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BSCOM 240  Read, Lead, Succeed/Uophelpdotcom

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  1. BSCOM 240 Read, Lead, Succeed /uophelp.com

  2. BSCOM 240 All Assignments For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com BSCOM 240 Week 1 Identifying and Eliminating Bias BSCOM 240 Week 1 Pre-Search Questions and Application BSCOM 240 Week 2 Finding Information BSCOM 240 Week 2 Beyond Breaking News BSCOM 240 Week 3 Dealing With Informal Sources BSCOM 240 Week 3 Exploring Virtual Libraries

  3. BSCOM 240 Week 1 Identifying and Eliminating Bias For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Review Ch. 11 and Box 11.2 "Guidelines for Racial Identification" of Reaching Audiences. Read the front page of The Kelsey Gazette and choose one of the headline stories. Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you discuss potential bias in the story you selected and ways you can avoid bias as you conduct your own research. Address the following: Identify the bias and unethical use of information.

  4. BSCOM 240 Week 1 Pre-Search Questions and Application For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Develop a list of at least five pre-search questions to avoid message bias and identify potential sources about your project topic. See examples in Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences under "Developing a Strategy" in the "Getting Started" section.  Find and list three or four sources for your project topic. Use Appendix A: Information Trail to help you organize your sources. Write a 350- to 700-word analysis of the sources for their credibility based on the following criteria: Accuracy

  5. BSCOM 240 Week 2 Beyond Breaking News For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Resources: Ch. 7 & 8 of Reaching Audiences Submit a summary discussing the advantages and challenges of researching and producing online content for your project topic. Include the challenges of audience participation. Explain how your topic might be different when delivered either through a newspaper or on the Internet, and how it might be different as a breaking news story, a news feature, or a blog entry. You may deliver this assignment in any of the following formats:

  6. BSCOM 240 Week 2 Finding Information For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Resources: Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences and the University Library Locate at least three articles through the University Library that are potential sources for your project topic. Locate a recent news story related to your topic from at least three different news aggregators: Google News, Bing News, Yahoo News, or others. Write a 350- to 700-word evaluating and comparing the process of using the University Library versus the news aggregators in terms ofaccessibility and usability. Support your claims with specific examples of the information you found.

  7. BSCOM 240 Week 3 Dealing With Informal Sources For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Review "The People Formerly Known as the Audience" in the Electronic Reserve Readings. Locate two recent news stories about your project topic. Pay attention to the comments section and to the share function (to share on social media sites). Consider how the audience receives and creates information and how social media affects the way people receive information. Write a 350- to 700-word blog in which you briefly discuss the effects the online audience can have on a story's content, credibility, and trending, particularly as it relates to your topic. Address the following questions:

  8. BSCOM 240 Week 3 Exploring Virtual Libraries For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Review a "Guide to Media Writing" and "Observation" in Ch. 9 of Reaching Audiences. Identify specific sources using the Librarian Internet Index (http://www.ipl.org). Research your topic using at least two different sources. Write a 350- to 700-word paper discussing these sources in terms of accessibility and usability. Provide specific examples of the information you found to support your claims. Discuss common pitfalls of online research.

  9. BSCOM 240 Week 4 Article Summary For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Complete Appendix B by answering the set of questions about each of the sources you have identified for your project in a 1-paragraph summary for each Use the checklists in Ch. 10, 11, & 12 of Bookmarks to help you reflect on your answers. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

  10. BSCOM 240 Week 5 Evaluating Your Research Process For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Review all your previous assignments and readings. Write a 700- to 1,050-word self-evaluation of the research processes you undertook in this course. Include a discussion of your opinion, based on what you learned in this course, regarding the ethical responsibilities of journalists to society, to their organization, and to themselves. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

  11. BSCOM 240 Week 5 Evaluating Your Research Process For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Review all your previous assignments and readings. Write a 700- to 1,050-word self-evaluation of the research processes you undertook in this course. Include a discussion of your opinion, based on what you learned in this course, regarding the ethical responsibilities of journalists to society, to their organization, and to themselves. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

  12. BSCOM 240 Week 5 Writing Your Story For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com At this point, you have completed your research and now it's time for you to be the journalist and write a newspaper story of your chosen topic. Review Ch. 5 & 6 of Reaching Audiences for insight and examples of how to write a story lead and use the inverted pyramid when writing news stories. Prepare a summary lead of no more than 75 words based on your topic. Write a 350- to 700-word news story about your topic using the inverted pyramid style. Be sure to include the basic news elements: who, what, where, when, why, and how in your story.

  13. BSCOM 240 Read, Lead, Succeed /uophelp.com

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