Write an essay to analyze functions of social media. Your analysis must reflect the two assigned readings (Lasswell; Wright) and include your original ideas beyond them. Consider this essay as a showcase of your writing skills learned/practiced in our class so far. For instance, you may want to incorporate the following elements into this writing assignment: Defining concept (Week 2): Defining social media or communication on social media Comparison (Week 4): How social media is different from conventional mass media or mass communication? Arguments (Week 7): Do social media have same (or different) functions of mass communication analyzed by Lasswell and Wright? Why or why not? Bibliographic research and integrating sources (Week 3&6): What is evidence of your analytical claims? APA style and format (Week 5) Your essay must: be submitted on Dropbox [Assignment#6] by 9:50 am, Tuesday, 3/14/2017 be typed and saved with MS Word format (no PDF, Pages, txt, rtf, etc.) use 2.0 spacing (double-space) with 12 point Times New Roman font be between 500-750 words (approximately 2-3 pages), excluding cover, title, reference, and footnotes. not use any contractions (e.g., “you’re,” “it’s,” “isn’t,” “they’re,” etc.) use APA citation/reference: include all of the external sources you integrate into your writing.

Write an essay to analyze functions of social media. Your analysis must reflect the two assigned readings (Lasswell; Wright) and include your original ideas beyond them. Consider this essay as a showcase of your writing skills learned/practiced in our class so far. For instance, you may want to incorporate the following elements into this writing assignment: Defining concept (Week 2): Defining social media or communication on social media Comparison (Week 4): How social media is different from conventional mass media or mass communication? Arguments (Week 7): Do social media have same (or different) functions of mass communication analyzed by Lasswell and Wright? Why or why not? Bibliographic research and integrating sources (Week 3&6): What is evidence of your analytical claims? APA style and format (Week 5) Your essay must: be submitted on Dropbox [Assignment#6] by 9:50 am, Tuesday, 3/14/2017 be typed and saved with MS Word format (no PDF, Pages, txt, rtf, etc.) use 2.0 spacing (double-space) with 12 point Times New Roman font be between 500-750 words (approximately 2-3 pages), excluding cover, title, reference, and footnotes. not use any contractions (e.g., “you’re,” “it’s,” “isn’t,” “they’re,” etc.) use APA citation/reference: include all of the external sources you integrate into your writing.