This document provides guidance for a popular culture artifact analysis assignment. It instructs students to select a popular culture artifact, identify a problem with it, and use at least four credible scholarly sources in their analysis. Students will analyze the artifact, discuss its portrayal of popular culture and societal impact. The document also provides tips on finding credible sources, using Boolean operators and keywords for effective database searches, and tools for creating multimedia presentations.

1. POPULAR CULTURE
COMM 439

2. TODAY.
Select your popular culture artifact
Identify the problem with this artifact
Four (4)CREDIBLE sources
Class
Present your revised version of the artifact

3. SOURCES.
What types of sources?
Where do you find them?
Credible

4. SOURCES.
Analysis of Artifact
Analysis of popular culture
Societal impact
Scholarly

5. SOURCES.
Popular culture critique
opinions
Samples of your Artifact
Popular

6. CSULB.
Books about popular culture
Streaming video & Scripts
Always sign in
OneSearch

7. CONNECTORS.
AND use to search different variables
Searching
OR use to search related terms

8. SEARCHING.
* Asterisk is for root terms SHFT+8
Advanced
Latin* looks for Latin, Latino, Latinos,
LatinX

9. SEARCHING.
Advanced
“day without a Mexican”
“Quotes” use to group words together

10. START WITH AN ARTIFACT
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain

11. MISOGYNY
FEMALE VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS

12. Video games
Grand theft auto
Laura Croft
Online games
Concept
A.
Concept
B.
Sexism
Misogyny
Representation
Female characters

13. SEARCHES.
Video game* and female characters
Sample
Sexism or misogyny and “grand theft auto”

14. TURN.
And searches in own or same boxes
Your
OR searches ALWAYS in same boxes
Limit to scholarly peer reviewed

15. TEXT.
Attached PDF/HTML
Get it @ CSULB
BeachReach
Full

16. TOOLS.
Haiku Deck
Canva
Slideshare
Presentation

17. CONTACTeMAIL
TIFFINI.TRAVIS
@CSULB.EDU
ME