These are the Instructions for the Original Assignment:
Task: You will choose one current event topic (within the past year) and locate three news articles from reliable sources that discuss this movement. You will also locate two biased news sources to compare media narratives (one source from the political right and political left). Then, you will write a brief essay explaining the story or topic, how bias impacts media narrative, what perspective you find most compelling, how your perception of your topic change by engaging with multiple perspectives, and what potential consequences arise from biased reporting.
Your essay should:
Provide a brief (no more than half page) description of the topic/story.
Describe, in about one page, what we learn about the topic/story from synthesizing this set of news articles. Synthesize! Do not summarize each article.
Analyze connections between the topic/story, course material, and your experiences.
How bias and/or multiple perspectives shape popular opinion, shape political discourse, and the potential consequences that arise from media bias.
Follow conventions of formal academic writing in English.
Follow basic essay structure (There should be a logical flow between sentences and paragraphs).
Be carefully proofread for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and other mechanical errors.
Include proper Chicago-style footnote citations and bibliography.
Use a minimum of three news articles from reliable, credible sources one source biased towards the political left and another from the political right.
See the Media Bias Chart Links to an external site. for one way to identify reliable news sources. Please choose sites in the chart’s green box.
Requirements:
Title and Title Page
Minimum for credit is 1000 words. I am more concerned about high-quality writing than about the paper’s length.
Properly formatted Chicago Style footnotes and bibliography.
The paper will be submitted in Times New Roman font. 12 pt font for the body text and 10 pt font for footnotes.
Legible composition and formatting.
I need help re-writing this. This was my feedback.
Key issues.
-A lot of informal comp leads to wordiness and leading the reader.
-Be certain in factual claims, and don’t hedge your language. It weakens the claims unnecessarily.
-Footnotes are formatted incorrectly.
-When you engage in specific claims and composition, your paper really shines and is highly effective.
This drops some of the key prompt elements. It is trying to be a traditional research paper, which isn’t what was asked for. The media analysis is light, and there is little engagement with bias. AA is highly contentious and that should have been reflected in the essay.
