Some potential topics for this week include:

1. The Supreme Court often makes final judgments on a wide variety of cases.How does their decision affect the legislative review of the law or statute that was involved in the final decision? Discuss some of the ramifications of this decision based on other social issues occurring at the time.
2. Presidential appointments to the United States Supreme Court impact the judicial philosophy of that body and the outcome of rulings. The first female member of the Court was Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Conner (1981–2006), followed by Ruth B. Ginsburg (1993), Sonia Sotomayor (2009), and Elena Kagan (2010). What impact will these appointments have on the judicial philosophy of the Roberts Court?
3. Examples of interactions between the legislative and judicial branches of government—how did these interactions take place? Were they mandated in some way? Was there some other outside influence?
4. Recent examples of preliminary and declaratory judgments.

By the end of the week , create your response to the issue in a Microsoft Word document and submit it to this Discussion Area. Your response should be 1 to 2 pages long. In your response, discuss the complexity of the issue and its pros and cons. Support your response with examples, logical reasoning, and research and articulate your position clearly. Develop a conclusion based on current facts and statistics. Your response should clarify your understanding of the topic and should be your own—original and free from plagiarism. Use facts and statistics published within the past five years.

 

Consume THREE of the following ONE THE SAME DAY. You will then compare these sources in a paper using the critical media literacy process prompts outlined below.

• Read the entire front page section of a print newspaper (eg. OC Register, LA Times – https://enewspaper.latimes.com/ (Links to an external site.), NYTimes – https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper (Links to an external site.))
• Watch a 30-minute morning/evening network newscast (eg. KTLA-5, KCAL-9, Good Morning America)
• Watch a 30-minute cable news broadcast (eg. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News)
• Listen to a 30-minute morning/evening public radio newscast (eg. KCRW, KPCC, NPR, KPFK)
• Spend 30 minutes reading the top stories of an independent or nonprofit news magazine or news outlet (eg. Mother Jones, The Nation, The Guardian, The Intercept, Harper’s, Voice of OC)**
• Spend 30 minutes reading the top stories on a major native digital news site—a news organization that started & grew on the internet (eg. BuzzFeedNews, Yahoo News, The Root)**
• Spend 30 minutes reading/watching/listening to a non-English language news outlet focused on the U.S. (eg. Univision, La Opinion)

**If you’re not sure what qualifies in these categories, ask me.

If you’re having trouble choosing news outlets, you can consult this chart (Links to an external site.) for ideas

Paper Assignment:

Introduction – Explain what three news outlets you consumed, how you consumed them, and the exact day/time you consumed them

Description – Briefly describe what stories/segments each outlet covered. What was the lead story? Who were some of the sources they quoted? What visuals did they use? What was the tone of the headlines/language? What types of ads or sponsored content ran during the segment?

Analysis – Compare the choices each outlet made – did one devote more time to certain topics than the other (eg. politics, crime, human interest)? What angles did they take on the stories?

Interpretation – Now it’s time to do a little more background research:

1. Consult the Pew Research Center’s State of the Media fact sheets (Links to an external site.) that apply to the media you studied (eg. local TV news, digital news). This will give you some information on industry trends and who the audience for these outlets is.
2. Determine who owns/controls this news outlet (eg. a local millionaire? A media conglomerate? A major international corporation? a nonprofit public broadcasting corporation?)
3. Look back at the ads that supported this news and think of who they are targeting.

Now determine, why do you think this outlet made the choices it did in news coverage, based on what you learned about its audience, ownership, ad revenue, and industry trends.

Evaluation – Review the SPJ code of ethics (Links to an external site.), the textbook chapter on newspapers and your notes from “Fear and Favor in the Newsroom.” Now, consider the value of these news segments. Do they provide information we need to be engaged citizens? Do they deliver the information in a way that’s easy to understand? Or do they slip into ‘infotainment’ or sensationalism to boost audiences? Do they seem to cater to the interests of their advertisers or owners? Is one segment more valuable to the public than another?

Engagement – Think about someone in your life who would benefit from a good news diet – your parents/grandparents, your children/nieces/nephews, a friend. Based on what you’ve learned in this exercise, how could you coach them on best practices to consume news? What would you recommend they consume? How would you warn them to be mindful about their consumption?  

Requirements:

• 1200-1500 words
• Must directly reference content from the three news outlets
• Must directly reference the Pew Research Center’s State of the Media
• Must directly reference the textbook, the SPJ Code of Ethics and/or “Fear and Favor in the Newsroom”
• Reference any additional sources used to determine ownership/umbrella company for outlet (HINT: don’t use Wikipedia)
• Must include Works Cited page in MLA format with all sources cited

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Let me know if this link works, its the chapter you can use as a source from the textbook

 

Instructions

Choose one of the scenarios below (A or B) to complete the assignment.

Scenario A

You are the business owner of a local small engine repair shop, and you have been thinking about implementing a knowledge management system for your customer service technicians. You are thinking about this because there are times when some of your technicians know how to fix certain engine problems and others do not. Providing a central knowledge repository could help share troubleshooting and repair knowledge among your technicians.

Scenario B

You are the business owner of a local cleaning service, and you have been thinking about implementing a knowledge management system for your cleaning technicians, especially for those who troubleshoot and solve cleaning problems, such as removing certain carpet and water stains, addressing mold, and selecting the proper tools and products to use for other types of cleaning issues. You are thinking about this because there are times when some of your cleaning technicians know how to properly clean carpets and others do not. Providing a central knowledge repository could help share cleaning knowledge among your cleaning technicians.

After you chose your scenario (A or B), compose a paper that addresses the elements listed below.

• Explain the role of knowledge management systems.
• Explain what is meant by expert systems.
• Explain what is meant by content management systems.
• Discuss how the business in the selected scenario could benefit from an expert system and a content management system, and provide two examples for each type of system.
• Discuss how the business in the selected scenario could benefit from business intelligence, and provide two examples of these benefits.
• Discuss how the business in the selected scenario can use social media to not only obtain information and knowledge but to share it as well, and provide two examples of how the business might use social media information systems. 

Your paper must be at least two pages in length (not counting the title and reference pages), and you must also use at least two scholarly sources, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. Any information from a source must be cited and referenced in APA format, and your paper must be formatted in accordance to APA guidelines.

 Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, determine three value-added support strategies that the organization you researched would need to achieve its mission. Provide a rationale for your decision.

Differentiate between implementing a value-added strategy and mapping it for sustainability. From the e-Activity, provide one example of a strategy and one environmental factor that management for this organization should consider when mapping the organization for sustainability.

 Please introduce yourself . Focus your introduction on areas you feel are relevant to your work in the course, but give your introduction a personal touch as well. Share your major, your location, your career aspirations, and any personal experience or knowledge that may relate to the course. 

What experience and interest do you have in healthcare systems and global healthcare issues? How might the knowledge and skills associated with this course support your career or life aspirations?