Research Topic: Awareness of the use of prisons as mental health institutions Overview: For the second milestone of your final project, you will submit your review of current and past research. This assignment will require an annotated bibliography and an analysis outline (paper) or talking points (via a podcast or video) of prevalent stereotypes, historical and modern interpretations, and recent social change related to your chosen issue. Be sure to provide detailed examples. Your analysis will be submitted in the medium you intend to use for your final project: paper, video, or podcast. Milestone Two is designed for you to generate a more complete sense of your final project’s structure and content through your alignment of all its foundation pieces with evidence. Your annotated bibliography will be submitted as a 1–2 page document in APA style. Your annotated list should include at least five academic sources, with a short explanation (one paragraph) after each source that briefly states the source’s topic and relevance to your project. Your explanation should also indicate each source’s usefulness in terms of historical and social context. This usefulness can be demonstrated through identifying any relevant social institutions, social roles, and/or stereotypes present in the source and connected to your project. Your outline should be 1–2 pages if it is a paper or 3–5 minutes if you are submitting a podcast or video. Provide relevant examples and citations for your outline or talking points. For software to create a podcast, check out the free recording and editing software Audacity to record a statement in MP3 format. Help with Audacity can be found in the tutorial here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial. Many computers, tablets, and smartphones also have the capacity to record a voice file. Free apps also exist if you have a tablet or smartphone; simply search “voice recorder.” For software to create a video presentation, many computers come with the capacity to record video and preloaded programs that support using your webcam. Alternatively, YouTube has a record feature on their upload page. Note: For assistance in creating a YouTube account and for instructions on how to create a video, review the following resources: Guide to Creating a YouTube Account and Guide to Uploading a Video to YouTube. Your outline or talking points of your final project will include the following: A restatement of your issue, refined and narrowed as necessary. Stereotypes related to your issue. Here you will be building on the stereotypes you began to identify in your Milestone One worksheet. Be sure to list the validity, effects, and persistence of these stereotypes with media examples. Examples of social change around your chosen issue with specific examples from the media. Historical interpretations of the issue within relevant social structures (i.e., social institutions and culture). Modern interpretations of the issue within relevant social structures (i.e., social institutions and culture). Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: A. Provide an annotated bibliography. Your bibliography must include at least five resources and an annotation stating the source’s relevance and usefulness in terms of historical and social context. B. Develop a statement that communicates the position of the social advocacy group and refines the previously stated position. Be sure to narrow your statement down based on your continued research. C. Evaluate prevalent stereotypes regarding the issue, addressing the validity and effects. D. Provide examples of social change around the chosen issue with specific examples from the media. E. Analyze historical interpretations of the issue within relevant social structures and supports analysis withevidence. F. Analyze modern interpretations of the issue within relevant social structures and supports analysis withevidence.
