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CRITICAL ANALYSIS 2

HU260 Week 6 Assignment: Critical Analysis of News Media

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Grantham University

Critical Analysis of News Media – Elements of Thought

Directions: After reading this week’s materials and watching this video https://youtu.be/q-Y-z6HmRgI , answer the following prompts in your own words. Click directly in the highlighted fields to type you answers. Write in first person and give examples from your life to demonstrate your understanding. Your work should be 500 -750 words. Delete these instructions.

1. Introduction

Briefly describe your article and why you chose to anlyze the article with the elements of thought here...

2. Purpose

Explain the reporter's purpose in writing the article here...

3. Question

Describe the problem the reporter was addressing in the article here...

4. Information

Describe the data and facts the reporter provided here...

Explain if this information was verifiable or not here...

5. Inferences

Describe the conclusions the reporter came to here...

Explain if these inferences were reasonable and based on evidence or not here...

6. Concepts

Describe the line of thinking or central ideas the reporter used here...

7. Assumptions

Describe issues the reporter took for granted here...

Explain if these assumptions are based on hard evidence or not here...

8. Implications

Describe what the reporter thinks should happen next here...

Explain if these implications are based on facts or not here...

9. Point of View

Describe what points of view the reporter used here...

Explain if other points of view were needed to present a fair article here....

10. Conclusion

Explain the logical fallacies and bias you found in the article here…

References

Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2015). The elements of thought and intellectual standards. Retrieved from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-elements-of-reasoning-and-the-intellectual-standards/480