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This assignment asks you to analyze and compare the social media accounts of two subjects according to either of the prompts below. You may select either #1 or #2 to fulfill the assignment and indicate on your essay which one you have selected. Put this information at the top along with your name and the word count (maximum 500). You must cite at least three social media posts as evidence from any social media account (Instagram, Twitter or Facebook) for each subject. Cite the posts with the following in-text citation format: (Instagram, July 28, 2018). You must also complete two peer reviews within the two-day grace period.
Compare the construction of gender in two professional athletes, a male and a female, through social media on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. You may also compare an athlete and an artistic performer. The assignment is about breaking stereotypes of gender. You are looking at how gender is created, expressed, fabricated or constructed by a male and female athlete through images and language on their public social media account (Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook). Please use specific evidence, analyze and explain the way your subjects construct or re-construct social ideas of gender. You should be wary extended descriptions without deeper analysis of how they perform gender roles. For instance, Cristiano Ronaldo portrays himself on Instagram traveling with his family and Brittany Lincicome posts pictures of herself deep-sea fishing. Many students select LeBron James or Serena Williams who have millions of followers on Instagram. Both are role models for thousands if not millions of people, and their Instagram accounts have an effect upon behaviors and practices that define and constitute the performance of gender. Social institutions often work to keep us in our gender place. You might ask whether LeBron and Serena maintain the status quo of heteronormativity. Is there any way that they disrupt or help to change the perception of gender roles? In each case, you should tell us what their pictures and posts tell us about how they perform their gender roles. For more theoretical background, see “The Social Construction of Gender” byMaria Power in Module #6. Upload your review in an approved format. (500 words).