Your essay must use at least three different items from above in your analysis. For example, you might look at a music video and consider the ideas it has when looked at from a functionalist perspective, then a conflict perspective, and finally from a symbolic perspective. Your essay should also include a thesis that uses the three different sociological tools to come up with a single statement. It should look like this: X=Overall view about society as shared in the media A=Analysis of sociological tool 1 B=Analysis of sociological tool 2 C=Analysis of sociological tool 3 More paragraphs may be added to help synthesize your different ideas or expand on them further. ctl Oct
