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You are required to number your responses, submit your work as a PDF, and to be detailed and
thorough in all your responses. I expect it will take at least one paragraph to answer each
question.
Expectations for Written Work
1. Number your responses if the questions/prompts are numbered.
2. When completing any writing assignment, keep in mind the point of all the assigned tasks in this
course: to demonstrate knowledge about the subject, to demonstrate your ability to think critically,
to demonstrate the use of your sociological imagination, and to demonstrate your ability to write
clearly and effectively. Before submitting your work, be sure that all your responses do each of
these things.
3. All written work should be well-written and well thought-out meaning it should utilize full
sentences with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation and demonstrate critical thinking skills
and subject knowledge.
4. Longer responses on written work typically receive higher scores because they usually
demonstrate deeper thought, more critical thinking and analysis, and better content mastery.
However, lengthy “fluff” responses that don’t actually say anything meaningful will result in a loss
of points.
5. Skipping a question or questions on any assignment will result in a significant drop in your score
for that assignment because it shows a lack of effort. You should always attempt to answer every
question.
6. Similarly, be sure you fully answer all the questions asked. Often there are multiple parts and it is
critical that you do everything that is asked of you and fully answer all questions.
7. Neglecting to follow directions may result in a 0 for the entire assignment.
On Artificial Intelligence (AI) Specifically:
In this course, we will utilize an AI detection tool when we score your written work and this tool is
incredibly accurate. The chances of anyone getting away with using Artificial Intelligence (AI) are
essentially nil. Students who utilize AI or who engage in any other form of academic dishonesty —
plagiarism, collusion, etc. — will first be given a 0 on the assignment. NO CHAT GPT
Assignment 3 instructions on PAGE 2
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Assignment 3 Read the following articles and external links
Helpful Links:
Read the powerpoints, then read the articles.
ARTICLE: NPR – For $84,000, An Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled ‘Take The Money
And Run’
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ART INSTALLATION: Can’t Help Myself
VIDEO: TED Talk – NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art
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ASSIGNMENT 3 QUESTIONS:
1. Write a short summary of “The $12 Million Stuffed Shark” and explain how it is relevant to the
material we covered in this unit.
Shark:+The+Curious+Economics+of+Contemporary+Art&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bpSdVN2_NIijNpung_gC&ved
=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20%2412%20Million%20Stuffed%20Shark%3A%20The%20Curi
ous%20Economics%20of%20Contemporary%20Art&f=false
2. Where should sociologists focus their study: high culture or popular culture? Why?
3. Apply some of the theories from cultural sociology that we have learned thus far to explain the
origin, production, and reception of some new form of music or new genre of television. Who are
the creators, who are the receivers, and what is their relationship to the social world? What
insitutions mediate the connection between the creators/receivers and the social world?
4. Many school districts in Texas have been banning books recently. Read up on this unfolding
story at
Links to an external site.
and do some research on your own about this issue. Drawing on your knowledge of cultural
sociology, explain both the pros and cons of this censorship.
