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Assignment: This assignment requires that you select an issue in Criminal Justice and Media and analyze it in terms of social construction through the issue's depictions in the media. You may write a traditional research paper or create a PowerPoint presentation. Regardless of the format you choose, the content must be supported by valid academic research, and that research must be properly cited.

Focus on content, not creativity. This is NOT, for instance, research on police brutality. This IS, perhaps, research on the SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF POLICE BRUTALITY (or some other topic) and the product should reflect that. Chapter 2 will be a great resource.

Examples

• Depictions of law enforcement in entertainment media

• Social construction of crime and race

• Media treatment of white collar crime

• Television news coverage of violent crime

• Social media depictions of police, courts/lawyers, or criminals

Details

• Must cite any outside sources used

• A minimum of 2000 words/25 slides

• Double-spaced, New Times Roman, 12-point type

• This assignment is worth up to 150 points

• Please note that you MAY NOT re-write or re-submit a paper from a prior class. This will result in a grade of zero. All papers will be submitted to Turnitin.com. APA style and documentation is required. Up to 10 percent (15 points on this assignment) will be deducted from your work if you did not properly cite and document your source(s). All documentation rules apply to presentations

• Refer to An EasyGuide to APA Style, 2nd edition, for guidance on APA style and format

• Please review the presentation rubric for details on how a presentation is graded

• Please review the paper rubric for details on how a paper is graded

• Click the Submit Assignment button to upload your assignment to Turnitin

• The paper or project is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Plagiarism

You are expected to write primarily in your own voice, using paraphrase, summary, and synthesis techniques when integrating information from class and outside sources. Use an author's exact words only when the language is especially vivid, unique, or needed for technical accuracy. Failure to do so may result in charges of Academic Dishonesty.

Overusing an author's exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts, may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.