The assignment is posted below. The topic can be anywhere along the lines of whatever is the simplest: Race issues in the workplace Gender issues in the workplace The new Jim Crow LGBT movement or a variation of the above in whatever way Has to be written in MLA or APA. References required. The assignment details are posted below: FINAL TERM PAPER replaces the Final Exam - Original Cultural Paper You are to individually prepare a Research Term Paper (Word document) of 12-15 double-spaced pages in regular 12 point size font (including a reference list). Be sure to list your full name and topic. Your topic analysis may deal with Race and Gender Issues in Careers and Interview Communication; New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration of Minority Males, Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments, or Indian Removals as Counter-Cultural Communication; LBTQIA+ as a Mass Movement; Cultural Communication Gone Right (or Wrong), etc. As an alternative, Research Study/Survey, Thematic Poems, Thematic Songs, or Business Plans dealing with Crosscultural Communication—at least 12 Pages double-spaced, 12 pt. font. (15 pages for Graduate Students). Use MLA or APA writing style: For citing references in APA style see: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx  (Links to an external site.) Your information must be valid. You will need to  make the connection and relate your topic to crosscultural and communication issues by specifically matching your paper claims and concepts to course material concepts.  The topic  can  be the same as the one used for the Literature Review—in fact the Literature Review entries can be used (without the annotated descriptions) as the Reference List for the Final Paper. The paper should be well-written with appropriate grammar and correct spelling. It should also be attractive, creative, tightly organized, and substantive. To ensure your learning, and to ensure fairness to all students, your work must be your own and is subject to  Turnitin ( educational author authentication software ).  Be sure the assignment is original to the course and adheres to copyright guidelines. Refer to the sample evaluation Rubric included for the Final Term Paper assignment.  The instructor will use a similar one for evaluation.  So use it as a general guide in preparing your paper.  PROCEDURES Most research term papers include: a) an Introduction, Thesis/Claim or Hypothesis; b) Literature Review (1-2 paragraphs statement); c) Clear Methodology identified & used—“How” you will do the study systematically; d) Analysis/Essay, Findings (the longest part of the paper); e) Implications/Conclusion to support Thesis/Claim or Hypothesis; and f) a Reference List. Introduction  - Start with a profound attention-grabbing statement that is “news.” This may only be 1-3 sentences in length. (Example: “The very technology that can bring people who are thousands of miles away together may also be serving to breakdown the deep cultural values of families.”) Thesis/C.

1. The assignment is posted below. The topic can be anywhere
along the lines of whatever is the simplest:
Race issues in the workplace
Gender issues in the workplace
The new Jim Crow
LGBT movement
or a variation of the above in whatever way
Has to be written in MLA or APA. References required.
The assignment details are posted below:
FINAL TERM PAPER replaces the Final Exam - Original
Cultural Paper
You are to individually prepare a Research Term Paper (Word
document) of 12-15 double-spaced pages in regular 12 point
size font (including a reference list). Be sure to list your full
name and topic. Your topic analysis may deal with Race and
Gender Issues in Careers and Interview Communication; New
Jim Crow Mass Incarceration of Minority Males, Tuskegee
Syphilis Experiments, or Indian Removals as Counter-Cultural
Communication; LBTQIA+ as a Mass Movement; Cultural
Communication Gone Right (or Wrong), etc.
As an alternative, Research Study/Survey, Thematic Poems,
Thematic Songs, or Business Plans dealing with Crosscultural
Communication—at least 12 Pages double-spaced, 12 pt. font.
(15 pages for Graduate Students). Use MLA or APA writing
style:
For citing references in APA style see:
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
(Links to an external site.)
Your information must be valid. You will need to
make the connection and relate your topic to crosscultural and
communication issues by specifically matching your paper

2. claims and concepts to course material concepts.
The topic
can
be the same as the one used for the Literature Review—in fact
the Literature Review entries can be used (without the annotated
descriptions) as the Reference List for the Final Paper.
The paper should be well-written with appropriate grammar and
correct spelling. It should also be attractive, creative, tightly
organized, and substantive. To ensure your learning, and to
ensure fairness to all students, your work must be your own and
is subject to
Turnitin (
educational author authentication software
).
Be sure the assignment is original to the course and adheres to
copyright guidelines.
Refer to the sample evaluation Rubric included for the Final
Term Paper assignment. The instructor will use a similar one
for evaluation. So use it as a general guide in preparing your
paper.
PROCEDURES
Most research term papers include: a) an Introduction,
Thesis/Claim or Hypothesis; b) Literature Review (1-2
paragraphs statement); c) Clear Methodology identified &
used—“How” you will do the study systematically; d)
Analysis/Essay, Findings (the longest part of the paper); e)
Implications/Conclusion to support Thesis/Claim or Hypothesis;
and f) a Reference List.
Introduction
- Start with a profound attention-grabbing statement that is
“news.” This may only be 1-3 sentences in length. (Example:
“The very technology that can bring people who are thousands
of miles away together may also be serving to breakdown the
deep cultural values of families.”)
Thesis/Claim or Hypothesis

3. – This is similar to a Central Idea Statement (CIS) in a speech.
In 2-3 sentences, it announces your topic (keep the topic narrow
and specific). It also identifies the method you will use to
approach the topic, and the scope (or limit) of what your study
will accomplish. (Example – “In this study, I will analyze the
impact of new media technologies upon passing down family
cultural, oral traditions. This is a combination of a qualitative
critical analysis with a brief numerical survey. This
investigation is limited to videos and texting by smartphones
and nuclear family communication cultural traditions in United
States households.”)
Method
– Identify and state the specific
Method
to be used. There are many. For our purposes, let’s agree to
use
one
(1) of the four Methods listed below:
QUALITATIVE METHODS
:
KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Choose a Crosscultural Communication topic. Form three key
research questions that you and the reader may wish to know.
The research questions may be based on a gap you noticed in
reviewing the literature on your chosen topic. Investigate and
answer the questions in your research paper.
BURKE’S PENTAD
– Apply Kenneth Burke’s Pentad to an analysis of a speech,
song, play, book, movie, character (s), etc. Burke’s criteria
consist of: Act, Agent, Agency, Scene, and Purpose of the
Communicators involved in a “Drama of life” Communication
Event. The work chosen should be analyzed from the standpoint
of dramatism and Crosscultural Communication.
QUANTITATIVE METHOD

4. :
SURVEY
- Choose a Crosscultural Communication topic. Conduct an
informal,
ANONYMOUS
survey among diverse populations of
Students
. Report the results. Also, discuss any key issues with regard
to the topic. Online sites such as
Poll Everywhere
or
SurveyMonkey
can be helpful.
COMBINATION
:
COMBINATION –
Use a combination of either of the Methods listed above.
Literature Review
– You may have already completed this step in an earlier
assignment. If not, find and read existing published literature
that is similar to your chosen subject area. In 1-2 paragraphs,
organize these past studies on your topic into categories and
summarize general findings of the categories.
(If you completed the course
Literature Review,
simply cut and paste the subject area
summary pattern of literature
into your Research Term Paper).
Analysis
–
This is the main body (probably 85%) of the research paper.
Elaborate on the topic and support the claims established earlier
in the paper through

5. applying
the chosen criteria/method stated earlier. Explain 2-3 major
issues dealing with the subject. If your study is
quantitative,
provide statistical or numerical information on the population
sample used, etc. If your study is
qualitative
(critical/rhetorical/textual), provide examples, testimonies,
quotes, etc., to support the claims made. It is important that you
clearly point out the significance of your chosen topic to
intrapersonal, interpersonal, or public COMMUNICATION
MESSAGES and CULTURE.
Relating your subject to course materials is a must. Do this by
referencing specific course textbook page numbers, Instructor
Notes, etc. Also, a list of “Communication-related” journals are
listed below to provide ideas.
Results -
Clarify your findings. In 3-4 sentences, what can actually be
concluded or determined as the result of your investigation that
was not known when you started the study?
Implications for Further Study, and Summary –
In a brief paragraph, suggest some practical future study
directions. What should happen as the result of your study?
Suggested actions should grow out of the research paper
analysis and data, and not include separate, unrelated
editorializing. Suggest any possible limitations to your study—
such as, “My sample could have been larger.” “While the
diagram is one-dimensional, it can be developed to become
multi-dimensional over time.” etc. Suggest ways that other
researchers can contribute further research perspectives on the
topic. Finally, in 1-2 sentences, revisit what you promised in
terms of the thesis, method, and analysis, and remind the reader
that you delivered on those promises during this scholarly
investigation.
References
– List 7-10

6. scholarly
communication online references or other book and article
sources.
(If you completed the
Literature Review,
you may simply cut and paste the actual Reference List for the
subject area chosen—but do
not
include the reference “descriptions or annotations” in the
Reference List of the actual Research Paper).
(
Ex. -
Galvin, K. & Bylund, C. “First Marriage Families: Gender &
Communication,” In L. Arliss & D. Borisoff (Eds.)
Women and Men Communication: Challenges and Changes,
2
nd
edit. (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2001) pp. 132-148.