Your audience: an academic reader. Academic readers expect clear, precise writing in third person (No use of “I,” “we,” “you,” etc.)
Your purpose: Analysis. Avoid giving your opinion about which article is “right” or which is more or less credible.
Introduction
Provide background information on the topic at hand in the articles. Use facts from the articles or a third source, if you prefer, to help your reader understand the topic the articles are concerned with. Use in-text citation for facts or direct quotes you use from sources. You should have multiple in-text citations in the introduction.
Analyze first article
Introduce article including title and author.
Identify as left or right leaning. (Remember, you should choose one “From the Left” article and one “From the Right” article.
Identify types of media bias present in the articles. Explain why each chosen passage demonstrates one of the types of media bias and how it might impact readers. Use proper in-text citation.
How does this article reflect its target audience’s concerns? (the interests of left or right leaning readers who read this periodical/website.)
Analyze second article
Introduce article including title and author.
Identify as left or right leaning.
Identify types of media bias present in the articles. Explain why each chosen passage demonstrates one of the types of media bias and how it might impact readers. Use proper in-text citation.
How does this article reflect its target audience’s concerns? (the interests of left/right leaning readers who read this periodical/website.)
Compare the articles
What do the articles have in common? For example, what facts do they both include?
Are there things one article includes that the other omits?
How do the focus or main ideas of the articles differ?
Conclusion
Discuss how a reader’s perspective could be affected if they chose to read ONLY left leaning or ONLY right leaning articles about this topic.
Explain how the perspective of these articles fits into the broader media and political landscape beyond just this topic.
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