students will write a 3-5 page paper comparing and contrasting a popular press article and an empirical research article. Both articles will be provided by your instructor. This paper is due by Friday 2/10 at 11:59pm and is worth 100 points.
This paper will consist of two parts. The first part of the paper will summarize both articles (Chen, Mark and Ali, 2016; Self Media Article) and should be less than half the length of the total paper. Students will also synthesize and write how both articles compare and contrast for the second part of the paper. This synthesis should carefully and thoroughly answer the following questions:
How similar are both accounts?
Did the media report clearly and accurately describe the research? Were there any distortions in generalizing the results? Do you believe the popular press article accurately portrayed the topic? If not what did they misunderstand or fail to mention?
Was the media report summarized objectively without bias?
The following general guidelines should be closely followed:
3-5 pages in length
Adherence to APA style
12 point font
Double spaced
Times New Roman
Title page with running head
Page numbers in top right corner
References page
Carefully edited for grammar, spelling, and professional tone