Semester+Essay

AERIAL VIEW: For the second half of the semester we construct of our Semester Essay, e-Portfolios and Gallery Artifacts. **__Semester Essay: Creating our own frames about competing GWOT frames.__**

April 12: make sure you put your creative commons license in the footer of your Semester Essay and email me the link of your e-portfolio blog that you made with Eileen!
[|https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jdfZkps9FkyfT6MhYQtiedV9hywtxIGRPMmbd19Ke6U/edit#slide=id.p]

Our Portfolio Electronic Blogs

 * Name || EPortfolio/Your Blogs URL ||
 * Grewin || [] ||
 * Sulma || [] ||
 * erin || [] ||

=april 10: = focus || intelligence || tagubarepor t ||
 * name || option || specific
 * erin || 1 || available
 * erin || 2 || abu ghraib
 * Sulma || 1 || Has the Iraq war made America Safer? ||
 * Bruno || 2 || The Press and the Bush Admin. ||
 * Grewin || 1 || WMDs ||
 * Andrew || 2 || Frames of Iraq and Afghanistan ||
 * Melissa ||  || Iraq threats ||
 * Margalit || 2 || Media's role in public opinion (Rumsfeld) ||

"The war in Iraq was not and Intervention it was a fledged Attack." Therefore Iraq was not a threat to the United States...... ||
 * Albert || 1 || WMDs ||
 * Helena H. || 1 || "Not All Frames are created Equal " Completing Public Frames of controversial issues
 * Helena H. || 1 || "Not All Frames are created Equal " Completing Public Frames of controversial issues
 * Emily || 2 || The Media's opinion on the War on Terror and the Bush Administration. ||  ||


 * Shukri || 1 || Oil as the reason for invading Iraq ||
 * Fatoumata || 1 || Weapon M.D. ||
 * Fatih ||  || Iraq as a threat ||
 * Richard || 1 || Democracy in Iraq ||
 * Yaritsa || 1 || US Safety ||
 * Chris || 1 || Weapons of Mass Destruction ||
 * Richard || 1 || Democracy in Iraq ||
 * Yaritsa || 1 || US Safety ||
 * Chris || 1 || Weapons of Mass Destruction ||

Rationales: use PK and prior work, have some choices while still having common topics and resources, go in-depth with empirical data and relevant theoretical concepts, and have an a supporting paper for your Writing Proficient Requirement Portfolio. Your Semester essay is a clearly written academic argument in which you research, evaluate and take a stand on an aspect of the competing frames within the US Iraq war debate. Specifically, apply frame analysis (magic) and frame theory (Schudson) to both sides of the debate (data and arguments). What this is not: this is not an op-ed! This is not a ‘research report’! This is not just a summary of other peoples’ ideas!

__We have two options:__ **//OR//** 2. “Lapdog? Watchdog
 * [[image:http://fysmediasociety.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=654&h=168 caption="Text Box: OPTION 1: “Not all frames are created equal” Competing public frames of controversial issues.Use the procon.org website to answer this question: “Should the U.S. have invaded Iraq?” Develop an argument that shows which side has the better frames. This means you are working with the problem that all frames are imperfect but some frames are better than others, empirical data and the Bush Doctrine vs. Just War Theory"]] ||
 * Text Box: OPTION 1: “Not all frames are created equal” Competing public frames of controversial issues.Use the procon.org website to answer this question: “Should the U.S. have invaded Iraq?” Develop an argument that shows which side has the better frames. This means you are working with the problem that all frames are imperfect but some frames are better than others, empirical data and the Bush Doctrine vs. Just War Theory ||


 * [[image:http://fysmediasociety.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=654&h=189 caption="Text Box: OPTION 2: Lapdog? Watchdog ? Sleeping dog?: the editorial responsibilities of the press.Use Lexis-Nexis topics and op-eds to answer this question: “What was the press’s editorial role toward both the Bush Administration’s and alternative frames.This means you are working with the problem of the news media’s appropriate role society and stance toward the government: passive messenger, aggressive critic or distracted entertainer?"]] ||
 * Text Box: OPTION 2: Lapdog? Watchdog ? Sleeping dog?: the editorial responsibilities of the press.Use Lexis-Nexis topics and op-eds to answer this question: “What was the press’s editorial role toward both the Bush Administration’s and alternative frames.This means you are working with the problem of the news media’s appropriate role society and stance toward the government: passive messenger, aggressive critic or distracted entertainer? ||

**__Critical thinking Questions__**: What constitutes a good frame? A ‘poor’ or problematic frame? How does wielding PK and the CAPs offer an alternative to problematic frames (our own and others’) If all frames are flawed, how can some be better than others?

__Rubric: The final version must address these Expectations__ All expectations from Drafts I and II A clearly stated, original thesis that governs the essay and addresses the Option’s question Observable, well-developed application of our triangle argument model A combination of direct quotations and paraphrases (No block quotes) Evidence that Toolbox strategies have been used Reference to and accurate application of theories & concepts Min. 5 pp(15-17 paragraphs) = 3-3.5 paragraph/page. (**not including** title, references, graphics) At least 3 Scholarly sources: Schudson, Magical Storytelling slides, and one you choose At least 6 primary sources Your grades depend heavily on how accurately and fully you use these instructions! An otherwise good essay that does not follow the guidelines cannot receive a A! **__Planning Strategies & Steps for Everyone__** PK & Interest Inventory Review our previous work & course resources, e.g. course overview and objectives, ToolBox pages: Preview procon.org or Lexis-Nexis Choose an option! Proposal: Form initial hypothesis, rationale, theoretical pespective Annotating: electronic and 4 x 6 index cards To be Continued…

**__e-Portfolios__** we will make umb blogs so that you can put all your work in one place and showcase use your creativity and information literacy to design your blog. **__Gallery__** Alone or in Teams, create a multi-media artifact that lets you “ know what you know and show what you know” about the CAPs, theory, and 911/GWOT !!

 [|Herald_Titles_1batch.doc]

Background&PrimaryData Sources

 [|SourcesNewspaperProject.doc]

 [|codingchart.doc]

fullBHArticles Set1 below: these cover 2003-04 as well as some much earlier; you may not be able to use them all, but that's ok. these inlcude the abstract, identifying info, full text etc. [|Herald_fulltext_1batch[1.doc]]

scholarly articles: [|mainstreamnews_iraq.pdf]  [|misinformation_iraq.pdf]  [|newsportrayIraqwar.pdf]

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