Category: Communication

The diagnostic essay is intended to assess your writing levels and help identify support services I can offer you throughout the course.
Which items do you want to work on this semester in Composition I? Select from this list, or feel free to add your own ideas:
thesis writing
overall essay organization
introduction and conclusion paragraphs
paragraph development (support and elaboration)
completing required readings and assignments on time
understanding the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing
understanding how to handle MLA-style citations and research
grammar and punctuation (fragments, run-ons, commas, etc.), spelling
Write a thesis-controlled essay (approximately 500 words) with an introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. In your essay, introduce yourself and describe your experience as a writer. Here are a few questions to getyou thinking about topics for your essay (only address the questions that are most relevant to your writing experience)

What are your strengths and weaknesses in writing?
My strengths will be reading material and understanding the problem.
Good time management skills
Strong work ethic and dedication to learning
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to work independently and in a team
Strong organization and planning skills
Adaptability and flexibility in learning new things and facing challenges
Positive attitude towards learning

My weakness is fear of failure and anxiety

What specific objectives would you expect to accomplish in class?

Expect to attend and engage with the class. · Expect to hear innovative ideas that do not match your own. · Expect to turn in all assigned work on time. ·

How do you normally approach your English writing assignments?
Doing research and getting the right stools for your writing

What is easy for you in writing? What poses a challenge for you in writing?

The challenge can face writing for academic will be Conducting effective research that is crucial for academic writing. This involves finding relevant sources, evaluating their credibility, and integrating information coherently into the paper.

Working in the nursing field i learned to develop critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate information. Developing the ability to critically assess literature and integrate those insights into one’s own work comes easy to me.

What has been your best writing experience so far? Give specific examples.

This is my first college composition class.

Do you prefer prompts and ideas to get started?
yes
Describe your typical writing process.
Make sure I understand my assignment
Do research on the paper
Decide on a topic to write about
Brainstorms ideas
Decide on a topic to write about
organized. Make an outline organized.
Drafting
Revising
Editing and Proofreading

Are you a procrastinator? Do you have trouble getting your work completed on time?
No, I always try to meet my deadline

I will put the prompt in the files. Please read them and follow all directions. I basically need you to choose from the interest/skill/career resources provided and choose two to write about that “spark and interest”. My preferred career in COMS is Sales, Marketing, or maybe real estate.

Two parts to this Order require separate papers to show step work due by Sunday. Attached is the Research Paper Proposal & Preliminary Bibliography another writer had started and became unable to finish that you will continue. As soon as you are done with the rough draft, send it my way and start working on the final which is due this Sunday.
ROUGH DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS: 3 Pages (PLEASE SUBMIT WHEN BEFORE WORKING ON FINAL)
-Clear introduction and thesis statement
-1-2 paragraphs about the theory itself and how it is used in other research
-A clear argument about your application of the theory to your selected artifact/text
-References list so far
FINAL DRAFT: 6 Pages
Why is your topic relevant to research? What theory are you using to analyze your selection?
Note the paper must also have these elements:
-A clear introduction and thesis – what are you arguing/how are you applying the theory?
-Clear main points applying your theory and strong examples supported by references
-A strong conclusion arguing how you made your case in regard to your thesis and why the research is relevant

For this assignment, assume you are the executive director hired for the regional communications center in your community. As the communications center executive director, you oversee law enforcement, fire, and ambulance services in your jurisdictional area (e.g., city, county, or region).
You must write a research report that is suitable for an audience of your chosen governing body (e.g., council, commissioners, or town board) that will address the actions you will take and the resources you will need to correct a major communications center deficiency. Due to a whistleblower complaint, it was recently discovered that the call processing times at your regional communications center were falsified by your predecessor. Your 90th percentile times for emergency call processing is now 3 minutes and 1 second. Address the elements below in your report.
Develop a new organizational matrix for the emergency medical communications within the center.
Include an introduction describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are required of communications center dispatchers.
Explain how metrics will be used and data performance will be relayed.
Explain how timely call processing will be balanced with empathetic dispatcher interactions.
Identify relevant communication center tools, such as a computer-aided dispatch system with mapping.
Detail potential liability consequences if this communications center deficiency is not addressed in a timely manner. Provide the state or federal regulation that governs this situation.
Your research report should be at least two pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages.
Support your report with at least two academic sources. All sources used should be academically credible. All sources should be formatted using APA Style for both in-text and reference citations. Use APA Style to format this assignment.

For this assignment, assume you are the executive director hired for the regional communications center in your community. As the communications center executive director, you oversee law enforcement, fire, and ambulance services in your jurisdictional area (e.g., city, county, or region).
You must write a research report that is suitable for an audience of your chosen governing body (e.g., council, commissioners, or town board) that will address the actions you will take and the resources you will need to correct a major communications center deficiency. Due to a whistleblower complaint, it was recently discovered that the call processing times at your regional communications center were falsified by your predecessor. Your 90th percentile times for emergency call processing is now 3 minutes and 1 second. Address the elements below in your report.
Develop a new organizational matrix for the emergency medical communications within the center.
Include an introduction describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are required of communications center dispatchers.
Explain how metrics will be used and data performance will be relayed.
Explain how timely call processing will be balanced with empathetic dispatcher interactions.
Identify relevant communication center tools, such as a computer-aided dispatch system with mapping.
Detail potential liability consequences if this communications center deficiency is not addressed in a timely manner. Provide the state or federal regulation that governs this situation.
Your research report should be at least two pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages.
Support your report with at least two academic sources. All sources used should be academically credible. All sources should be formatted using APA Style for both in-text and reference citations. Use APA Style to format this assignment.

, answer the questions at the end of the case study in a 2-3 page essay format. Please note: this is an essay assignment, not a question/answer assignment. Your essay should have a clear introduction, body and conclusion, with a references page in APA style. Cite references to support your arguments in the body of the paper. Essays should be formatted in APA style, Times New Roman
MORE THAN A FASHION FAUX PAS? FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS People with disabilities are one of the largest minority groups in the world (World Health Organization, 2021). Yet in fashion, they have been historically underrepresented (Haines, 2021). This is slowly changing, however, and adaptive fashion –defined as clothing, accessories or footwear specially designed around the needs of people with varying disabilities– is now on the rise (Amputee Coalition, 2019). From magnetic closures to sensory-friendly fabrics and wheelchair-specific outfits, adaptive fashion offers practical and stylish clothes for people with disabilities. This inclusive fashion revolution can be even seen in the marketing of high-profile brands like Victoria’s Secret and their new line of diverse Angels (D’Zurilla, 2021), Tommy Hilfiger’s “Tommy Adaptive” fashion line created in 2016 (Webb, 2021), and Nike’s Go FlyEase shoe that wearers step in and out of “hands free” (Weaver, 2021). Indeed, by 2026, the industry is expected to be valued at $400 billion (Gaffney, 2019). Despite the high need for adaptive fashion and the newly exploding industry, the artificial intelligence (AI) used to filter social media advertisements is not innovating at the same pace. For example, in early 2021, the adaptive fashionwear company Mighty Well tried placing an ad on Facebook for a gray hooded sweatshirt with the text “I am immunocompromised – please give me space.” Immediately, Facebook’s AI system that accepts or rejects advertisement requests, denied Mighty Well’s ad (Friedman, 2021). Facebook reasoned that the ad violated their policy of advertising “medical and healthcare products and services including medical devices” (Friedman, 2021). Similarly, the inclusive clothing company Yarrow also ran into issues with Facebook advertising. When their ad for a pair of pants featured a model who uses a wheelchair was submitted, Facebook’s AI again denied the ad – this time, due to the image of the wheelchair, not the actual product. In both cases, Facebook’s AI system missed the mark on what these companies were actually attempting to advertise. Thankfully, after both Mighty Well and Yarrow resubmitted their ad requests, Facebook eventually accepted both and apologized for their AI’s oversights (Friedman, 2021). Although both companies were, ultimately, able to advertise their products, many have questioned why it took so much time and effort for the ads to make it onto Facebook’s platform. For some, the answer is simple: biased gatekeeping delayed inclusive advertising for adaptive fashion. While some may argue that this problem is due to technological error rather than intentional discrimination by humans, critics point out that Facebook’s advertising AI is coded by humans. Kate Crawford, author of the forthcoming book Atlas of AI, explains that AI excels at “large-scale classification” and “is very bad at detecting nuance” (Friedman, 2021). Nuance –in this sense, attention to clothing details that could make getting dressed easier for people FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS 1 disabilities— is what adaptive fashion is all about. If “regular,” fashion brands for abled bodies don’t have to run into issues like this when marketing their products, inclusive and adaptive fashion companies should not have to either. However, fixing the problem is easier said than done. While imperfect, Facebook’s advertising AI is valuable. Indeed, it would be dangerous if there were no barriers at all to advertising on the platform, as anyone could place ads for, say, random pills or faulty medical equipment. And while it could be argued that this job should be given to humans instead, Facebook’s content moderators are already overburdened with reviewing hundreds of posts per day – many of which cause workers to develop PTSD from continued exposure to graphic content (Criddle, 2021). In this sense, the AI performs the incredibly important job of decreasing the information overload that makes it to Facebook’s human moderators, and in doing so, rejects suspicious ads that vulnerable people may be suspectable to. The question then, is how the AI can be trained to draw the line between shady medical products and legitimate products like adaptive clothing. Unfortunately, Mighty Well, Yarrow, and other inclusive fashion companies may start to stray away from using Facebook advertising if problems with the AI aren’t addressed in a swift manner. For example, Abilitee Adaptive, which made accessories for insulin pumps and ostomy bags until 2020, already stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram due to frequent and frustrating rejections (Friedman, 2021). And since Facebook “currently sits at more than 2.89 billion monthly active users,” adaptive fashion companies feeling forced to abandon these platforms altogether may mean that fewer people with disabilities – who could really benefit from clothing made specifically for them— will even be aware of some of the new options now on the market (Statistica, 2022). Furthermore, if the problem of able-biased AI isn’t addressed on one social media platform (let alone the largest and most popular), other platforms may resist updating their algorithms too. In the end, whether or not Facebook will devote the time and resources necessary to promptly fix their AI’s bias has yet to be seen. But while the company is dragging its feet to do so, these problems will only increase as the adaptive fashion industry continues to evolve and grow. To ensure that everyone can finally feel seen and heard in fashion, it is crucial for social media platforms to make taken-for-granted privileges –like the ability to easily market clothes for abled-bodies—accessible to all.
Discussion Questions: 1. What ethical values are in conflict in this case about Facebook’s advertising AI? 2. How would you suggest that Facebook address their AI’s problems with distinguishing between fake and honest product submissions? 3. While AI improvements are developed and tested, how would you suggest that adaptive fashion companies like Mighty Well and Yarrow navigate the issues they will continue to face with advertising on Facebook and other social media platforms? 4. What are the limitations to using AI to police advertisements? What are the concerns with using humans to do the same task?

Instructions
Your final research project is a culmination of all the assignments you have worked on thus far in the course. Ideally, this version is working off of the comments/feedback provided in the week six assignment to complete a strong, final project.
The final paper should be a research paper 6-8 pages in length (not including title page or references), in APA style. Your research paper should clearly address the following in essay format:
Why is your topic relevant to research? What theory are you using to analyze your selection?
Note the paper must also have these elements:
A clear introduction and thesis – what are you arguing/how are you applying the theory?
Clear main points applying your theory and strong examples supported by references
A strong conclusion arguing how you made your case in regard to your thesis and why the research is relevant (important)
Good luck!

, answer the questions at the end of the case study in a 2-3 page essay format. Please note: this is an essay assignment, not a question/answer assignment. Your essay should have a clear introduction, body and conclusion, with a references page in APA style. Cite references to support your arguments in the body of the paper. Essays should be formatted in APA style, Times New Roman
MORE THAN A FASHION FAUX PAS? FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS People with disabilities are one of the largest minority groups in the world (World Health Organization, 2021). Yet in fashion, they have been historically underrepresented (Haines, 2021). This is slowly changing, however, and adaptive fashion –defined as clothing, accessories or footwear specially designed around the needs of people with varying disabilities– is now on the rise (Amputee Coalition, 2019). From magnetic closures to sensory-friendly fabrics and wheelchair-specific outfits, adaptive fashion offers practical and stylish clothes for people with disabilities. This inclusive fashion revolution can be even seen in the marketing of high-profile brands like Victoria’s Secret and their new line of diverse Angels (D’Zurilla, 2021), Tommy Hilfiger’s “Tommy Adaptive” fashion line created in 2016 (Webb, 2021), and Nike’s Go FlyEase shoe that wearers step in and out of “hands free” (Weaver, 2021). Indeed, by 2026, the industry is expected to be valued at $400 billion (Gaffney, 2019). Despite the high need for adaptive fashion and the newly exploding industry, the artificial intelligence (AI) used to filter social media advertisements is not innovating at the same pace. For example, in early 2021, the adaptive fashionwear company Mighty Well tried placing an ad on Facebook for a gray hooded sweatshirt with the text “I am immunocompromised – please give me space.” Immediately, Facebook’s AI system that accepts or rejects advertisement requests, denied Mighty Well’s ad (Friedman, 2021). Facebook reasoned that the ad violated their policy of advertising “medical and healthcare products and services including medical devices” (Friedman, 2021). Similarly, the inclusive clothing company Yarrow also ran into issues with Facebook advertising. When their ad for a pair of pants featured a model who uses a wheelchair was submitted, Facebook’s AI again denied the ad – this time, due to the image of the wheelchair, not the actual product. In both cases, Facebook’s AI system missed the mark on what these companies were actually attempting to advertise. Thankfully, after both Mighty Well and Yarrow resubmitted their ad requests, Facebook eventually accepted both and apologized for their AI’s oversights (Friedman, 2021). Although both companies were, ultimately, able to advertise their products, many have questioned why it took so much time and effort for the ads to make it onto Facebook’s platform. For some, the answer is simple: biased gatekeeping delayed inclusive advertising for adaptive fashion. While some may argue that this problem is due to technological error rather than intentional discrimination by humans, critics point out that Facebook’s advertising AI is coded by humans. Kate Crawford, author of the forthcoming book Atlas of AI, explains that AI excels at “large-scale classification” and “is very bad at detecting nuance” (Friedman, 2021). Nuance –in this sense, attention to clothing details that could make getting dressed easier for people FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS 1 disabilities— is what adaptive fashion is all about. If “regular,” fashion brands for abled bodies don’t have to run into issues like this when marketing their products, inclusive and adaptive fashion companies should not have to either. However, fixing the problem is easier said than done. While imperfect, Facebook’s advertising AI is valuable. Indeed, it would be dangerous if there were no barriers at all to advertising on the platform, as anyone could place ads for, say, random pills or faulty medical equipment. And while it could be argued that this job should be given to humans instead, Facebook’s content moderators are already overburdened with reviewing hundreds of posts per day – many of which cause workers to develop PTSD from continued exposure to graphic content (Criddle, 2021). In this sense, the AI performs the incredibly important job of decreasing the information overload that makes it to Facebook’s human moderators, and in doing so, rejects suspicious ads that vulnerable people may be suspectable to. The question then, is how the AI can be trained to draw the line between shady medical products and legitimate products like adaptive clothing. Unfortunately, Mighty Well, Yarrow, and other inclusive fashion companies may start to stray away from using Facebook advertising if problems with the AI aren’t addressed in a swift manner. For example, Abilitee Adaptive, which made accessories for insulin pumps and ostomy bags until 2020, already stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram due to frequent and frustrating rejections (Friedman, 2021). And since Facebook “currently sits at more than 2.89 billion monthly active users,” adaptive fashion companies feeling forced to abandon these platforms altogether may mean that fewer people with disabilities – who could really benefit from clothing made specifically for them— will even be aware of some of the new options now on the market (Statistica, 2022). Furthermore, if the problem of able-biased AI isn’t addressed on one social media platform (let alone the largest and most popular), other platforms may resist updating their algorithms too. In the end, whether or not Facebook will devote the time and resources necessary to promptly fix their AI’s bias has yet to be seen. But while the company is dragging its feet to do so, these problems will only increase as the adaptive fashion industry continues to evolve and grow. To ensure that everyone can finally feel seen and heard in fashion, it is crucial for social media platforms to make taken-for-granted privileges –like the ability to easily market clothes for abled-bodies—accessible to all.
Discussion Questions: 1. What ethical values are in conflict in this case about Facebook’s advertising AI? 2. How would you suggest that Facebook address their AI’s problems with distinguishing between fake and honest product submissions? 3. While AI improvements are developed and tested, how would you suggest that adaptive fashion companies like Mighty Well and Yarrow navigate the issues they will continue to face with advertising on Facebook and other social media platforms? 4. What are the limitations to using AI to police advertisements? What are the concerns with using humans to do the same task?

, answer the questions at the end of the case study in a 2-3 page essay format. Please note: this is an essay assignment, not a question/answer assignment. Your essay should have a clear introduction, body and conclusion, with a references page in APA style. Cite references to support your arguments in the body of the paper. Essays should be formatted in APA style, Times New Roman
MORE THAN A FASHION FAUX PAS? FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS People with disabilities are one of the largest minority groups in the world (World Health Organization, 2021). Yet in fashion, they have been historically underrepresented (Haines, 2021). This is slowly changing, however, and adaptive fashion –defined as clothing, accessories or footwear specially designed around the needs of people with varying disabilities– is now on the rise (Amputee Coalition, 2019). From magnetic closures to sensory-friendly fabrics and wheelchair-specific outfits, adaptive fashion offers practical and stylish clothes for people with disabilities. This inclusive fashion revolution can be even seen in the marketing of high-profile brands like Victoria’s Secret and their new line of diverse Angels (D’Zurilla, 2021), Tommy Hilfiger’s “Tommy Adaptive” fashion line created in 2016 (Webb, 2021), and Nike’s Go FlyEase shoe that wearers step in and out of “hands free” (Weaver, 2021). Indeed, by 2026, the industry is expected to be valued at $400 billion (Gaffney, 2019). Despite the high need for adaptive fashion and the newly exploding industry, the artificial intelligence (AI) used to filter social media advertisements is not innovating at the same pace. For example, in early 2021, the adaptive fashionwear company Mighty Well tried placing an ad on Facebook for a gray hooded sweatshirt with the text “I am immunocompromised – please give me space.” Immediately, Facebook’s AI system that accepts or rejects advertisement requests, denied Mighty Well’s ad (Friedman, 2021). Facebook reasoned that the ad violated their policy of advertising “medical and healthcare products and services including medical devices” (Friedman, 2021). Similarly, the inclusive clothing company Yarrow also ran into issues with Facebook advertising. When their ad for a pair of pants featured a model who uses a wheelchair was submitted, Facebook’s AI again denied the ad – this time, due to the image of the wheelchair, not the actual product. In both cases, Facebook’s AI system missed the mark on what these companies were actually attempting to advertise. Thankfully, after both Mighty Well and Yarrow resubmitted their ad requests, Facebook eventually accepted both and apologized for their AI’s oversights (Friedman, 2021). Although both companies were, ultimately, able to advertise their products, many have questioned why it took so much time and effort for the ads to make it onto Facebook’s platform. For some, the answer is simple: biased gatekeeping delayed inclusive advertising for adaptive fashion. While some may argue that this problem is due to technological error rather than intentional discrimination by humans, critics point out that Facebook’s advertising AI is coded by humans. Kate Crawford, author of the forthcoming book Atlas of AI, explains that AI excels at “large-scale classification” and “is very bad at detecting nuance” (Friedman, 2021). Nuance –in this sense, attention to clothing details that could make getting dressed easier for people FACEBOOK’S AI AND ADAPTIVE CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENTS 1 disabilities— is what adaptive fashion is all about. If “regular,” fashion brands for abled bodies don’t have to run into issues like this when marketing their products, inclusive and adaptive fashion companies should not have to either. However, fixing the problem is easier said than done. While imperfect, Facebook’s advertising AI is valuable. Indeed, it would be dangerous if there were no barriers at all to advertising on the platform, as anyone could place ads for, say, random pills or faulty medical equipment. And while it could be argued that this job should be given to humans instead, Facebook’s content moderators are already overburdened with reviewing hundreds of posts per day – many of which cause workers to develop PTSD from continued exposure to graphic content (Criddle, 2021). In this sense, the AI performs the incredibly important job of decreasing the information overload that makes it to Facebook’s human moderators, and in doing so, rejects suspicious ads that vulnerable people may be suspectable to. The question then, is how the AI can be trained to draw the line between shady medical products and legitimate products like adaptive clothing. Unfortunately, Mighty Well, Yarrow, and other inclusive fashion companies may start to stray away from using Facebook advertising if problems with the AI aren’t addressed in a swift manner. For example, Abilitee Adaptive, which made accessories for insulin pumps and ostomy bags until 2020, already stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram due to frequent and frustrating rejections (Friedman, 2021). And since Facebook “currently sits at more than 2.89 billion monthly active users,” adaptive fashion companies feeling forced to abandon these platforms altogether may mean that fewer people with disabilities – who could really benefit from clothing made specifically for them— will even be aware of some of the new options now on the market (Statistica, 2022). Furthermore, if the problem of able-biased AI isn’t addressed on one social media platform (let alone the largest and most popular), other platforms may resist updating their algorithms too. In the end, whether or not Facebook will devote the time and resources necessary to promptly fix their AI’s bias has yet to be seen. But while the company is dragging its feet to do so, these problems will only increase as the adaptive fashion industry continues to evolve and grow. To ensure that everyone can finally feel seen and heard in fashion, it is crucial for social media platforms to make taken-for-granted privileges –like the ability to easily market clothes for abled-bodies—accessible to all.
Discussion Questions: 1. What ethical values are in conflict in this case about Facebook’s advertising AI? 2. How would you suggest that Facebook address their AI’s problems with distinguishing between fake and honest product submissions? 3. While AI improvements are developed and tested, how would you suggest that adaptive fashion companies like Mighty Well and Yarrow navigate the issues they will continue to face with advertising on Facebook and other social media platforms? 4. What are the limitations to using AI to police advertisements? What are the concerns with using humans to do the same task?

Instructions
Your final research project is a culmination of all the assignments you have worked on thus far in the course. Ideally, this version is working off of the comments/feedback provided in the week six assignment to complete a strong, final project.
The final paper should be a research paper 6-8 pages in length (not including title page or references), in APA style. Your research paper should clearly address the following in essay format:
Why is your topic relevant to research? What theory are you using to analyze your selection?
Note the paper must also have these elements:
A clear introduction and thesis – what are you arguing/how are you applying the theory?
Clear main points applying your theory and strong examples supported by references
A strong conclusion arguing how you made your case in regard to your thesis and why the research is relevant (important)
Good luck!