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COMS 1100 – Final Project
You will watch an assigned movie and view it with a watchful eye to identify topics, themes, and issues pertaining to intercultural communication. We have explored a plethora of ideas, theories, and topics throughout the semester and you will need to use these to complete this project. You write a 5 – 7 page paper about the movie you’ve watched, discuss at least 5 themes/topics from the movie from those we have covered in class, and provide a clip that demonstrates one of the topics you’ve examined. You can include a YouTube link that demonstrates one of the concepts you used in your paper. Do not retell the story but discuss each topic area by citing effective examples shown in the movie. Be sure to thoroughly define each topic you will be discussing. Please use APA formatting when citing references. You must also answer all the questions listed on the grid provided below. You can use any of the topics/theories/subjects we’ve covered all semester but here are a few to use as a springboard for your project.
Individualism/collectivism masculinity/femininity
Power distance monochromic/polychromic
Universalism/particularism long-term/short-term orientations
Proxemics – space/time orientation low/high context
Uncertainty avoidance culture shock/assimilation/adaptation
Intercultural competence uncertainty avoidance
Culture shock ethnocentrism
Histories (gender, ethnic, family, national, political) conflict management styles
Identities (class, ethnic, gender, familial) popular culture
Expectations: I will use the following rubric to grade your presentation. You must answer/address each area.
| Area/Topic/Theme | Proficient Identification (uses effective examples and describes in detail) | Satisfactory Identification
(uses examples and generally describes theory or area) |
Poor Identification
(lacks good examples and is incomplete in describing topics) |
| Overview of the film | |||
| Topic/Theme #1 | |||
| Topic/Theme #2 | |||
| Topic/Theme #3 | |||
| Topic/Theme #4 | |||
| Topic/Theme #5 | |||
| What did find most compelling about the film? | |||
| What moved you or did you learn in the film? | |||
| Movie Clip (need to demonstrate one of the above topics) |
All projects are to be submitted no later than 11:00 pm on August 12th
