Write a 4- to 5-page analysis:
Introduce your topic and relevant background information or context.
Summarize what the media says about this topic in your area. How does the media describe or define the problem? Who is involved in the coverage, or who is identified as stakeholders?
Evaluate if the media coverage is mostly positive, negative, or a mixture. Use specific examples to support this evaluation. Explain the impact of this positive or negative coverage.
Summarize the academic and peer-reviewed research on your topic.
Explain how the academic and peer-reviewed research confirms or refutes the media coverage.
Include a self-reflection of your process in finding these sources and how the findings in the media and scholarly sources can be useful to you as a human services professional practitioner and leader.
Conclude by assessing the reliability of media coverage on contemporary family issues. What did you learn as a result of this search? What have you learned about reliability of sources? What is your final takeaway from completing this assignment?
Refer to, and properly cite, Learning Resources and sources from your own literature review.
