Guidelines for Media Foundation Course Project
Project Overview
Overview: This is an individual project involving analyzing the media coverage given a global event and/or issue. Your task is 1) to apply the media concepts and theories we have learned from class and 2) produce a content analysis comparing and contrasting how different countries, political parties, or media outlets report and approach an event/issue similarly and differently. It could be an event (e.g., health/economy/politics crisis), an issue (e.g., poverty, education injustice, sexism), or a news story (e.g., a celebrity’s scandal, affair, a sports game).
Length: 8-12 pages double spaced (not including references and appendices), 1-inch margins
Writing style: APA (not following APA style will result in penalty)
Grading: The paper will be graded on the quality of your critical analysis, plus writing, organization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Anti-plagiarism software will be used to help detect plagiarism.
Your paper should be organized into the following sections.
- Title page. This page should indicate the title of your paper
- Introduction. The first section of the paper is an introduction that represents a concise statement of the problem under investigation (a health issue, crisis, etc.). Prior to the problem statement, you are suggested to write a brief introduction of the problem.
- Theoretical Foundation. This section involves a literature review of agenda-setting and framing theoretical frameworks, as well as relevant research.
- Implementation. This section involves articulating two key elements: (1) media outlets/platforms you would like to compare, (2) time frame of the media coverage you intend to investigate.
- Main findings. Discuss your main finding, and speculate the possible behind reasons for the similarities and differences (e.g., political, economic, ideological, and cultural factors, etc.)
- References or bibliography.
Resources:
APA formatting and style guide: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
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