Alcoholics/Alcoholics anonymous

NOT OPINION PAPER. 10 HOURS RESEARCH Shown through your ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Look it up. Footnotes needed. Inerpretation of research detailed in your own words.A research paper has a title an introduction, research content and interpretation, and a conclusion or summary of what you learned.

Find a co-culture new to you to broaden your co-culture base. PUT us/me/you in that Co-culture.

The subculture project begins with the selection of a subculture or co-culture in the United States during the current time. In this case, the dominant culture would be the U.S. culture. This clearly changes as the country being focused on, e.g. France, England, Iraq, etc, becomes the dominant culture. Here it is the USA.

The subcultures or co-cultures are the various groups that live in harmony with the dominant culture, which means that 50% or more of the dominant culture accepts. can identify, and recognizes the subculture or co-culture. (Countercultures such as gangs, hate groups cults or the like or subgroups live outside the value system and are not accepted by 50% or more of the dominant culture.)

NOTE: This project is to focus on a “co-culture”, not a “counterculture.” Examples of co-cultures could be based on ethnic or cultural identification, religious beliefs, lifestyle choices, atheism, ageism, gender, recovery status, e.g. alcoholics, or general belief systems or group identity found living in harmony within the dominant culture. Examples from last semester were Foster children, hearing impaired, returning prisoners, obese co-culture, hindus, autistic, learning disabled, feminists, and millenials. All identifiable co-cultures living with their own commonalities.

The co-culture would be one you are likely to encounter in our immediate geographic region. More co-culture examples might be those with Learning disabilities like ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Overweight/Obese(eating disorders) Hinduism,Islam, Judaism,Social classes that struggle, Ethnic groups like Mexicans, Muslims, LGBTQ+, Feminists,” Alt-Right” groups (with-in civilized standards ie not hate groups”, or Millenials, Boomers, Gen Z or I, Black Lives Matter or your interest in a co-culture you have always wanted to explore.

The key is to narrow your topic so as to have a major focus (drug recovery, related to teens, women, people in sensitive careers, etc). Once having chosen and had your topic approved, be sure to include the following aspects in your paper/project as relevant and then submit it through the sub-cultural project/paper. This automatically submits your paper through a plagiarism site, turnitin.com

Your summary must include what you learned and how this knowledge will work in creating a high level of understanding/communication when interaction occurs. How doing this paper can used as an approach to co-cultures in general.

Instructions: Typically a research papers has 10 hours of reviewing scholarly sources that have done research about your co-culture choice. The annotated bibliography can only be done when this review of literature is done. Do look up what a research paper entails

For the bibliographies:

Each person must select a minimum of 5 different academic-quality resources.
Each entry must be annotated. This means that you should write a paragraph explaining why you chose this resource and what particular information it provided. The credentials of the resource is important. This a research paper.
Only 2 internet sources may be used. This means academically qualified experts in this co-culture knowledge base.
At least 1 interview or if in-person not available internet sources, youtube, phone calls, facing other videos. make contact to get feedback from a co-culture member, needs to be conducted and implemented into the paper/project. If you are doing an interview then that is considered one of the 5 sources. Do not indicate the full name of the person. Have questions ready before the interview. Detail their experience in terms of larger dominant society. How are they perceived? Their perceptions, as to whether their co-culture impedes communication equality and quality of communication.

Apply the concepts relating to intercultural communication that we have discussed in other parts of the course, The following are ideas from which to build your co-culture overview to really give a perception by the larger dominant society. Use the most relevant to your showing in depth knowledge of your Studied group.

organization/structure/hierarchy what makes them a co-culture and how are they viewed in the social hierarchy?
a brief history or discussion of the subculture’s origins when attention given co-culture by researchers of social sciences.
symbols, characteristics, stereotypes, criteria for membership,
values—ideals or abstract ideas about what is right and wrong within the co-culture.
norms—rules or guidelines for behavior within the sub/co-culture
positive and negative social controls—incentives/rewards for compliance with rules and/or disincentives/punishments for noncompliance with rules of the co subculture
stereotypes that apply to your group
gender roles—expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes and activities of males and females
socialization (and/or initiation)—the process through which people become part of the subculture and learn its attitudes, values and behaviors, different from other co-cultures and dominant culture.
future prospects of the subculture—growth, decline, other
compare/contrast subculture characteristics with those of the dominant U.S. culture
distinctive communications strategies or characteristics employed by the subculture (include nonverbal communication techniques)slang, co-culture terminology, other relevant distinctive traits.
ideas for improving communication between the subculture and the dominant U.S. culture and/or reducing stereotyping
personal testimonies from subculture members, if applicable (first, consult with the instructor about veracity and confidentiality if necessary with interviewee. Sensitivity is the key consideration.
Here is a recap of items checklist of things about co-culture to be included where applicablehttps://sites.google.com/site/staciaswancommunication/co-cultural-speech

Proofread and use spell-check

The paper should be 5 to 7 pages in length, without bibliography, double-spaced, submit it to the Sub-Cultural Paper/Project paper under assignments in modules in canvas.. DO NOT attach files.