Assignment
Reading from a journal article and answering questions (40%)
Read the article "Corporate Ownership and News Bias Revisited: Newspaper Coverage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling" by
Catie Snow Bailard and answer the following questions:
• Upon reading the findings of the article/research, do you think how media corporations benefited from the changes in campaign finance law influenced their news outlets' coverage of the Citizens United decision?
• What is news bias? What are the components that support news to become bias?
• Briefly outline the research method applied for this research (just a paragraph)
• What are the key findings? Just in points
• Suggest -how could the government control the financial interests of the news media corporations which they use with their power to influence how their news outlets cover issues? Recommend just based on your own opinion and observation.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.