HUM 176 Week 7 Part 2: News Media Credibility

Choose one of the following options:

Option 1: Toolwire® Learnscape Credibility and Impact

• Access the Toolwire® Learnscape: Credibility and Impact: Exploring the Internet and Politics through the link.
• Complete the Learnscape Activities.
• Complete the Toolwire® Learnscape Assessment Part A and Part B.
• Write a 250-word response to the following question:

• Do information media have social responsibility? If yes, in what ways? If no, why not?

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.

Option 2: Journalist E-mail

• Imagine you are a rookie news journalist, and you just completed your first major assignment covering a political campaign, including extensive research of websites to provide the political background of your story. Your best friend e-mails you and asks how it went.

• Write a 350- to 700-word e-mail to your friend in which you detail the challenges you faced regarding the following:

• Your responsibility as a journalist to provide fair, honest, and balanced coverage
• How you struggled with whether your story was socially responsible
• Assessing the credibility of the political Internet sites you visited for your research (consider Drudge Report, Daily Kos, Politico, Colbert Nation, The Hill, and so forth)
• Your awareness of how political news reporting might influence public opinion and American values

Submit your assignment through the Assignment Files tab.