problem 1: Prepare a social scientific research problem regarding mass media representations of families. Your research problem must as well incorporate issues of gender and/or class as it pertains to your topic. Your research problem will as well point out which television show you will focus on: ‘Two and a Half Men'.

problem 2: You will require doing a mini literature review of four academic journal articles (Canadian preferably) which describe the issues associated to your scientific research problem.

problem 3: After reading your articles give a short summation of each of them. The four summaries must very briefly address what each article is usually about, what the author argues, and what author concludes.

problem 4: describe how can each of these articles help answer your research problem? Use specific quotes from each of the articles to support your answer.