Case Study Assignment As 21st century global citizens, we live in a world that is filled with complex communication challenges. We see this starkly and urgently with the recent national election, global pandemic, protests, and ongoing efforts for institutional reform to address structural inequities and racism here in the US and elsewhere. An understanding of how communication works can help us devise solutions to today’s pressing problems by advocating for change at the interpersonal and social level. Instructions For this assignment, you will compose a 4-5 page essay (not including the works cited page or any headers) that critically examines your own communication skills and practices, including areas that you might be able to actively engage with and improve. You will choose and describe one communication event from your own life directly related to your experiences with COVID-19 and/or structural racism that challenged your ability to communicate well with a person or group of people who are important to you or that offer an example of challenging communication patterns. A communication event is a contained unit of communication (e.g., a meeting at work or school, a phone call with a friend or boss, a public event, a date, a conversation with a parent over dinner, a conversation with an advisor, friend, or colleague, a protest, a debate, etc.). Here are the details: 1) First, develop a brief, 1-paragraph introduction that (a) sets the scene, (b) offers a roadmap for your paper, and (c) presents a thesis statement. This is the "so what" factor of the paper -- what we will learn from your analysis. 2) Now, briefly describe your communication even and analyze it by using concepts that we have learned thus far in this course. In your analysis, you will define and apply at least four communication concepts from your textbook (hint: check the back of each chapter for a list of key terms). Be sure to take care to pose questions to yourself as you organize and write your paper that interrogate your own belief systems -- we all have them, and examining what informs them is an important communicative practice. If you were a participant, you will ask yourself about your own participation. If you were an observer, you will ask yourself about your preconceived responses. 3) In your conclusion, reflect on how you aim to improve your communication with others by offering a detailed description that includes strategies that you have learned in this course. Be sure to link the ways your own individual actions reflect/contribute to our shared world. Additional Information: COM 2000 is certified as a Global Citizens Course and may be used to fulfill partial requirements of the Global Citizens Awards upon successful completion of the course and (final grade B or higher). Your submission must be 4-5 pages in length, not counting headers or your works cited page. Your paper must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and 12-point font. Cover pages are accepted but not required. Each concept, paraphrased idea, or quote from the text must include proper MLA or APA citations (including page numbers) in your paper. This assignment requires a separate works cited page. If you are not sure how to cite properly please go to the resources provided below to check your work. You must use .pdf, .doc, or .docx format for your submission. You are required to double check your submission to make sure it uploads properly to Turnitin on Canvas before the submission deadline. If an assignment does not upload properly, it is your responsibility to try again and contact your professor or TA immediately. Take screenshots to document your process. If you have questions about how to submit your assignments in Turnitin, you may access the following tutorial: Turnitin: Submit to an Assignment (Links to an external site.) Citation Resources If you are not sure how to cite properly please go to the OWL at Purdue online for directions: MLA Style Introduction: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_style_introduction.html (Links to an external site.) APA Style Introduction: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html (Links to an external site.) Formatting Resources Here are the instructions for: MLA:https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_general_format.html (Links to an external site.) APA: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html (Links to an external site.) (Please note that I do not require an abstract for APA).