Media Review-Critique Assignment – ( /26)

Assignment Overview

This media review-critique assignment (Minimum 1500 words) is worth 12% of your final mark and involves the following:

1. Read the article(s) provided to you in Blackboard. You must use the articles provided by me to complete this assignment. You may use other articles as well and they must be referenced.
2. Write a summary of what you found interesting from the article(s) with in-text citations (4 citations – 2 from each article) of the article and provide your opinion on what you believe Canada should do in this international relations issue. Please do not summarize what is in the articles for me, but rather what you found interesting.
3. Apply an Economic theory(s) studied in the course and relate to the article(s). (Mercantilism, Economic Liberalism, Marxism)
4. Apply what direction you believe Canada should take and how this could have a direct impact or effect on your personal life
5. Develop a one or two sentence debate statement related to the topic. Pretend you were trying to get a family member or friend to believe in your opinion. Sell your opinion.
6. Organization and Mechanics. Is the summary organized, pages numbered, reference page, grammar, title page, proper APA form.

Step by Step Instructions

• Read article and summarize what you found interesting with citations. Do not summarize the article or you will get zero.
• Apply a theory from the course content to the article based on how you believe Canada is acting in this issue. (Mercantilism, Economic Liberalism & Marxism)
• Apply to personal daily life
• Develop a 1-2 sentence Debate Statement on how you feel about this topic.

Effective debate statements generally state exactly what your side is arguing: The colonists should remain loyal to Britain and not seek independence because….” or: “The colonists, have a right to seek our independence from Britain due to…..”

 

Evaluation Rubric ( /28)

		Effective	Good	Fair	Ineffective
	Citations (  / 4)	Identifies 3+ citations in APA format.	Identifies 2 citations in APA format.	Identifies 1 citations in APA format.	No citations are used or incomplete.
	Summary of Interests (  / 6)	All sentences are very clear, concise, and easy to read. Course content is applied to article.	Almost all sentences are clear, concise and easy to identify application to content.	Most sentences are clear, concise and easy to identify application to content.	Some or no sentences are clear, concise and easy to identify application to content.
	Debate Statement (  /4)	Debate statement is clear and concise. Reader knows exactly what statement is identifying.	Debate statement is somewhat detailed  and reader has an idea of what statement is identifying.	Debate statement is not clear or concise. Reader is confused what statement is identifying.	Debate statement is completed incorrectly or is incomplete.
	Applied Theory (  /4)	One or more of the course theories studied have been applied.	At least one of the theories studied in the course has been applied.	Minimal or no theory studied in the course has been applied.	Theory is not applied properly or is incomplete.
	Relate-to-Self ( /3	Applies two+ examples of how Canada’s economic direction could affect personal life	Applies one+ examples of how Canada’s economic direction could affect personal life	Applies one examples of how Canada’s economic direction could affect personal life	Applies zero examples of how tariffs could affect personal life
	Formatting (  /3)	APA Formatting is concise and includes reference page, title page, page numbers.	APA Formatting is somewhat detailed and includes a range of reference page, title page, and page numbers.	APA Formatting is minimal. Includes a very limited range of title page, reference page or page numbers.	APA formatting is not applied correctly or incomplete.
Grammar (  /4)		Grammar is excellent and has a minimal amount of grammar mistakes. 1-2 – No use of AI	Grammar is good and has some grammatical mistakes. 3-4 – Minimal use of AI	Grammar is less effective and grammatical mistakes exceeds 5 – A number of areas AI generated	Grammar needs series work or is incomplete. – AI generated

 

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