Reflection on portfolio of quality media commentary

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Media Commentary Portfolio

Reflection on portfolio of quality media commentary.

This is a media commentary research task. You are asked to focus on one of these topics:

1. Migrant Workers

2. Illegal Immigrants

3. Refugees & asylum seekers

4. Migration

5. Racism

6. Nationalism/Populism

7. Multiculturalism;

8. Religious Diversity

You may take an Australian focus, an international focus (comparing across contexts, global reflection of a trend), or focus on another country such as the UK, Germany, France, the US, or Singapore. You should have read the set readings for that week before embarking on your media research.

The task involves reading a wide range of quality news and opinion sources (Australian and international) and compiling a portfolio of 3 opinion commentary pieces (OpEds) on the topic. You are asked to provide an 800 word reflection on the OpEds, zeroing in on what you learnt, what was impressive about the piece; and what you thought it could have covered but didn't.

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Students are required to research quality news and opinion sources (Australian and international) - reading a wide variety of news reporting and opinion commentary from respect media outlets.

You are then asked to compile a portfolio of 3 opinion commentary pieces on the topic. You are asked to provide an 800 word reflection on these materials. The aim of the exercise is to learn where to seek out and assess informed news reporting and opinion commentary on important social issues.

Your research should include quality news sources and QUALITY opinion pieces published in newspapers, blogs, or magazines covering social issues.

Your reflection should include things like:

  • What did you learn about the issue?
  • What was compelling in these opinion pieces? Perhaps something new or a new take on it? Or reinforced what you already knew.
  • What made the piece a particularly good piece of commentary? What made it informative? What were its weak points?
  • Was it well argued or were there logical flaws or non sequiturs?
  • Would you consider it well informed, relying on reputable sources, and research?
  • General reflection from you having read a spectrum of opinion and reporting on this topic?

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Australian student, 800 words not including the references. Find a topic that both interests you and about which you can find interesting and informed media commentary. Be careful to distinguish between low quality tabloid style rants and well informed, carefully argued opinion pieces (OpEds) and journalism. For example, the ‘DailyMail.co.uk' is not what I would call a ‘quality news source'. If the web page has bikini girls and celebrity stories you are probably looking in the wrong place! Try well regarded sources such as though listed on the next page. You may include one ‘bad' piece of reporting to highlight issues of misrepresentation, misinformation and weak argument. In your reflection you should point this out, and talk about what the issues were and how other reports or OpEds better informed you.

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