The paper needs to be sourced and written in ASA format.
1. Assignment Requireme
The paper needs to be sourced and written in ASA format.
1. Assignment Requirements: For this assignment, you are required to read news articles from reputable Canadian newspapers or news websites such as CBC (www.cbc.ca/news/canada), CTV News (www.ctvnews.ca/), or The Globe & Mail (globalnews.ca/canada/). Utilize the Nexis Uni Plus database available at the Lakehead University Library to access a wide range of news articles.
2. Topic Selection and Analysis: Choose a recent social movement or protest (e.g., Black Lives Matter, #MeToo) and analyze how it has been portrayed by the media. Select 2-3 articles on the same issue/topic from different news media sources. Conduct a close reading of the articles, focusing on the language used, dominant narratives, portrayal of activists and their demands, and how the issue has been constructed over time. Utilize your sociological imagination to connect the issue to sociological concepts covered in our course materials and your own experiences.
3. Paper Guidelines: Write a media report in a short paper format, approximately 1200 words or about 4-5 pages. Your paper should examine the media’s framing of the movement, analyze the impact of media framing on the sociological imagination and public perception of the social movement, and connect the analysis to relevant sociological concepts from our text. Remember to provide a References page using ASA format, listing each news article selected with the title, publication date, author, and web link.
4. Additional Details: More specific instructions and guidance will be provided in class to assist you further in completing the assignment successfully.
It is crucial as sociology students that you are aware of current events and how they are portrayed in the media. This assignment will help you develop a critical understanding of media framing and its impact on the sociological imagination and public perception.
Instructions
This assignment requires that you read the news — not just your Instagram or Twitter feed, but a real newspaper — or newspaper web site (Nexis Uni Plus (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) available at Lakehead University Library database). These should be Canadian newspapers —news sites such as: CBC (www.cbc.ca/news/canada), CTV News (www.ctvnews.ca/), or The Globe & Mail (globalnews.ca/canada/). As a sociology student, it’s really important that you are aware of the events of the day.
Choose a recent social movement or protest (e.g., Black Lives Matter, #MeToo) and analyze how it has been portrayed by the media. Begin by selecting 2-3 articles on the same issue/topic from different news media sources. Undertake a close reading of the articles, thinking about how the issue connects to sociology using your “sociological imagination”. Think about how the issue connects to you or people you know. Think about how the issue has been constructed over time. Has it changed? Why and how?
Write a media report in a short paper (1200 words or about 4-5 pages) that examines the media’s framing of the movement, including the language used, dominant narratives, and the portrayal of activists and their demands. Analyze the impact of media framing on the sociological imagination and public perception of the social movement. Connect your reading of the news articles to concepts covered in our course materials and to your own experiences. Be sure to provide a References page using ASA that lists each news article selected with the title of the article, the date it was published, the author and its weblink. Also, don’t forget to reference any sociological concepts from our text. More details will follow in class.
Instructions
This assignment requires that you read the news — not just your Instagram or Twitter feed, but a real newspaper — or newspaper web site (Nexis Uni Plus (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) available at Lakehead University Library database). These should be Canadian newspapers —news sites such as: CBC (www.cbc.ca/news/canada), CTV News (www.ctvnews.ca/), or The Globe & Mail (globalnews.ca/canada/). As a sociology student, it’s really important that you are aware of the events of the day.
Choose a recent social movement or protest (e.g., Black Lives Matter, #MeToo) and analyze how it has been portrayed by the media. Begin by selecting 2-3 articles on the same issue/topic from different news media sources. Undertake a close reading of the articles, thinking about how the issue connects to sociology using your “sociological imagination”. Think about how the issue connects to you or people you know. Think about how the issue has been constructed over time. Has it changed? Why and how?
Write a media report in a short paper (1200 words or about 4-5 pages) that examines the media’s framing of the movement, including the language used, dominant narratives, and the portrayal of activists and their demands. Analyze the impact of media framing on the sociological imagination and public perception of the social movement. Connect your reading of the news articles to concepts covered in our course materials and to your own experiences. Be sure to provide a References page using ASA that lists each news article selected with the title of the article, the date it was published, the author and its weblink. Also, don’t forget to reference any sociological concepts from our text. More details will follow in class.