Complete 5 pages APA formatted article: The Irish Republican Army.

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Complete 5 pages APA formatted article: The Irish Republican Army.

Its various underground movement and clandestine connections with similar entities from other parts of the world are vital in this composition. An analysis of significant events attributed to this Ireland-based dissident group prompted the student to underscore the undeniable impact it has on world security and on the containment of the trend of terrorism.The Oglaigh na hEireann or the Irish Republican Army (IRA) came into existence in the aim of Ireland’s unification and its liberation from the British rule.

Spearheaded by Michael Collins, from the remnants of the rebel forces dissolved after the 1916 Easter Rebellion, it was then primarily composed of Irish volunteers. The atrocious episode in Dublin on November 1920, known as the Bloody Sunday, was wreaked by the group as it’s seemingly ‘baptism of fire.’ The armed units fought the British troops during the 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence. The Sinn Fein Party became its major supporter and mother organization.In 1922, during the founding of the Irish Free State, IRA emerged as the fierce opposition influence to Ireland’s supremacy and the strongest worker for the separation of Northern Ireland.

The group was deemed responsible for the countless bombings, raids and street riots on both sides of the Irish border (Derkins, 2003). At first, the group gained popular support and seen as effective in its crusade, until former IRA sponsor Eamon De Valera succeeded the nation’s leadership and internal misunderstandings and dissensions occurred. Its violent exploits (which harbored the agitation of authorities) and pro-German stance during the Second World War caused the lessened popularity of the troop.

As a consequence of IRA’s suppression, it became a secret society with a number of split organizations. From the 1950s to the 1990s, the emanation of the Official IRA, the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA has been documented.&nbsp.

Identify two or more advocacy groups working to promote change related to the policy and review material written by them about the policy or problem. 2. Scan recent news headlines for articles about the same policy or problem related to the policy. Identify 2-3 articles and read them carefully. Compare and contrast how the policy proposal or problem is framed by the source identified in #s 1 and 2 in the Venn diagram provided. You may handwrite on the Venn diagram but make sure it is legible. Specify the specific language used that informed your assessment.

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POLICY AGENDA SETTING ASSIGNMENT (25 points)
In this assignment, you will compare and contrast how policy advocates and the media
frame policy choices or problems.
Make sure you are:
Using APA format
Turning in an APA title page and reference list
Using the Assignment Venn Diagram provided
Citing all sources
Providing Internet links
Not using Wikipedia
Think about a policy that you are interested in learning more about. Complete the Venn
diagram with your results.
1. Identify two or more advocacy groups working to promote change related to the
policy and review material written by them about the policy or problem.
2. Scan recent news headlines for articles about the same policy or problem related to
the policy. Identify 2-3 articles and read them carefully.
Compare and contrast how the policy proposal or problem is framed by the source
identified in #s 1 and 2 in the Venn diagram provided. You may handwrite on the Venn
diagram but make sure it is legible. Specify the specific language used that informed your
assessment.
Rubric
Description Points
Covered all points of assignment
• Identified advocacy groups and articles
• Compared and contrasted information
• Used provided Venn diagram
15
Succinct reporting with minimal grammatical errors 5
References are in APA format

prepare and submit a paper on the dark side of social media privacy and security risks of social media.

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Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on the dark side of social media privacy and security risks of social media.

This subculture has evolved over the years to an extent that the computer underground is now a known community. Since the 60s, hacking on social media has greatly evolved to have different classes of hackers based on different attitudes they have. A group of hackers known as white hat hackers usually break social media security networks for non-malicious reasons hence they rarely engage in cybercrime. This hacker intends to test his/her own security system, perform penetration tests or carry out vulnerability assessments.

There are those hackers that break computer security for personal gain or other malicious intentions(Subashini & Kavitha, 2011). This group of hackers is known as the black hats, and their intention is to break the security of social networks for the purpose of destroying, modifying, stealing data or making the network unusable for those who are authorized to use it. Hacking in the early 80s was not meant for attacks and monetary gain as it is today, but the top understands the system and makes some kind of logic out of the chaos.

However, the situation changed in the mid to late 80s when legislation was passed in the United States to tackle those who trespassed on computer and phone networks(Rieder, Huey-Burns, & Ott, 2012). Privacy and security issues on social media became apparent in the late 90s and early 2000s, especially in 1998 when Chris Wysopal and his friends discovered a way of shutting down the internet. This paper is going to show the privacy and security risks of social media and how they have affected people negatively.

This study fits into the psychological realm in the sense that hackers employ some psychological game when stealing social network’s user private information(Alpcan & Basar, 2010). When hacking into social media, they use the data on experiential profiles to captivate the confidence of the stranger. This technique is commonly&nbsp.referred to as social engineering, whereby influential psychological strategies are employed to capitalize on the weakest link in social networks’ security systems.

How can popular culture influence society’s perceptions of religion, race, gender, sexuality and morality?  Share specific examples from pop culture to support your argument. What is popular culture’s role in emphasizing or minimizing stereotypes?  Does pop culture reinforce popular stereotypes or break them down?  Share examples to support your position. Share a unique example from pop culture of a counter-dominant portrayal of a gender, race, or religion (one that has not already been shared by a classmate).

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Discussion

Popular Culture Influencing Perceptions

Instructions:

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post.

After you have completed the Unit 4 material and have considered the ways that religion, gender, race, sexuality, and morality are portrayed in popular culture, consider following questions:

  • How can popular culture influence society’s perceptions of religion, race, gender, sexuality and morality?  Share specific examples from pop culture to support your argument.
  • What is popular culture’s role in emphasizing or minimizing stereotypes?  Does pop culture reinforce popular stereotypes or break them down?  Share examples to support your position.
  • Share a unique example from pop culture of a counter-dominant portrayal of a gender, race, or religion (one that has not already been shared by a classmate).

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

 

 

Popular Culture Influencing Perceptions

Instructions:

Please post 2 peer responses.

In the response post, include the following:

  • Respectfully share your own perspectives and ideas with classmates you may disagree with.
  • Add new ideas to the discussion instead of just agreeing that something in the reading was interesting or reiterating what others said in the discussion.
  • Find an additional source online or in the library that adds a new perspective to what has already been said.
  • Offer an opposing viewpoint that is supported by fact and research.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

 

Response One: Vick

Popular culture can influence sexuality and gender in media and print ads by often using tall, skinny, beautiful model looking women in certain ads.  This can negatively influence a young woman’s perception of what they are supposed to look like. This has a damaging effect on young girls and women who can feel “less than”, if they don’t look like these women in the advertisements.  These young girls don’t understand that this is a job for these models and at times comes at a high price. (News, n.d.)

Current print ads show girls and women’s natural beauty, flaws and all.  There are many ads today including Target, Athlete and Express that show models ranging from size 2-16, moving the focus to a more realistic female of all shapes, sizes and colors.  Dove has a pro age advertisement which has a focus on women’s beauty with the slogan “Beauty has no limit”.  This campaign is a positive influence on thoughts of what beauty looks like.  Social media can be damaging to the self esteem of young people.  In this way popular culture can influence perceptions of sexuality and beauty. (News, n.d.)

Dove is also doing a great counter dominant portrayal of real Dad’s taking care of their kids and working and holding down a household.  These ads have men showing their emotions and crying when they find out they are going to be fathers. One observation since the Pandemic is seeing more father’s out and about with their children, riding bikes or simply walking with their babies in strollers.  (DoveMenCareUS, 2015)

When thinking about popular culture and how it influences society’s perception of religion,  a little cartoon called Veggie Tales comes to mind.    This is a cartoon with vegetables as main characters that use silly catchy songs to attract young audiences into learning about  religion, teaching biblical truths as well as sharing stories that teach lessons on building moral character.

References

DoveMenCareUS. (2015). Dove Men+Care shares your first fatherhood moments this Father’s Day. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0-5HORRXU0

News, A. B. C. (n.d.). French Model Isabelle Caro’s Death Highlights Tough Personal Battles Against Anorexia. ABC News. Retrieved May 30, 2021, from https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/anti-anorexic-model-isabelle-caro-dies/story?id=12509780

 

 

 

Response Two: Whitney

  • How can popular culture influence society’s perceptions of religion, race, gender, sexuality and morality?  Share specific examples from pop culture to support your argument.
    • Often with popular culture, we imagine the images, stories, and products that represent
      our culture: what is “trending” online, the biggest hit songs, or the television shows that everyone is talking
      Popular culture is more than just these cultural products—it is a phenomenon that reflects our values and arises from our active engagement with it (Godsil, R. 2016). For example, people who have social media accounts may follow the popular Kardashian sisters and see all of the plastic surgery they all have had and think in order for them to be a certain way, they need to look and do as they have done.
  • What is popular culture’s role in emphasizing or minimizing stereotypes?  Does pop culture reinforce popular stereotypes or break them down?  Share examples to support your position.
    • Contemporary scholarship is rife with broad, distorted generalizations about “culture” that play into stereotypes and threaten to obscure the powerful influences that individuality, resistance, and power play in development, said psychology professor Per Gjerde, who contributed the invited lead article to the journal’s issue focused on “The Study of Diversity: Human Development in Culture (McNulty, J. 2004).” Popular culture plays a role with stereotypes by emphasizing certain aspects of it, such as making someone seem better than they are.  For example, photoshop makes people appear to be perfect, flawless, and nothing wrong.  When in fact if all the filters and corrections were uncorrected you would see wrinkles, cellulate and imperfections.
  • Share a unique example from pop culture of a counter-dominant portrayal of a gender, race, or religion (one that has not already been shared by a classmate).
    • On example of counter-dominant portrayal is Wonder Woman.  Once princess of the Amazons on a sheltered island paradise who was being trained to become an undefeatable warrior, her life is suddenly turned on its head. When an American pilot crash-lands on her island and warns her of the destruction happening in the outside world, Wonder Woman leaves the island the fight for the pursuit of justice.

References

Godsil, R., MacFarlane, J., & Sheppard, B. (2016). Pop Culture, Perceptions, and Social Change. https://perception.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/PopJustice-Volume-3_Research-Review.pdf (Links to an external site.).

McNulty, J. (2004, July 26). Emphasis on ‘culture’ in psychology fuels stereotypes, scholar says. https://news.ucsc.edu/2004/07/531.html (Links to an external site.).