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CRITICAL ANALYSIS 1

HU260 Week 6 Assignment: Critical Analysis of News Media

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Critical Analysis of News Media – Intellectual Standards

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 intellectual standards here...

2. Clarity

Explain how the reporter did or did not provide a good understanding of the topic here...

3. Accuracy

Explain how the reporter did or did not provide true and correct information here...

4. Precision

Explain how the reporter did or did not provide specific details here...

5. Relevance

Describe how the article was or was not relevant to the title and to current events here...

6. Depth

Describe how the reporter did or did not address the complexities of the topic in the article here...

7. Breadth

Describe whether the reporter did or did not addresss the topic from other points of view here...

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

8. Logic

Explain how the writing did or did not make sense based on evidence or facts here...

9. Fairness

Explain whether or not the reporter considered multiple angles in the article here...

10. Conclusion

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

References

Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2010). Universal intellectual standards. Retrieved from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/universal-intellectual-standards/527