A 4000 word extended essay
requirements for the IB extended essay – https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/extended-essay/what-is-the-extended-essay/
My topic will focus on the bias of media towards the 2016 presidential election candidates, it cant be too broad and will only focus on comparing media articles. It had to be narrowed down and specific so i chose the presidential debate and how the candidates were portrayed.
i need to involve :
Identifying word classes against both the candidates
Adjectives most commonly used towards Trump or Hillary
The imagery used to describe both of them
Did certain words used by the media affect change in the election results?
Trump’s positive portrayal by the media allowed him to win the election?
How big of a role did the presidential debate play on the voters’ choices ( was the media against any candidates? Ever?
My teachers feedback on my topic : OK, so this will work, but you need to set very strict parameters for your data collection, and then be clear about the methodology you are going to apply to that data.
In the first place I suggest that you decide on a small number of media outlets, all of which can be said to be of the ame genre – so newspapers only; or broadcasters only; just, make certain that you aren’t comparing a news article in the Wall Street Journal with a spoken editorial on Fox. The generic differences are too broad. Secondly, limit the amount of data you are going to use – I suggest picking a day, or at most a week, from which you are going to draw this data. Are you sure you can still find it? Why have you chosen to look at the 2016 election – wouldn’t the last one make more sense? Also, why the US? Finally, you need to know how you are going to analyse the data once you have it – are you going to be identifying specific word classes used to describe the candidates – like the adjectives most commonly applied to Trump? Or the nouns? What about the imagery used to describe them – that could be interesting. It’s fine to change your mind once you are responding to data, but it’s best of you have an idea before you start gathering.
*please look at some IB extended essay samples to get a better idea
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