What is the current policy?What is the proposed change?What steps are needed to enact the changes?What would be the effect on patrons?

Intentional Abortion Prewriting

You will take a journalist’s approach to explore the subject that you've selected, which is likely one of the three from your Constructive Argument Discussion Board Post.

Journalist questions work well because they help writers think through their topic in a familiar and systematic way. This is a method that is easy to remember and use in future assignments. Just as it helps you generate ideas, it helps you organize them and identify gaps in your understanding.

Part One: Asking and Answering Questions

Many of us are familiar with the six traditional journalist questions: Who? What? Where? Why? When? and How? These questions help journalists identify the details of an event so that it can be reported on clearly and accurately. However, when using journalist questions for other writing projects, these six questions can be applied with more variety. After all, you are not just “reporting” on an issue; you are also analyzing arguments and constructing an argument of your own.

So how does a writer apply these six questions in a more expansive way? In our discussion board, we imagined a writer considering the argument that Omaha Public Libraries should eliminate late fees. In generating ideas for this argument, we might first begin by asking “Who is affected by this policy?” That’s clearly a useful question to ask, but it is not the only who question we might ask. If we push ourselves further, we could ask a variety of who questions: Who has the power to change this policy? Who is hurt by this policy? Who is helped by this policy? Who needs to be informed about this policy? Who might be conflicted by this policy? Who is debating this policy in my community? Who uses library resources the most? Who doesn’t use these resources? Who funds the library? Who are the readers of my argument? Who is unexpectedly affected by this policy?

As you can see, our list of Who questions can go on somewhat indefinitely. The same applies for the other five journalist questions:

What is the current policy?What is the proposed change?What steps are needed to enact the changes?What would be the effect on patrons? What would be the effect on librarians? What would be the effect on taxpayers?

Discuss ways that animal testing has become more sensitive in recent years

Seeing All Sides

1) Select one of your three topics, or take the topic that encouraged you to select.

2) If your topic is broad, work toward narrowing it down. For example, " support animal rights" is broad;against scientific experimentation on animals,All animal shelters should be no-kill shelters" is narrower.

3) Take the narrower topic and do internet research to get a feel for current events and discussion in this area.

4) Find some happenings and expert voices on a different side of the issue.

(Remember to use NewsGuard to help you find responsible sources!)
For example,see that experiments on animals helped lead to the speedy development of Covid vaccines; this is part of a pro-animal-testing article.

5) Develop a list of at least three "paths into" your topic.

Document why you've chosen these ideas.

Using the animal example, the "paths in" could be:

Interview with Expert X, who is a strong voice because of her work doing Y

Recent scientific breakthroughs A, B, C that used animal experimentation

Ways that animal testing has become more sensitive in recent years

Discuss ways that animal testing has become more sensitive in recent years

Seeing All Sides

1) Select one of your three topics, or take the topic that have encouraged you to select.

2) If your topic is broad, work toward narrowing it down. For example, “support animal rights” is broad; “am against scientific experimentation on animals” or “All animal shelters should be no-kill shelters” is narrower.

3) Take the narrower topic and do internet research to get a feel for current events and discussion in this area.

4) Find some happenings and expert voices on a different side of the issue.

(Remember to use NewsGuard to help you find responsible sources!)

For example,see that experiments on animals helped lead to the speedy development of Covid vaccines; this is part of a pro-animal-testing article.

5) Develop a list of at least three “paths into” your topic.

Document why you’ve chosen these ideas.

Using the animal example, the “paths in” could be:

Interview with Expert X, who is a strong voice because of her work doing Y

Recent scientific breakthroughs A, B, C that used animal experimentation

Ways that animal testing has become more sensitive in recent years

Explain why the information in the article is important to consider in relation to our review of controversies in contemporary advertising.

The Article 2 Presentation opened Midnight U.S. CT 10/4/21 and is due by/before 11:59 pm U.S. CT 10/17/21.
You can submit this assignment anytime during this period. Your Journal entry should be written directly in the Journal or you can copy and paste it into the Journal from your word processor program. Please do not attach a file of what you have written in the word processor program as your Journal post. This assignment is worth a potential 25 points based on your completion of the assignment as outlined above by the due date for the assignment. Click the title link above to access the Journal to create and view submissions.

Present an article from an authoritative Trade/Business print publication/website that reviews advertising in relation to the topics we are covering in Module 2 (Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Suggested topics based on our course readings in these chapters include the effect of advertising in relation to stereotypes, issues related to gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or ability in advertising, and advertising to children.

Posted below is an example of an article from The Guardian published in 2014 that reviews advertising to children for your reference as a type of article you might select for this assignment. This article should not be submitted by anyone in this course to fulfill the requirements of this assignment: SAMPLE ARTICLE The Tricky Business of Advertising to Children The Guardian US Edition Bruce Watson 2-24-14.pdf SAMPLE ARTICLE The Tricky Business of Advertising to Children The Guardian US Edition Bruce Watson 2-24-14.pdf – Alternative Formats

The article must be from an authoritative source and must have been published on or after 1/1/21. Examples of authoritative Trade/Business publications/websites include Adweek, Ad Age, Marketing News, PR News, The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, and Forbes, among others. The TTU Library offers free access to these types of publications for enrolled students.

Attach the required soft copy (file) of the article you are presenting to the Journal post so members of the course can read the article. Then do the following:
Provide a brief synopsis of the article.

Explain why the information in the article is important to consider in relation to our review of controversies in contemporary advertising.

Discuss the implications for advertising, branding, and or strategic communication professionals.

Include a complete APA style citation of the article.

Suggested methods for securing copies in a file format for articles from online sources include:
Save the article as a file from your online source.
Printing the online article to PDF using the print function of you computer.
Copy and pasting the text of the online article into Microsoft Word or another compatible word processing format and saving as a PDF file.
Suggested methods for securing copies in file format for articles from hard copy (print) sources include:
Scanning the article and saving as a PDF file.
Taking a low resolution picture of the article and saving as a PDF file.
Below is a summary of the topics and timelines for this assignment:

How political science, communication, and other fields of study may be used to better understand the relationship between terrorism and the press.

Research how the media covered an act of terrorism that occurred between 1800-2018. You will submit a proposal for your research paper in Unit 6 and your paper in Unit 8.

You should begin thinking about what you want to research.

This link will be helpful to you as you begin your research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States (Links to an external site.)

Note:

Wikipedia is not considered a legitimate source for your paper. It is a starting place and stepping stone. The material – particularly the footnotes at the end of articles – often lead to more substantial resources.
Because the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11 in the U.S. and 2005 London subway attack are case studies covered in great detail in the course textbook those events are not an option.
Choosing an attack that occurred after 1920 means you are more likely find media coverage to analyze first-hand.
Your proposal and paper should relate to at least two of the following course themes:

Problematic definitions of terrorism.
The role(s) media plays in terrorist acts.
How media influences foreign policy.
Characteristics of media events related to terrorism.
Distinguishing characteristics of different forms of media.
The symbiotic relationship between media coverage and terrorism.
The positive and negative aspects of media coverage and patriotism.
How political science, communication, and other fields of study may be used to better understand the relationship between terrorism and the press.
The focus of your research paper should not be on the gruesomeness of the attack but on your detailed analysis of how one or two pieces of media covered the event.

How does the incident qualify as terrorism and not just an act of violence?

Introduction
Watch the following videos then respond to one of the following in your first post:How does the incident qualify as terrorism and not just an act of violence? What features, according to the course textbook – cite the page numbers – meet the definition of terrorism?
Compare the attack to the controversy surrounding the release of Sony Pictures’ film The Interview. In what ways are they similar or different? Give three reasons.

Discuss what you learned about media watching a film. Think of creating a five paragraph, 500 or so word journal entry.

Good Night and Good Luck

One way to get at how media unwittingly became complicit in fulfilling the ambitions of terrorists is to look more closely at how journalists do their jobs and how media outlets operate when they are not dealing with a crisis such as a terrorist attack.

Directions
The following films or HBO series are excellent dramatic depictions of issues relevant to journalism and the press in America.

You will watch any of one of the features listed and identify an issue illustrated in the film.

Sample topics might include:

media as “infotainment” and/or “big business”
media as watchdog issues regarding access to sources and classified information
the tension between a free press and national security”objectivity” in journalism
unintended consequences of media coverage of events adversarial stance of journalists.Discuss what you learned about media watching a film. Think of creating a five paragraph, 500 or so word journal entry. Because this is not an academic essay but a journal, you are encouraged to reflect on your previous thoughts about the media and what you learned watching the film and to connect that to course content.

However, only focusing on your emotions and detailing the plot of the movie will bring down your score on this assignment. Strive to introduce the film and what it is about but then move on to discussing a complex issue or issues that the feature depicts about media in the U.S.