Money in Campaigns
Step 1: Read the book Evaluating Media Bias and use the book for the essay Step 2: Write an introduction summarizing the theoretical framework from the book, Evaluating Media Bias (1-2 pages). Step 3: Choose a news issue from the 2018 Midterm Congressional Campaigns (this could be stories about gender or race, redistricting, incumbency, the Trump Factor, a specific campaign or campaign event, a policy issue, money in campaigns, etc.) Step 4: Research your news issue online and compare and contrast how different media sources cover the issue. Step 5: Analyze your results for bias using the theoretical framework provided in Evaluating Media Bias. You may or may not actually find evidence of bias — but use examples to illustrate what you conclude. Cite your sources using footnotes or endnotes. All direct quotes should be in quotations and cited. All paraphrasing (any information put into your own words) also must be cited. If you have any questions about citations, see the Writing Center or ask me. Step 6: Conclusion: Was there bias? If so, what kind of bias was there? Was the bias consistent ideologically (coming from the left or the right)? Who was responsible for the bias? Did the bias potentially impact the elections? Step 7: Include all sources in a Bibliography formatted to Chicago Manual of Style.
