Find two media stories that represent different media but report on the same issue. You must write a 750- to 1,000-word essay co
mparing and contrasting the sources and analyzing the biases of the sources' creators. Your essay must objectively summarize each source before segueing into more analytical and evaluative sections in which you will make an argument and support it with evidence from the texts. You may choose any subject in the news that interests you. Your sources may come from any of the media listed here. Please note that each of your sources must use a different medium. For example, you could use one video and one article.
Video news
News radio
Newspapers and magazines
Blog postings
Your essay should include the following elements:
A claim that says something overall about the objectivity or the bias of the sources
An introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph
An objective summary of both sources
In-text citations and a works-cited page
You should have completed a draft of this assignment in the activity before this one. If you haven't done so, go back and complete that activity now.
Ask yourself these questions as you revise:
Does my essay naturally follow from my claim? Does the claim fit the essay?
Do I compare and contrast the two sources in a way that supports my claim? Do I focus on the objectivity and bias of the two sources? Do I discuss what effect each source's medium has on its objectivity or bias?
Do my objective summaries avoid giving an opinion? Do they show that I have a solid understanding of each source?
Do my in-text citations and works-cited page follow MLA guidelines?
<span>I went to the mall after school; however i did not have much money to spend. The transitional word that would best completes the sentence is however. Here the person talking is saying that he went to the mall, however cannot afford to buy something because he has no money to spend.</span>
