Media Advocacy Critical Thinking Paper

QUESTION

Media Advocacy Critical Thinking Paper ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

Critical Thinking Paper – Students will write a paper on an issue in society that is currently a hot topic. They will collect information from various sides, pick their side, then refute arguments against.  (from the syllabus)

Select Topic – 10 points

Select an issue of interest that is being addressed significantly through media that you want to follow throughout the semester. Once the topic is approved by the professor, start a file of the various sides of the issue.

Turn in Data – 50 points

On the data DUE date, prior to writing the paper, submit SOME of the data showing evidence and arguments from various sides of the issue. Instructions for data collection format are as follows:

Submit one document in Assessments/Assignments according to the following example format, using your specific topic:

Equal Pay for Male and Female Athletes

Data below can be a link to an article, video, or you can insert screenshots of tweets, etc. Must show at least two different arguments being used within the issue labeled as for or against. For each argument, you must supply at least one piece of data. Four data pieces are required and must encompass at least two distinct sides.

Argument For Equal Pay: Women are doing the same job as the men

Data:

Argument Against Equal Pay: Women don’t draw as big of a crowd

Data:

Argument For Equal Pay: Women don’t get as much air time as the men on mass media, so what appears to be a bigger fan base for men is not available to women.

Data:

Argument Against Equal Pay: Women aren’t as athletic as men.

Data:

Critical Thinking Paper – 100 points

5 points – Identify and briefly describe your media advocacy issue. Include a list of the various platforms you have seen used in advocating the issue.

25 points – Identify your current position on the issue after taking a look at all sides. Provide a list of the arguments frequently used to support your position. You may list as many arguments as you wish, but must supply a minimum of two. Supply support using the material you collected, inserting internal citations. You will cite your sources in a bibliography at the end of your paper.

40 points -Now that you have proposed what you consider a strong opinion or belief within your area of study this semester, let’s see how strong it is by answering those that disagree with you. Provide a list of the arguments commonly used against the position you supported above. You may list as many arguments as you wish, but must supply a minimum of two. Supply support using the material you collected, inserting internal citations. You will cite your sources in a bibliography at the end of your paper.

10 points – Conclude with whether this paper changed your original opinion prior to collecting material. Start this section by saying, “When this assignment started, I thought I believed _________. After collecting support on both sides, my position was (weakened or strengthened or unchanged). Explain what weakened, strengthened, or remained unchanged.

10 points – A Works Cited page in MLA format, including hanging indents. Your bibliography heading is to be “Works Cited.”

10 points – College-level writing. Full sentences, good grammar, correct capitalization and punctuation.

This paper is to be 12-font, double-spaced paper with this heading:

Media Advocacy Critical Thinking Paper

ANSWER

Global Climatic Change

The world is experiencing drastic climatic changes. Due to the modern lifestyle fueled by the tremendous production of goods, the ozone layer is damaged on a daily. Since humans have to get rid of the problem they have caused, the society is in a great dilemma. The society is torn between changing the lifestyle and using other means to save the planet.

Argument for using other means: Global climatic change is also contributed by nature.

Data: According to Time for Change, climate change is caused by the some animals. For instance, cows produce methane which is among the greenhouse gases causing global warming.

Argument for changing of lifestyle:  Major climatic changes have been experienced with increased industrialization.

Data: Industries produce the highest percentage of greenhouse gases. According to National Geographic, global warming has increased gradually since the start of industrialization. It has caused challenges such as extreme weather conditions, increased atmospheric temperature, and changing human lifestyle (Mgbemene et al. 302). The worsening climatic conditions are caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions (“Causes of Climate Change”). Consequently, the temperatures have risen on earth.

Argument for using other means: The society is already accustomed to certain ways of living, and changing them will be impossible if not hard.

Data: Vegans across the world are running movements against eating of beef to save the planet. Although few people have managed to change their lifestyle, a huge percentage have remained rigid (“Fight Climate Change By Going Vegan”).

Argument for change of lifestyle: Being the main means of transport worldwide, vehicles contribute greatly to climate change.

Data: Numerous car producing companies are coming up with electric cars that produce zero emission in order to save the planet and reduce cost of transport. A good example is Tesla who only produce electric vehicles (“Factcheck: How Electric Vehicles Help To Tackle Climate Change”).

Work Cited

“Causes of Climate Change.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 12 May 2017, https://archive.epa.gov/epa/climate-change-science/causes-climate-change.html.

“Causes of Global Warming.” National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2019, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/global-warming-causes/.

“Are Cows the Cause of Global Warming?” Time for Change, https://timeforchange.org/are-cows-cause-of-global-warming-meat-methane-CO2.

“Factcheck: How Electric Vehicles Help To Tackle Climate Change”. Carbon Brief, 2019, https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-electric-vehicles-help-to-tackle-climate-change.

“Fight Climate Change By Going Vegan”. PETA, 2019, “Fight Climate Change by Going Vegan.” PETA, 23 June 2010, https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/global-warming/.

Mgbemene, Chigbo A., Chidozie C. Nnaji, and Chekwubechukwu Nwozor. “Industrialization and its backlash: focus on climate change and its consequences.” Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 9.4 (2016): 301-316.