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Country Profile. From The Syllabus. Country Profile. This is an in depth (6-10 pages) scholarly examination of media landscapes, coupled with a brief (10 minutes or so) presentation of a country of your choice. Powerpoints, graphs, etc … aren’t a bad idea. This will be done in APA style. Goals.
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From The Syllabus • Country Profile. This is an in depth (6-10 pages) scholarly examination of media landscapes, coupled with a brief (10 minutes or so) presentation of a country of your choice. Powerpoints, graphs, etc… aren’t a bad idea. This will be done in APA style.
Goals • We are natural consumers of media, but the tendency is to be consumers of US media. • The goal is to look at the media of another country critically and draw some conclusions comparing it to our own. You will then present to the class. • You are to do this in APA style. We will review that today.
Common Types of Papers • Types of papers (according to the Purdue OWL) • An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. • An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience. • An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided. • You will do either an analytical or expository paper. You will not make an argument.
Some Questions You May Want To Ask • Role of Regulation? • Impact of Political System? • Public or Commercial models? • Dominant Players? • Role of Technology? • Role of National/Ethnic/Religious Identities? Languages? • Media Importer/Exporter? • Media Concentration/Monopoly? • If a developing country, what role is media having in development?
Resources • Visit the library. • Use academic journals. You should use at least 1. • Do not use Wikipedia (or ANY encyclopedia) as a source, but you can use it as a starting point. Check the references and go there. • European Journalism Centre http://www.ejc.net/media_landscape/
APA • Papers must be done in APA style. Easy Writer (required by majors) discussions how to do this. • Also use Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL). Excellent resource for all types of academic writing. • Homepage:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ • General Info: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/ • APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/