Topic: compare film industries between Hollywood and Bollywood

Order Description Assignment #2- Research Paper. Research paper (Six to eight pages including references): comparing and contrasting two countries from two different world regions, and one of their media/telecom industries (i.e. print, radio, television, film, Internet provider, or music). The U.S. should not be selected for comparison unless you are an international student. DUE DATE: Monday, November 23 at the beginning of class. We will be grading primarily the quality of your analysis. Please, make sure that you apply concepts that you are learning from the readings and from class lectures to explain the systems and countries you choose to compare and contrast. Basic Requirements: Cover page: this should have your name, and the name and maps of the two countries you are discussing. Number of pages: Six to eight pages. This should include your reference or bibliographical page at the end. Proper citations and reference: You can choose APA, MLA, or Chicago styles. The main objective of this assignment is to learn in depth about two countries by comparing and contrasting them along with one similar communication system. This assignment should lead you to learn about geography, political system, culture, and communications of the two countries you select. The assignment: Select two countries of your preference. Remember that you cannot select the U.S. unless you are an international student. These two countries should not share borders. In order to learn more and to better understand International Communication and its world implications, it is better to choose countries from different world regions (i.e. Brazil and Nigeria OR Germany and Bolivia). Provide maps of the two countries on your cover page. 1. Briefly describe their regional location, name the bordering nations and point out if there are any current events of significance or points of relevance to specific bordering nations (i.e. conflict, shared language). 2. Briefly provide current information about population, official language, other languages or dialects, internal ethnic diversity if any, official religion and other religions, levels of education (literacy, basic schooling and higher education). 3. Briefly provide current information on the political make up of the countries of choice, for example who is the current President, what kind of government is it, what is the type of economy they have (regional and extra-regional major trade partners), how do they relate to the major powers in the world in terms of politics, economics, and whether there is an internal or external political struggle. 4. Based on the context information you have provided discuss one communication industry of your choosing (i.e. film, television, telecommunication, music, magazines or other of your choice). This communication system must be the same for both countries, so if for example you choose TV then you will be discussing the TV system in both countries. 5. Provide a minimum of five sources for each country: three must be scholarly work (journal articles, books, book chapters) and two can be non-scholarly work and Internet based (i.e. Reporters Without Borders or any other web-based information outlet beyond Wikipedia). Wikipedia is a good starting point, but it should not be overused. NOTE: All of the above information must be written in a narrative form where you compare and contrast the two countries of study interweaving them. Do not just repeat the facts you find, but reflect on/analyze the facts (use critical thinking). Think critically about the meaning of the data you are finding. Also think critically about the domestic and international implications of your findings based on everything that you may have learned during this class and your own knowledge. Example Peru, located in South America, is a country with a landmass of 1,279,996 sq km; in contrast India, located in Southern Asia has a landmass of 2,973,193 sq km. Peru borders with Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador. In recent history (1980s- 1990s) Peru has had border issues with Ecuador, but these have been solved. India, from time to time has had border problems with Pakistan (World Fact Book, cia.gov). And so on……. Both countries have a cultural and ethnic diversity, one can tell this based on languages expressing such diversity. In India, English is the colonial language, but their domestic spoken languages are Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%. In Peru Spanish is the official language, which was imposed in colonial times and 84.1% is fluent in it, then 13% of the population also speaks Quechua and 1.7% speaks Aymara; both of these languages are officially recognized. In the Peruvian Amazon basin there are hundreds of other minor linguistic groups with very small populations, one of them is the Ashaninka 0.3%. (World Fact Book, cia.gov) Film as a technology and entertainment arrived to both countries almost simultaneously around 1896-1897, and in both countries film first appeared in only the largest cities. While in India film took off becoming an important industry, now one of the three largest movie producers in the world, in Peru filmmaking as an industry has continuously struggle. Peru has rarely produced more than 20 feature films per year, and there have been times when it didn’t produce even one film per year. And so on………