Social Policy: Development and Impact
Short Answer Question: (Media Analysis of an issue)
Word limit: 1200 words (+/- 10%) Each example to comprise of approximately 400 words.
Total: 1200 Words
Details of task: Identify and describe three different international media sites’ coverage of the global COVID 19 Pandemic. Using specific examples from each site, critically discuss the political/ideological values exemplified in their coverage of the pandemic.
Question: How do these factors influence reportage and representations of policy concerning a pressing global social problem?
Assessment will be based on an analysis that should consider the following:
- Transparency of government reportage on pandemic numbers and responses
- Changes in citizens’ taken-for-granted freedoms in social democracies
- Ethical responses to Covid-19 sufferers, e.g., hospital triage practices that potentially exclude certain groups from care
Provide the URL for each example. Each example to comprise of approximately 400 words.
Total: 1200 Words
Rationale: To develop and exercise judgment regarding the accuracy and ideological agenda of on-line media sources. To articulate how media agendas influence policy responses to a global social problem.