FINAL PAPER GUIDELINES
Final Research Paper due Monday, May 14 by noon. Please drop off either at my office (Bg 214) or in my mailbox in Bg 201. We will not accept e-mailed papers except in true emergencies.
This paper should be a reflection on the questions addressed in this course:
*How is each of us individually being affected by these thousands of hours of messages received by the mass media every year?
*How is our society being affected by these same messages?
*How, if at all, can we control these effects?
*What, if any, power do we have to affect the media promulgating these messages?
*If we do have any power to affect the media, to what end do we want to use that power?
You should pick a topic, and then try to answer these questions using the assigned readings, including the New York Times. (Please do NOT discard your newspapers as you use them!) For example, you should choose a specific kind of message (i.e., advertising, horror films, news, reality TV, etc.) Then discuss the effects; then discuss how you as an individual and how society can control these effects. Please use APA style and include a page listing all your references. You are expected to use AT LEAST 25 different sources. For example, you might reference 8 references from the two books we read in class, and 17 different articles or ads or photos from the New York Times. Minimum length: 1500 words. Your paper should have a title and subtitle.
Examples:
1. What kinds of messages am I getting about the war in Iraq from the Times? How many messages am I getting? How am I affected by these messages? How do I think society is being affected? How can I control these effects? What is my purpose in doing this?
2. What kinds of message am I getting about what’s important enough in the news to be in the front-page photo of the Times? How am I affected by these messages? How do I think society if being affected? How can I control these effects? What is my purpose in doing this?
Topic due: end of February
Hypothesis due: end of March
Katie Carter and I are available to meet with you individually if you need help with your paper during the month of April. Please e-mail one or both of us to set up an appointment if you wish.
This paper should be a reflection on the questions addressed in this course:
*How is each of us individually being affected by these thousands of hours of messages received by the mass media every year?
*How is our society being affected by these same messages?
*How, if at all, can we control these effects?
*What, if any, power do we have to affect the media promulgating these messages?
*If we do have any power to affect the media, to what end do we want to use that power?
You should pick a topic, and then try to answer these questions using the assigned readings, including the New York Times. (Please do NOT discard your newspapers as you use them!) For example, you should choose a specific kind of message (i.e., advertising, horror films, news, reality TV, etc.) Then discuss the effects; then discuss how you as an individual and how society can control these effects. Please use APA style and include a page listing all your references. You are expected to use AT LEAST 25 different sources. For example, you might reference 8 references from the two books we read in class, and 17 different articles or ads or photos from the New York Times. Minimum length: 1500 words. Your paper should have a title and subtitle.
Examples:
1. What kinds of messages am I getting about the war in Iraq from the Times? How many messages am I getting? How am I affected by these messages? How do I think society is being affected? How can I control these effects? What is my purpose in doing this?
2. What kinds of message am I getting about what’s important enough in the news to be in the front-page photo of the Times? How am I affected by these messages? How do I think society if being affected? How can I control these effects? What is my purpose in doing this?
Topic due: end of February
Hypothesis due: end of March
Katie Carter and I are available to meet with you individually if you need help with your paper during the month of April. Please e-mail one or both of us to set up an appointment if you wish.
posted by Louise Mengelkoch at 3:46 PM
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