Please keep this an A grade Highschool level Paper, no complex wording or overly big words please
Prompt: For this project, you will pick a documentary film that evaluates a social issue. You will study the documentary and how it frames and explains the issue and what position on the social issue the documentary proposes for the viewer. You will then research the social issue and look for supporting, complicating or opposing evidence. Your paper’s thesis will evaluate, based on your research and study of the data you find, the quality and validity of the arguments presented in the movie. You may not choose one of the documentaries we have studied in class. You must use at least 8 outside scholarly sources. 8 outside
MLA format requirement: Make sure that you cite your sources, using MLA-style citations, and that
include a works-cited page
9 Pages, MLA Format, MLA in text citations Double space 12 point times new roman,
The Documentary the Paper is on is, “The Social Dilemma”. Main Questions to Focus on and Answer
1. How does social media correlate to increases in anxiety and
depression?
2.Do big social media companies sell your information in order to
develop more personalized advertisement?
3. Is social media actually an “addiction”?
4.what sorts of emotional persuasion are used (what you agree with the documentarian’s position or not), analyze how the issue is framed and presented to the viewer.
5. describe how The use of pathos in the film is presented by the actors not the interviewees. There is a story about a family displayed in the film which humanizes the arguments that the interviewees are saying. The interviews provide ethos while the direction of the story “scenes” are the pathos.
SOURCES I HAVE FOUND
The Social Dilemma documentary its self
Levy, Sharon. “A Conversation about Reducing the Harms of Social Media.” Harvard Health, Harvard Health Publishing, 5 Nov. 2021, www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-conversation-about-reducing-the-harms-of-social-media-202111052632. Accessed 21 Apr. 2024.
Karim, Fazida, et al. “Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review.” Cureus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 15 June 2020, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364393/. Accessed 21 Apr. 2024.
Drushel, Bruce E., and Kathleen M. German. The Ethics of Emerging Media: Information, Social Norms, and New Media Technology. Continuum, 2011.
Brandon, John. “There Are Two Sides to the Debate about ‘the Social Dilemma’ on Netflix. Where Do You Land?” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 29 Sept. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2020/09/29/there-are-two-sides-to-the-debate-about-the-social-dilemma-on-netflix-where-do-you-land/?sh=3e0ae29a659e. Accessed 21 Apr. 2024.
Belinda Barnet Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, and Diana Bossio, Lecturer. “Netflix’s The Social Dilemma Highlights the Problem with Social Media, but What’s the Solution?” The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024, theconversation.com/netflixs-the-social-dilemma-highlights-the-problem-with-social-media-but-whats-the-solution-147351. Accessed 06 May 2024.
Danielle Kuzel, Florida State University. “5 Takeaways From Netflix’s ‘The Social Dilemma.’” Study Breaks, 11 Oct. 2020, studybreaks.com/tvfilm/the-social-dilemma/. Accessed 06 May 2024.
Harvey, Dennis. “‘The Social Dilemma’: Film Review.” Variety, 27 Aug. 2020, variety.com/2020/film/reviews/the-social-dilemma-review-1203487761/. Accessed 06 May 2024.
www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33978478/social-dilemma-netflix/. Accessed 06 May 2024.
