Objectives:
analyze and evaluate each organization for purpose, content, bias, and persuasive language
provide relevant specific examples as evidence to support observations
develop academic writing
Evaluate these four Organizations
Pew Hispanic Center
http://pewhispanic.org/
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
http://www.fairus.org/
Migration Policy Institute
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/
Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org
Format Guidelines:
12pt Font -1”margins – 1.5 – 2.0 Line spacing
Organizations Name as a bold heading.
Use subheadings in bold for each of the four categories.
Purpose
Content
Bias / Persuasive language
Personal Observations
Submit on D2L as .doc*, or .txt
Guidelines
You are not writing a summary of the sites, but a critical analysis of each site. Write each analysis assuming the reader is not familiar with the organization or site.
For each website, address the following four areas:
Four Areas
Think of these questions as you write, but do not include the questions themselves in your paper.
You do not need to address each question for every site.
These are only suggestions.
Purpose
What type of organization is it?
What is their mission or purpose?
Who are the contributors?
Who is their intended audience?
Content
What type of information is available?
Is there information for outside sources?
Do they cite their methodology for polls, statistics, reports…?
Do they provide authors or cite sources?
Do the sources seem credible?
Is the content updated regularly?
Remember to provide examples!
Bias / Persuasive language
Does the site use provocative language?
Does the site provide alternative opinions?
Does the site seem to try and persuade readers to a single view of the topic?
Remember to provide examples!
Personal observations
This open to whatever you found interesting, odd, disturbing, useful, etc.
Grading Rubric
Each analysis is worth 20 points. You will also receive 20 points for turning each part in by the due date.
18- 20
All Criteria is met:
Clearly address all four areas.
Effectively communicate organizations’ purpose, available content, and bias.
Demonstrate an understanding of the organization.
Provide strong examples to back up observations on content and bias.
Well written with little or no grammatical errors.
16-17
Issues in one or more of the following areas:
Minor gaps in one or more of the four content areas: organization’s purpose, available content, bias or personal observations.
Minimal or weak examples to back up observations on content and bias provided.
Some grammatical errors, spelling errors, and typos. Errors are slightly distracting from the content.
14-15
Issues in one or more of the following areas:
Major gaps in communicating the organization’s purpose, available content, bias or personal observations.
Weak demonstration of understanding of the organization.
Provide little or no examples to back up observations on content and bias.
Many grammatical errors, spelling errors, and typos. Errors distract from the content and/or make the essay difficult to read.
Less than 14
This is very rare and would be due to major gaps in the assignment.
