Popular Culture, Politics and New Media

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Instructions

Analyze: News Media Impact

Evaluation Title: Popular Culture, Politics and New Media

For this week’s assignment, you will be considering how news media coverage affects public perceptions of issues in the news.   You will be selecting a current event in the news and you will read three news articles related to the same event:  One from the United States and two from other countries that also reported on the same event. 

The presentation should include the following:

· Identification of the current event chosen along with identification of the three news articles.  

· Include the full APA citation for each article, including the date it was published and the country it was reported in, and a URL/web link to each source.

· Include screenshots of the first page of each article in your presentation.

· Compare the similarities and differences between the articles in the facts, perspectives of the reporter (tone, opinions shared, etc.).  Consider the way images were used in the article or whether you can detect the reporter’s bias/position in relation to the issue.

· Discuss your perceptions of the current event before and after reading the news articles.  Did your opinion or perception of the event/issue change after reading three articles about it?

In the presentation:

· Provide speaker’s notes or a voice over on the PowerPoint to accompany each slide.  If you choose speaker’s notes, the total word count of your notes should be 1000-1200 words.  If you choose to create a voice-over recording your presentation should be 5-7 minutes long.

· Include a title slide and include your references page in APA format on the last slide of the presentation.

Submit:

· A 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation or Prezi that answers the questions posed above. Include speaker notes or a voice-over, images, and videos where applicable.  If you choose the voice-over option, upload your recording web link (URL). 

Tips on locating articles to use for this assignment:

Choose a current event or issue that you are familiar with in the news today. 

· First: Go to an American news source (such as CNN) and find an article related to the event/issue. 

· Second: Consider what two countries’ news you should look for the issue in. It’s best to select countries that have a social or political interest in the story, countries that are nearby geographically to the news issue, or even countries that are close allies of the country the story relates to. 

· Third: Locate an English language news source for each country by searching online for “English Language news in [country name]”. 

For example:  If you chose a story related to North Korea’s attempts to test nuclear bombs, you might choose China (North Korea’s main ally) and South Korea (North Korea’s main enemy) as two additional countries to read about the event in.

· Fourth: Once you locate an English language news source for that country, locate an article on the same current event and/or global issue.  It’s a good idea to choose an article with a publication date close to your American article to be sure that the same event is being discussed.

· Fifth:  Repeat the previous step for your third article.

PopularCulturePoliticsandNewMediagradingrubric.docx

Unit 3 Assessment - Popular Culture, Politics and New Media

Unit 3 Assessment - Popular Culture, Politics and New Media

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent

HU340-CO2

27 pts

Level 5

Expresses content knowledge with the assignment purpose in a complete, organized, clear, professional, and culturally respectful manner.

24 pts

Level 4

Expresses content knowledge with the assignment purpose in a complete, organized, clear, professional, and culturally respectful manner with minor weaknesses in one or more of the areas.

22 pts

Level 3

Partially expresses content knowledge with the assignment purpose. Expresses ideas in a complete, organized, clear, professional, and culturally respectful manner with weaknesses in these area.

19 pts

Level 2

Partially expresses content knowledge with the assignment purpose. Ideas are partially expressed in an organized, professional, and culturally respectful manner with major weaknesses in these areas.

16 pts

Level 1

Expresses limited content knowledge with the assignment purpose. Ideas are not expressed in a complete, organized, clear, professional, and/or culturally respectful manner.

0 pts

Level 0

The assignment was not completed or there are no constructed concepts that demonstrate analytically skills and no evidences to support the content does not align to the assignment instructions

27 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysis

PRICE-P

27 pts

Level 5

Constructs concepts related to course content, demonstrating strong analytical skills with strong evidence to support professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

24 pts

Level 4

Constructs concepts related to course content, demonstrating strong analytical skills with evidence to support professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

22 pts

Level 3

Constructs concepts related to course content, demonstrating analytical skills with some evidence to support professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

19 pts

Level 2

Constructs concepts related to course content, demonstrating weak analytical skills with minimal evidence to support professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

16 pts

Level 1

Constructs concepts related to course content, demonstrating inadequate evidence of analytical skills. There is minimal or no evidence to support professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

0 pts

Level 0

The assignment was not completed or there was no evidence of constructed concepts that are supported by professional and personal subject knowledge through details, supporting evidence, and idea differentiation.

27 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTechnology

15 pts

Level 5

Manipulates multiple technological resources to effectively implement all assignment requirements.

14 pts

Level 4

Manipulates multiple technological resources to effectively implement most assignment requirements.

12 pts

Level 3

Manipulates multiple technological resources to effectively implement some assignment requirements.

11 pts

Level 2

Manipulates multiple technological resources for some assignment requirements.

9 pts

Level 1

Manipulates technological resources to minimally meet some assignment requirements.

0 pts

Level 0

The assignment was not completed or difficulties with technological manipulation were evident. The assignment submitted does not meet requriements.

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting

10 pts

Level 5

The assignment exhibits a excellent command of written English language conventions. The assignment has no errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling.

6 pts

Level 4

The assignment exhibits a good command of written English language conventions. The assignment has no errors in mechanics, or spelling  with minor grammatical errors that impair the flow of communication.

4 pts

Level 3

The assignment exhibits a basic command of written English language conventions. The assignment has minor errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that impact the flow of communication

2 pts

Level 2

The assignment exhibits a  limited command of written English language conventions. The assignment has frequent errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that impede the flow of communication.

1 pts

Level 1

The assignment exhibits little command of written English language conventions. The assignment has errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that cause the reader to stop and reread parts of the writing to discern meaning.

0 pts

Level 0

The assignment does not demonstrate command of written English language conventions. The assignment has multiple errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that cause the reader difficulty discerning the meaning.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA

PRICE-I

6 pts

Level 5

In-text citations of sources and references in proper APA style are included with no errors.

5 pts

Level 4

In-text citations of sources and references in proper APA style are included but have 1-2 minor APA errors.

4 pts

Level 3

In-text citations of sources and references in proper APA style are included but have 3 - 4 minor APA errors.

3 pts

Level 2

In-text citations of sources and references in proper APA style are included but have more than 4 errors.

2 pts

Level 1

The errors demonstrate limited understanding of in-text citation and reference requirements

0 pts

Level 0

There are no in-text citations AND/OR references.

6 pts

Total Points: 85