Does the media article imply a different conclusion than the conclusion made in the original research article?

STEP 1: Watch Last Week Tonight episode
First watch the segment from Last Week Tonight (up to minute 15:45) called Scientific Studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw
This is a show on HBO where the host (John Oliver) delves pretty deeply into a single topic. The show is meant to be comedic but to also impart knowledge. You may or may not appreciate Oliver’s sense of humor, and I apologize in advance for some of his lewd remarks, but his analysis of problems with research, and with media reports of research, is excellent.
STEP 2 and 3: Final 1) Media News Article and 2) Scientific Article that Includes Study
Find a popular news article from within the past 10 years that reports on the results of a psychological study. This should not be a blog entry, but a published article from a news source such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, CNN, Fox News, etc. A great place to look is the APA’s Psychology news portal: http://www.apa.org/news/psycport/. Read through the article and ensure that it is descriptive and sufficiently long enough in order to draw conclusions from the original research mentioned.
Find the original scientific article that is being discussed in the media news article. If the article does not directly link the psychological study that are referring to in the news report, find the psychological study or studies that are mentioned by looking through the library’s website. You can find these articles within reputable journals, such as the American Journal of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Emotion, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Memory. The study should have been performed within the past 10 years.
You are welcome to find your own article, but here are a few you can select from (Media Article | Scientific Article):
How stress from homophobia affects the mind and body of LGB people | Click here for scientific article
Chocolate is good for the heart | Click here for scientific article
Police officers treat Black and White men differently. You can hear it in their tone of voice | Click here for scientific article
Research shows sleep deprivation can influence people during criminal interview | Click here for scientific article
Happiness wards off heart disease, study suggests | Click here for scientific article
Fat-shaming by doctors, family, classmates is a global health problem, study finds | Click here for scientific article
This is your brain on puppies | Click here for scientific article
The mental state of flow might protect against harmful effects of quarantine | Click here for scientific article
STEP 4: Write a 300 Word Response
Write a 300 word response. *NOTE: The articles you select must be referenced in APA format in your response and citations must be listed below your response (references not included in 300 word count.
Your response should respond to the following using APA formatting:
Summary
What is the title of the media article and title of the original scientific research article?
In a few sentences, summarize the original scientific research article.
In a sentence or two, summarize the media article.
Compare news article and scientific article
Does the media article imply a different conclusion than the conclusion made in the original research article? Explain.
For example, some questions you may ask:
Does the media article convey causal directions between variables when the original study does not have evidence for that conclusion?
Does the media article discuss variables that are not included in the original study?
Does the media article draw conclusions about a specific demographic that is not assessed in the original study?
What about the original research does the media article describe?
Reflection
Is there anything missing from the media article that would have been important to include from the original study?
Do you feel the news article accurately describes the research do the readers?

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