Southern New Hampshire University Biasness in Media For this milestone, you will analyze a news media example for media bias in its coverage. To complete this assignment, review the Final Project I Guidelines and Rubric and Final Project I Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document.Please see the attached rubric and use the worksheet, thank you. COM 320 Final Project I Milestone Two Worksheet
For this milestone, you will analyze a news media example for media bias in its news coverage.
Important: This worksheet will become your milestone draft. Your completed milestone submission
should be 2–3 pages. Keep in mind that you will incorporate instructor feedback on this milestone into
Final Project I: Media Analysis and Recommendations, which is due in Module Seven.
Prompt: Address the following critical elements as outlined in critical element II (News Media Analysis)
of the milestone rubric document. Use the questions below each critical element to assist you in
addressing each element:
Start by identifying the news story, the newswire service (NBC, NPR, Time Magazine, etc.) that produced
it, and the news media system to which this newswire service belongs (e.g., broadcast news, such as
television or radio; print media, such as newspapers and news magazines; the internet, such as online
newspapers and news magazines). For example, if you watched a news story on CNN, the newswire
service is CNN, and the media system is broadcast news. BUT REMEMBER: this example names U.S.
newswire services, and you should select one from a country that is NOT your own!
A. Describe how the media produced by this newswire service compares with other newswire
services within same country (NOT your own country!)
How does the media produced by this newswire service compare with other newswire services
within same country? To address this question, look at differences and similarities in media
production by different newswire services (radio, online television, print, etc.) within your
selected country.
B. Compare the news coverage of the media system to which this newswire service belongs to the
news coverage of a media system in a different country (for example, if your selected country is
South Africa, you might compare news coverage to that of the U.S.).
How does the news coverage of the media system to which this newswire service belongs
compare to the news coverage of a media system in a different country? Look at the similarities
and differences in general news coverage between our country and the country of comparison.
C. Compare the way this news item is covered by the newswire service to how the news item is
covered by another newswire service within the same media system. Are there differences in
how this particular news item is covered?
Now we are looking at a specific news story you identified. For example, let us say you examined
a story that was presented on NBC (a television newswire service). Compare its production to the
way the same story is presented in other newswire services within the same system (CNN, Fox
News, etc.). What similarities and differences did you identify? (REMEMBER: this example shows
the U.S. as a country of analysis, but yours must analyze the country that is NOT your own)
D. Assess the news coverage in the country where the news media message was created, providing
evidence to support your claims.
Consider if overall news coverage in this country is accurate, varied, and balanced. Is it covering
both the positive and negative sides of the people, the culture, and the country as a whole? Here
you are looking at the culture of a country that is not your own once more.
References
(Include your references here. At least two sources must be included and cited in APA style.)
COM 320 Final Project I Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For this milestone, which is due in Module Four, you will analyze a news media example for media bias in its coverage.
Prompt: In Module Three, you began working on this milestone by identifying a developing or prominent story to use for your news media coverage analysis.
You also identified a country that is not your own to compare for media bias in news coverage, and you started to explore how your chosen story is being
represented. For this milestone, you are reporting on what you found by drafting your analysis.
Use the Final Project I Milestone Two Worksheet to present a rough draft of the analysis and recommendations. Important: The worksheet will become your
milestone draft. Your completed milestone submission should be 2–3 pages.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
II.
News Media Analysis: Choose a news story example. Analyze the news story example you chose for media bias in news coverage.
A. Describe how the media produced by this news outlet compares with other news outlets within same country.
B. Compare the news coverage of the media system to which this newswire service belongs to the news coverage of a media system in a different
country.
C. Compare the way this news item is covered by the news outlet to how the news story is covered by another news outlet within the same
media system. Are there differences in how this particular news story is covered?
D. Assess the news coverage in the country where the news story was created, providing evidence to support your claims. In other words, is
the news coverage in this country accurate, varied, and balanced, covering both the positive and negative sides of the people, the culture,
and the country as a whole?
Note: You will address critical element II.E (Recommend) in Final Project I: Media Analysis and Recommendations, which is due in Module Seven. In that final
project submission, you will remove the questions from the worksheets, expand on each answer you have outlined, and incorporate instructor feedback from
this milestone submission.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Final Project I Milestone Two should be a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman
Font and one-inch margins. Support your responses with at least two sources from the assigned course resources, which may include your textbook and/or other
scholarly sources located independently in the Shapiro Library. Cite your supporting sources in APA style.
Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional
“Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.
Critical Elements
Proficient (100%)
Needs Improvement (75%)
News Media
Describes how the media produced by this news Describes how the media produced by this news
Analysis: Compares outlet service compares with other news outlet outlet service compares with other news outlet
services within same country
services within same country, but description is
cursory or contains inaccuracies
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Does not describe how the media produced
by this news outlet service compares with
other news outlet services within same
country
18
News Media
Analysis: Media
System
Compares the news coverage of the media
system to which this news outlet service belongs
to the news coverage of a media system in a
different country
Compares the news coverage of the media system
to which this news outlet service belongs to the
news coverage of a media system in a different
country, but comparison is cursory or illogical or
contains inaccuracies
Does not compare the news coverage of the
media system to which this news outlet
service belongs to the news coverage of a
media system in a different country
18
News Media
Analysis:
Differences
Compares the way this news item is covered by
the news outlet service to how the news item is
covered by another news outlet service within
the same media system, including the
differences in how this particular news item is
covered
Assesses the news coverage in the country where
Compares the way this news item is covered by the
news outlet service to how the news item is covered
by another news outlet service within the same
media system, but comparison is cursory or illogical
or contains inaccuracies
Does not compare the way this news item is
covered by the news outlet service to how
the news item is covered by another news
outlet service within the same media
system
18
Assesses the news coverage in the country where
the news media story was created, but response is
cursory or illogical or missing key components
Does not assesses the news coverage in the
country where the news media story was
created
18
Responses are not supported with sources
from textbook and/or other scholarly
material
18
Submission has critical errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of ideas
10
News Media
Analysis: News
Coverage
Sources/Citations
Articulation of
Response
the news media story was created
Responses are supported with sources from
Includes sources from textbook and/or other
textbook and/or other scholarly material; sources scholarly material, but sources do not sufficiently
support responses, or sources are not properly cited
are cited using APA style
in
APA style has major errors related to grammar,
Submission has no major errors related to
Submission
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively
impact readability and articulation of main ideas
Total 100%
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