Write a paper (minimum of six pages in length) that assertively explains your opinion of how the print news media of the day covered your chosen topic.
Use your chosen articles to provide evidence throughout your paper that your opinion is correct about the coverage of the topic.
Structure your paper so that you lead the reader to your conclusion.
Your paper should have a title that alludes to your topic and your analysis of the news coverage of the topic.
Examples:
Celebrity Death Hype: A Critical Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Michael Jackson’s Death
A Failure to Report: The Rwandan Genocide in American Newspapers
Drugs and Pac-Man: The Video Game Panic and its Newspaper Coverage
The Vietnam War in Print: Analysis of Warmongering in American Media
Your paper should have a clear conclusion that says something critical and intelligent about the newspaper coverage.
Your paper should have an introduction that introduces your analysis and explains the importance of your analysis to the study of the topic.
Your paper must be properly formatted as instructed below.
Your paper must include a bibliography page (in addition to the 6 page minimum).
FORMAT CHECKLIST:
Use one-inch margins.
Paper must be double spaced.
Font must be Times New Roman 12pt
Length should be a minimum of six (6) pages before the bibliography.
No Cover Page.
No images in the text. (If you need to refer to images those should be numbered and added to an appendix section at the end of the paper. You can reference the image number in the text, but the appendix of images do not count for the page count.)
The paper should headed by your name, name of professor, class, date. This should be no longer than four lines double-spaced and on the first page only.
See Example Section below for a short video tutorial.
Page numbers should appear on the upper right-hand corner of your paper with your last name.
Paper must have a title that describes your essay in one sentence and in an academic fashion.
Footnotes must be used to cite sources throughout your paper. (Do not use parenthetical citations)
See Example Section below for a short video tutorial.
Bibliography must be a separate page at the end of your paper.
Each separate newspaper article must be cited in the bibliography and properly formatted, including the stable url linking to the article on the online database.
You can write about any topic you are comfortable with.
