. (LinkedIn.com and Indeed.com are two popular job search sites, but feel free to use a site of your choosing).
Next, conduct some background research on the organization you’d like to apply to via websites, social media, or other online sources. (Part 2 of this resourceLinks to an external site. has good ideas, plus additional info that may come in handy on this week’s writing assignment).
Finally, share the following:
A link to the job posting you found and a summary of the job descriiption
The reason(s) you’d like to apply to a job like this
One key piece of background research on the employer, and how you might use this info to tailor your cover letter and resume
link to job posting: https://www.indeed.com/q-Nurse-Injection-l-Alaska-jobs.html?vjk=3cdd67d3de5526c3
In your response posts, offer comments, suggestions, tips, and encouragement to your classmates.