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Race and Ethnicity Assignment

Magazines and other forms of the media are important aspects of the socialization process. For this option, you are going to engage in a research technique called content analysis. You will need to get access to any magazine (in print so that you may flip through its pages), and explore the content of the magazine. Content analysis is a research technique used by sociologists to analyze content in magazines, tv shows, diaries, documents, or even artifacts. You’ll be doing a truncated (shortened) version to explore it at a superficial level, but looking for key themes that emerge. Dig deep and give a sociological analysis of the way that this magazine is part of the socialization process, and that cultural values are being transmitted from the magazine to its readers. Bring in a discussion of the social construction of reality as well. You may write a paper, or create a narrated presentation by using Kaltura or PowerPoint (this must be a video presentation, or at least one with audio for the slides). For whatever version you choose, there should be a clear introduction, main points with examples, and then concluding statement (or slide) that summarizes what you learned.

• Do some informal digging about the magazine’s readers. Who is the target audience for this product? Be sure to cite your source.
• After flipping through the magazine, provide a summary of what kinds of categories of articles, ads, etc are found in your issue? As you list your categories, look for areas of similarities, disjunction, outliers, etc. One thing to note about content analysis is that exact counts are used. So, if your magazine is 200 pages, how many pages are in each category (articles, ads, etc.).
• Take a look at the images of people presented in the ads and stories. What trends do you notice? Think about the statuses we learned about in chapter 5. What type of people are represented? Again, exact numbers are helpful here.

• Pick two specific advertisements from the magazine. One should include white models, and one should include individuals of color as the models. Challenge yourself to pick them at random without trying to find the “perfect” example, as we want to see what the average ad does. Explain how this example from the media adds to the social construction of our perceptions of race and ethnicity. Be sure to provide ample evidence of how this process occurs, and the role that the social institution of the media plays in the construction of race and ethnicity. Your discussion should include a clear explanation of what the social construction of our perceptions of race and ethnicity is, and how cultural transmission occurs through the media. This will be presented as part of your main body.

• • If you cannot find models of different racial or ethnic backgrounds, talk about what that means for diversity and representation.
• What kind of message is being sent to the reader of this magazine? Summarize a thesis statement of 1-2 sentences that wraps up succinctly one message that can be gleaned from your issue.

Your final project should be clean, proofread, and well done.