SOCI 4700

Media and Communication

Shafag Mehraliyeva

Instructor
CRN 10112 | CRN 10118 | CRN 10449
M-W | M-W | T-Th
11:30-12:45 | 13:15-14:30 | 14:45-16:00
 Midterm Writing Guidelines
Your essay for 30% or 30 points of your grade should be
double-spaced, font type Times New Roman,
font size 12pt should be 3-4 pages and consist of the following parts:

 Head (half a page) -2 points

 Neck (half a page) -5 points
 Body (full page)- 10 points
 Arm 1 (half a page) -3 points
 Arm 2 (half a page) -3 points
 Leg 1 (half a page) -2 points
 Leg 2 (half a page) -5 points
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 HEAD

Describe a problem/State an issue

(go back to your notes in the assignment Food for Thought –

“Miss Representation” and describe –
what is wrong with gender coverage in media?
This part of your essay should make half a page)
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 NECK

Describe your position/Take a stand

(how do your personally feel about this problem?

Explain your answer. Back it up with facts, statistics, data,
research.
This part of your essay should make half a page)
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 BODY

Reasons for your position/Support your stand

(cite at least two examples from modern media environment by

comparing the difference of media coverage between men and
women in the same role/capacity/position.
This part of your essay should make a full page)
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 ARM 1

Reflect on your examples

(reflect on those examples by explaining how does it affect you,

your family, your surroundings, society, culture.
This part of your essay should make half a page.)
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 ARM 2

Rebut other side/Show what is the view of

opposing yours.

(if all you have stated above is true, why we don’t have stronger
opposition to the current situation? What do critics say? Why
they claim that? You are allowed to cite your own observations in
social media.
This part of your essay should make half a page.)
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 LEG 1

Recap your position/Restate your stand

(Review your position once again you stated in the “neck” part,
this time keeping in mind the opposing side- how do we respond
to critics?
This part of your essay should make half a page.)
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 LEG 2

Solutions/Offer constructive ways out

(how should gender in media change? what kind coverage

difference would you want to see? why? what would be the
benefits of it? This part of your essay should make half a page.)
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Deadline for submission THURSDAY,

NOVERMBER 10th.
Please, print and submit with your NAME and
CRN# to my office at D325

For any additional questions:

shmehraliyeva@ada.edu.az