Homework
For this homework, you will write a 3 to 4 pages argumentative essay that examines the specific case of media influence over the political world.
Choose a specific political issue dominating a present news cycle. The purpose of your analysis is to reveal how this particular issue is framed across the four different forces of social integration and the social construction of reality.
First, explain your choice of media text as an example of framing a particular political issue serving the specific interests of the framer. Next, explain the ways in which media influence of the political world operates to create a spectacle of political inclusion for average viewers/voters. In what ways does this framing disserve or inhibit the inclusion of average audiences into the social construction of reality?
In the critical phase of your argumentative essay, include a discussion of the empirical evidence/facts omitted from the mass media framing of the issue you choose to analyze.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.