Media Effects and Violent Media. Annotated Bibliography Research

Assignment topics:
Flow and Mobile Privatization.
Post-truth, Fake News and Moral Panics.
Media Effects and Violent Media.
Social Media, Surveillance and Progress.
Communication Infrastructure and Human Rights.

CCT110: Rhetoric and Media. Winter 2019. Assignment #1 Assignment #1: Research Question and Annotated Bibliography Due: Thursday, January 24 (9am). Assignments submitted after 9am will be considered late (please review the course late policy below for penalties). Method of submission: Online via Turnitin and Quercus. You may also be asked to submit a hard copy to your TA at the start of your tutorial. Check with your TA. Assignment Size: 750 – 1000 words. General Notes: This individual assignment is worth 10% of your final mark and is the first of a three-part assignment (see (Revised)Research Question and Thesis Statement and Essay Outline and Introduction). For this assignment, you will submit a research question and an annotated bibliography with a minimum of six (6) sources. Assignment Description: Choose a topic (see Appendix) that you wish you explore. You will conduct research and develop a potential research question. While you are encouraged to use the same topic that you worked on for writing Assignment #4 in CCT109 this past fall, you can choose a different topic from the Topic Options (from CCT109) listed in the Appendix below. Keep in mind that you must pick one topic to work with for Assignments #1, #2 and #3. If you use the same topic for CCT109, you are not allowed to reuse work you submitted for grading in CCT109. This is important. You are encouraged to use the same source material and build on the work you have done on this topic, but do not cut and paste, which constitutes a serious academic offence. Please discuss with your TA if this is unclear. You will submit the following: • A draft of a research question • An annotated bibliography including material that you hope to use in your essay (and which inform your thesis statement). You should identify a minimum of six (6) peer-reviewed, scholarly sources. The aim of this assignment is to prepare you for writing a research-based essay. Part 1: Research Question Based on your topic, design a research question that you would answer in a term paper (what will your essay seek to find out?). Remember to keep your question specific and narrow enough to be answered in a 1500 word (approx. five page) essay. See “Narrowing Your Topic and Formulating a Specific Research Question” in Blau and Burak 4th ed p. 405 (3rd ed. p. 405). This research question is a draft of the question that your thesis statement will answer in Assignment #2. Your TA will provide feedback, and you will decide how best to revise the research question for your next assignment. CCT110: Rhetoric and Media. Winter 2019. Assignment #1 Part 2: Annotated Bibliography In order to construct thesis statements (see Assignment #2), we need to conduct preliminary research in order to find articles with which our thesis will engage. You’ll need to identify a minimum of six (6) peer-reviewed, scholarly sources. For each source, please provide the following: • Article citation (using APA) • The author's thesis statement or statement of intent • Brief summary of key points made in the article • Description of how this article relates to your research question Your TA will provide feedback on your annotated bibliography (which you can also decide to revise for subsequent assignments). You may list sources you used in writing assignment #4 in CCT 109, but you might find these are not relevant, in which case you should seek out more research as you refine your research question and narrow your topic. Be sure to take advantage of the writing supports available to you, including the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (http://www(dot)utm(dot)utoronto(dot)ca/asc/welcome/) as well as research support in the library. Assignment Details: • 750 – 1000 words. • Double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1" margins. • No title page necessary. Please put your full name and student number on the top of your assignment, and number your pages. • Spell-checked and proofread, free from typos. This is important. • All research used cited in APA style (including in-text citations, any mentions of scholars’ research, and your bibliography) Note that the bibliography is included in the page count for this assignment. Be sure to keep your graded copy of this assignment to submit with Assignment #2 and #3. CCT110: Rhetoric and Media. Winter 2019. Assignment #1 Course late policy (from CCT110 course syllabus) You are expected to complete assignments on time. There will be a penalty for lateness of 10% deducted per day for this assignment. Work that is not handed in one week after the due date will not be accepted. Special Consideration Requests - Missed Tests and Extensions on Assignments: In the past, students completed a hard copy of a "Special Consideration Request" (SCR) form and would bring it in to the ICCIT office. This process is now completed online. Please review the ICCIT special consideration request policy here and follow the procedures: http://www(dot)utm(dot)utoronto(dot)ca/iccit/students/special-consideration-request Appendix: Topic Options (from CCT109) • Flow and Mobile Privatization. • Post-truth, Fake News and Moral Panics. • Media Effects and Violent Media. • Social Media, Surveillance and Progress. • Communication Infrastructure and Human Rights.