Assignment title: Information


500 words By submitting your assignment to Turnitin you will be certifying that: •One hold a copy of this assignment if the original is lost or damaged; • No part of this assignment has been copied from any other student's work or from any other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment; • No part of the assignment has been written for me by any other person/s; • One have complied with the specified word length for this assignment; • One is aware that this work may be reproduced and submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism (which may retain a copy on its database for future plagiarism checking). The Essay Plan (Step 1 or Assessment 2) is based on the essay questions for Assessment 3 (Essay (Step 2) see below). Students are to provide an essay plan for one of the three set essay questions. The plan will enable tutors to provide feedback and advice for students to help them complete their Essay (Assessment 3). A2 Criteria Marking Criteria and Standards: Your essay plan will be assessed on the criteria of: • critical assessment of issues • critical understanding of the sociological issues involved • synthesis and mastery of material • writing standard (including spelling, grammar and expression) • presentation (including adequate and appropriate referencing of sources) STEP 2 ESSAY (STEP 2) (1,500 words) This assignment must be submitted online via Turnitin only (i.e. no hard copies). A3 Description Following from step 1. Continue with the question that you have picked from the list of questions below that you have received feedback on from your essay plan. Incorporate the feedback from your tutor into your full essay. Please note, you are NOT allowed to change your question at this point. Your essay must be on the same question that you wrote your essay plan on. You MUST make reference (i.e. mention the articles and/or books in the body of the text) to the citations for your respective question provided in the Essay Plan Worksheet. IN ADDITION to these you must find at least two academic articles, book or book chapters to refer to (no more than four additional resources). You can find this source through the library resources (on¬line or hard copy) or through scholar.google.com (DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA OR GOOGLE) 1. Set in the future, The Hunger Games movie (2012) is the story of Katniss in the fictional nation of Panem, a nation characterised by strict 'social stratification'. Compare and contrast social stratification in Panem to social stratification in Australia with reference to at least one sociological theory. 2. Compare the representation of gender (femininity and masculinity) in two Disney Princess movies, Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Maleficent (2014). How would a sociologist explain the changes in gender ideas and roles in these two films? You need to consult a least two sociological theories or theorists. 3. In 2013 the Australian Crime Commission and The Australian Sports Anti¬Doping Authority uncovered widespread use of performance enhancing drugs by sports clubs across Australia (which led to high profile cases involving both the AFL and the NRL). Use C. Wright Mills' (1959) concept of the Sociological Imagination to explore this phenomena. In what ways does the sociological imagination helps us to understand