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[Module Learning Objectives Assessed: 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3]
Political Behavior
News Journal Writing Assignment:
See this Sample Writing Assignment for guidance with your assignment.
News Journals require you to relate current events to the topics covered within POS 2041, American National Government. For this Journal you will select your own news article from any major newspaper, magazine, journal, and other news media. The article you select will determine your success on this Journal.
The article must be about Political Behavior (Elections, Political Parties, Public Opinion, Media, Interest Groups), and illustrate a concept discussed in the assigned chapters. The news article you select must itself be at least 4 paragraphs in length and come from a major, national news source.
You may also use the Internet (i.e. Google) to find the news article for this assignment. After reading the selected article and the related chapters from the textbook, address each of the following:
Summary – Summarize in paragraph form the facts and issues presented in the article. Document the source of your information with a parenthetical reference, i.e. (Sanger and Broad 2019, para. 4).
Application – Apply three or more concepts from the assigned chapter to the main ideas in the news article. Specifically explain how the material in your textbook is illustrated in the article you are examining. This can be accomplished by using examples from the article and terms or concepts found in the textbook. You must clearly define the concepts and provide in-text citations in the APA format, including page or section/paragraph numbers, i.e. (Krutz, 2019, p. 15) or (Krutz, 2019, para. 12) for our textbook.
Analysis – Conclude with an analysis and reflection of the issue that includes reasoning related to concepts within POS 2041 an analysis of the article perspective. Does the article present the issue in a way that influences as well as informs. Lastly, include your own observations of the issue, the actions of those involved or an anticipated outcome related to your understanding of the concepts covered within the course.
In order to receive credit, you are also required to:
Evenly divide your essay into sections by number and title. (i.e. 1. Summary; 2. Application; 3. Analysis)
1. Summary
2. Application
3. Analysis
Penalties for not following this requirement will range from 5 to 10 points.
Provide comprehensive analysis by using the textbook and other course materials as the primary source of information.
Penalties for not following this requirement will range from 5 to 15 points.
Submit your essay in at least 500 words.
Penalties for not following the length requirement will range from 5 to 40 points.
Use correct grammar and punctuation in your assignment.
Penalties for not following this requirement will range from 5 to 10 points.
Submit the assignment within the due date.
See the Late/Make-up Assignment policy in the syllabus for information about late submission penalties.
Avoid copy-and-paste and unnecessary quotations.
Use paraphrasing instead of quoting.
You should use a quote only when the same idea cannot be stated differently or when doing so would diminish its academic value. The latter is not applicable in our case and the former is rarely required at this level.
Penalties for not complying will range from 5 to 20 points.
Provide, even when paraphrasing, in-text citations and references in the APA writing format.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated. A failing grade for the assignment and/or the course will be awarded pursuant to the SPC Academic Integrity Policy. https://go.spcollege.edu/AcademicHonesty/