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Assignment
Community Media
For this assignment, students will research and locate positive and negative examples of 2 minority groups in local area media and/or media of specific communities (e.g., Latinos, African-Americans). Sources for this project can include local TV stations and community publications such as newspapers and magazines. You may also look at publications that are geared towards specific communities, e.g, Jet (African-Americans), Frontier (Gays/Lesbians), Working Mother (Women), La Prensa San Diego (Latinos/Latinas). Explain clearly why you believe the images are positive or negative.
This is to be 500 words, typed, double-spaced and clearly indicate what media products that you observed.
News Sources
News Databases
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text ethnic newspapers, searchable in English or Spanish.
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1992→current |
none |
ProQuest Newspapers
Includes coverage of over 300 major U.S. and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune.
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1970→current |
none |
Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
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1975→current |
some |
Local News Outlets
Citing Sources
As you write your paper, you'll need
to cite passages and ideas from the sources
you've found.
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APA: Publication manual
of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American
Psychological Association, 2001.
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