This assignment asks that you utilize the sociological orientation that you have developed in the course (through the chapters on culture and socialization and deviance, social stratification, gender, race and ethnicity) and apply it to a significant agent of socialization in our times: the media. Before you begin your assignment, you should read pages 280-283 and 291- 293 in SOC+ (Chapter 13, Mass Media and Mass Communication). This material may be a helpful starting point to aid in your sociological analysis. The following Ted Talk is also a helpful resource: * Bailey Parnell, \"Is Social Media Hurting your Mental Health?\" O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czg 9C7gw0o Please note that Week 14 has been scheduled for work on Assignment 2. Assignment 2 Partl: 1-2 pages * |n your introductory paragraph, describe which types of media you engage with and estimate the amount of time you spend on those forms of media over a typical week. * When you think about the media you are consuming during this period, what are some of the dominant topics or issues or messages? How has the media you consume influenced your sense of your self or your life? Describe one or two specific examples of some of the media (e.g. a video or webpage or post) that you have recently read or viewed. What does it suggest that you should be concerned about? What is the value system that it conveys? Use one of the sociological perspectives (functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism or feminist theory) to discuss some of the roles, values, expectations, and practices that its content or imagery normalizes