(Race and Media) ten pages long (8 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). DO NOT INCLUDE LONG QUOTES OVER FORTY WORDS; LIMIT SHORT QUOTES TO ONLY 3-4

CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH PAPER

1. Choose a topic for your research paper from the list that has been provided in Bb Learn under Course Content: All Instructions.

2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of ten pages long (8 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the eight pages of text - they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of eight pages of text on that research topic.

3. Include a minimum of eight scholarly references (social science journals, law books; and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts; the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites.

4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the ten references.

5. USE ASA WRITING STYLE ONLY; AN ASA FORMATTING GUIDE CAN BE FOUND IN Bb LEARN UNDER COURSE CONTENT: ALL INSTRUCTIONS OR ONLINE.

6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (Times New Roman only) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT). DO NOT INCLUDE LONG QUOTES OVER FORTY WORDS; LIMIT SHORT QUOTES TO ONLY 3-4