[SOLVED] News Stories for Multiculturalism in the News
Im studying for my Psychology class and need an explanation.
Pick one of the three NBC, MSNBC, or PBS. I only need a 150 word for which ever one is choosen.
Research news reports for the Multiculturalism in the News assignment final project in Week Six; each team member must select one news story from a legitimate news source that is online, not a blog, or an editorial or an opinion piece. The news report must have occurred within the past 6 months and must illustrate the effects of multicultural conflict. Make sure that there is an actual multicultural conflict that is clearly identified within this story. First posted in the team discussion area claims the news story. No duplicates. Legitimate news sources include newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Denver Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Miami Herald, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. They also include legitimate news reporting television networks, with online postings, such as ABC, Aljazeera, BBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, etc.
Provide a short summary, up to 150 words, for each news report.
Provide the complete link (http:.// ) to the news report. Make sure you are not seeing,blog, editorial, opinion, commentator, or other language that indicates this is an opinion piece instead of a legitimate news article.
Describe how the news story illustrates the effects of multicultural conflict.
Submit the summaries in one document with the name of each team member at the start of his/her summary.
Format your document consistent with APA guidelines. The team leader should not reformat any summary to meet APA guidelines. This is up to the individual team member to do that work. Individual team members will have points deducted for lack of proper formatting.
The designated team member should turn in your final version to the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
Rubric for Grading this assignment:
Note: All points are lost for the team member if the team member has not met deadlines to have news report pre-approved by team, and if the news report is not legitimate, or does not clearly detail a multicultural conflict.
Content: Total of 6 points
In own words, provides a short summary, up to 150 words, for each news report with name of writer at the start of the summary (2 points)
Provides the complete link to the legitimate news report (1 point)
In own words, describes how the news report illustrates the effects of multicultural conflict (3 points)
Content points are lost if work is not cohesive, not organized, and does not provide relevant information with supporting detail.
Organization/Development: Total of 2 points
The paper has each news story, with the name of the team member making that selection, presented in separated paragraphs.
Mechanics: Total of 2 points
The paper-including the title page, reference page, tables, and any appendices-is consistent with APA guidelines.
The paper is laid out with effective use of headings, font styles, and white space.
Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct.
