make an argument about how a human rights issue found in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights is framed in news media coverage of a current event.
For your Final Paper, you’ll build on the Writing Forum by:
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Analyzing at least 3 English-language news articles about a current event (June 2022-present). Use the questions listed on the Writing Project Overview and the resources found in the Writing Project module to analyze your articles.
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Posing a refined, open-ended, arguable research question about how your chosen human rights issue is framed in news media coverage of your current event. You can use this question as a guide and narrow it down based on your topic/focus: How does English-language news media coverage of _____ event frame the human rights issue of _____?
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Answering the question by considering other views, making an assertion about the issue, and backing up that assertion with compelling and logical reasons, supported with specific evidence, and based on analysis and research. Your question should be addressed convincingly in a 1250-1750-word paper.
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Using at least 3 news articles from 3 different continents and 2 scholarly articles from peer-reviewed academic journals to support your answer to the question.
2 scholarly articles :
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/nyregion/new-jersey-judge-gary-wilcox-tiktok.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-gary-wilcox-profane-tiktok-videos-complaint-alleges/
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Providing one paragraph that establishes the relevant background of your current event and connects your current event to your chosen UDHR article.
Each .PDF source file should include:
→ Title page of the source → Copyright page of the source → Each page from the source you used and cited in your paper, highlighting or underlining the words, ideas, and information you used from the page. DO NOT SUBMIT A WHOLE BOOK OR ARTICLE. Only submit the pages you cited. → Save each document as a separate file in .PDF format. Name your source files as follows: [Author’s last name]_[Title of Document] (can be a short version of the title, as long as it correlates to the Works Cited list in a clear way). |