· It should be 3 to 3 ½ pages, double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, following APA format for a paper (NO headers or footers).
· It should include a list of sources cited in APA format.
· This paper is worth 50 point of your final grade.
Choose a news story from any reputable English language newspaper, news magazine, or news website. Select a story that emphasizes an event or situation in which there is a theme of cultural underrepresentation. The news story can be about challenges, successes, perception, or cultural change.
Make sure you provide the instructor with a link or a copy of the news story.
In your paper, you will develop a critical analysis of the news story. A critical analysis is not a summary or an opinion. A critical analysis:
· Identifies the story’s main thesis apart from description or opinion
· Articulates the story’s conclusion
· Identifies relevant definitions, premises, and assumptions
· Assesses whether the argument’s premises provide sufficient logical support for the conclusion
· Assesses the reasonableness of the premises
· Relevant within the last 5 years
In the paper, you will make use of three or four concepts defined in our course textbook (Boldface these concepts in your paper and make sure to properly define them). I would like the three concepts to be “Intercultural Relationships, Intercultural Communication in Educational Settings, and Intercultural Communication and Health Care” These will be the lenses through which you will find it easier to do the analysis. These three to four concepts should guide your three to four main points.
Your four required sources should be books, databases, reputable news sources, and expert sources (such as professional experts, scholars, or other authoritative sources). All four sources must be cited in APA format using proper APA intext citations and a reference page.
Rubric:
1.) Paper surrounds a news story from a reputable English news source and student provided instructor with the link to or copy of the news story.
2.) Essay is a critical analysis that identifies the story’s main thesis and describes the purpose of the paper.
a. 10 points
3.) The paper has a strong conclusion that summarizes all main points and this that were argued in the paper.
a. 5 point
4.) Relevant definitions, premises, and assumptions related to the essay topic were discussed and explained throughout the essay as your three to four main points (supporting body paragraphs).
a. 10 points
b. Student include a minimum of four sources within their paper:
i. You must properly use and cite the textbook throughout your paper. Please cite the textbook both as intext citations and include the proper APA reference for the textbook in the reference section. The first time you cite the textbook in your paper, please use the following reference: (Martin & Nakayama, 2018). The textbook reference for the APA reference section of your paper is:
Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2022). Experiencing Intercultural Communication: An Introduction (7th ed.). McGraw Hill: New York, NY. [ISBN: 9781265258733]
c. You must include three (3) additional sources from the course; incorporate these references and resources in your paper. Please properly cite them in APA format intext citations and also include them in your APA reference section. In all, you will have a minimum of four (4) sources in your final paper: the textbook (1) and three (3) additional academic resources, which equals four (4) total sources. All sources must be in APA format, including all intext citations and the reference section.
5.) A total of three to four concepts from the course textbook were defined and explained in the context of the essay topic; these course terms were boldface throughout the essay.
a. 15 points
i. All concepts are properly cited in APA format – intext and reference section included.
6.) The essay was well-written (by college writing standards) and thoughtful. 10 points
a. Essay is 3 to 3 ½ pages long, double-spaced in proper paper format.
b. Your name is on your paper.
d. Your paper is in the proper document format: either .rtf,. doc., or .docx file format. I do not accept .pdf paper format.
e. Properly cite all information –with a minimum of four sources (4) — with APA intext citations: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
f. Properly reference all resources [a minimum of four (4)] cited within the paper in an APA reference section: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/
g. Use proper APA format for this paper: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
