The MMW 122 Omnibus
Tome* Summer 11 2019
*What is an Omnibus Tome? Omnibus is Latin for “everything.” Tome is a volume or an ancient Roman
roll of papyrus. So, an Omnibus Tome is an “Everything Roll of Papyrus,” or, in MMW-speak, the volume
that contains everything you will need to research, write and submit your MMW papers. It’s also just
more fun to say than “the prompt.”
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Writing Assignment Overview 2
a. Assignment Description and Learning Goals 2
b. Project Sequence – Word count, due dates, values 2
c. Course Requirements – in order to pass the course 2
d. How to find your TAs comments on your Papers 2
II. MMW Guidelines for Writing and Submitting Papers 3-6
a. Formatting and Documentation of MMW Papers 3
b. Annotating and Submitting your Research Sources 3
c. Assignment Submission Instructions and Requirements 3-4
d. Trouble with Submissions 4-5
e. Late paper policy 5
f. Avoiding Plagiarism and Other Forms of Academic Misconduct 4-6
III. GETTING STARTED ON YOUR CRITICAL MEDIA ANALYSIS
7
a. Links for Research Resources 7
b. Links for Writing Analytical Papers 7
c. Links for Analyzing Media &Writing a Critical Media Analysis 7
IV. MMW 121 Writing Assignment Prompts 8-10
a. Prompt Assignment #1: Prospectus 8-9
b. News Source Websites 8-9
c. Prompt Assignment #2: Critical Media Analysis Paper 10
d. Questions for Analyzing News Sources 10
V. Appendix 11-12
a. Grading Rubric Assignment #1: Prospectus 11
b. Grading Rubric Assignment #2: Critical Media Analysis Paper 12
1
, I. THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW: Critical Media
Analysis
In MMW 122 you will study the major ideas, events, movements, and systems that have shaped
our modern, globalized world. The writing assignment for the course gives you an opportunity
to examine the modern idea of universal human rights as prescribed in the historic Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) co-authored by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the
United Nations on 10 December 1948. In this assignment you will select one of the universal
human rights articulated in the UDHR, undertake a comparative analysis of five current news
media sources that discuss your chosen human right, and advance an argument about the how
that right is depicted and what is the significance of this depiction/variety of depictions. You
will use contemporary news media sources and scholarly secondary sources in making your
argument and supporting your analysis. The MMW 122 paper draws on the critical analysis,
research, and writing skills that you learned MMW 121.
Learning Goals: MMW and the media analysis assignment will help you develop methods of
clear and disciplined thinking in order to negotiate the complexities of college, career and civic
life. The purpose of the assignment is to:
examine the concept of universal human rights in the global contemporary world
investigate the coverage of human rights in global news sources (moving away
from popular media comfort zones like blogs, Reddit, Facebook Twitter, etc.)
improve multi-literacies that include critical media literacy and digital literacy skills and
competencies to develop citizenship in the contemporary globalized world.
practice skills to access, evaluate and analyze global contemporary news media sources
practice analytical skills by advancing an argument grounded in scholarly research
about your topic by separating research-based claims from opinion
The portfolio of final papers in MMW 121 and MMW 122 (each 1500 words minimum)
may fulfill the UCSD Upper-Division Writing Requirement (Option B).
PROJECT SEQUENCE: Successful and timely completion of each step is required to pass
the course
1. Assignment 1: Prospectus (500-750 words) due by beginning of lecture Aug 19 (Week 3) 15% of
grade
2. Assignment 2: Critical Media Analysis (1500-2000 words) due by beginning of lecture Sept 2 (Week 5)
20% of grade
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: In order to pass the course you must:
1. Complete and submit all writing assignments (note deadlines in prompt) in order to pass
the course.
2. Cite all the material you use from any source and submit labeled and highlighted PDFs
or .DOCX files of each source used in your paper, as directed in “Guidelines for Papers.”
3. Follow the university’s policies on academic integrity found in “Guidelines for Papers.”
4. Submit all writing assignments to Canvas,
5. Submit an electronic copy of your Prospectus and final paper to Turnitin.com.
How to Find Your TA’s Grades and Comments on Your Papers
After your TA has graded all papers in a section, the TA will release the papers in Canvas so
that you can see your grade and your TAs comments on your paper. Click on your graded paper
to see the comments. TAs may also mark criteria on the Grading Rubric that you submitted.
2
, II. MMW Guidelines for Writing and Submitting Papers –MMW
14, 15, 121, 122
Word Count
The minimum and maximum word counts are consistent with the requirements of the ERC
Upper Division Writing Requirement. The word count of your essay, excluding Works Cited
page and headings, must fall within this range to meet the requirements of the assignment.
Sources
MMW papers require the use of scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources and sometimes additional
sources as indicated in prompts or with prior approval of our TA.
Formatting and Documentation of MMW Papers
Follow these guidelines for all papers written for MMW (unless otherwise instructed):
• Provide a complete, double-spaced heading that includes your name, your TA’s
name, your section
number, the assignment number or title, and the date.
• Type with Times New Roman 12-font and double-space the paper, including the
heading (no single- spacing).
• Number multiple pages using MLA format.
• Give the paper a title.
• Use 1" margins on all four sides.
• Use MLA documentation to credit all sources, including lecture and Internet
material. For
documentation format, see Easy Writer.
Annotating and Submitting your Research Paper Sources
You are required to submit the pages of your sources you used in your paper. For each source:
1. Scan the title page and copyright page.
2. Highlight/mark and scan each page in the source from which you took material,
showing the material you have summarized, paraphrased, quoted and cited.
3. Save the title page, copyright page, and marked source pages as a .PDF or .DOCX file.
•Do not save them as JPEGs or any other format. Canvas will not accept any file type but
.PDF and
.DOCX.
• Geisel Library has computers with Adobe that can consolidate pages into one .PDF
file.
• DO NOT SUBMIT A WHOLE ARTICLE OR BOOK – only the pages that you use in
your paper. If the file is too big it will cause a malfunction in your entire submission and
may even crash the system.
4. Name your source file: “Author’s last name_Title of Document” (can be a short version of
the title as long
as it correlates to the Work Cited list in a clear way).
5. Submit each source as a separate attachment (one submission, several attachments).
Some TAs prefer all of your sources to be scanned and submitted as one file; check with
your TA for their preference.
Assignment Submission Instructions and Requirements (Two Submissions for each
assignment)
See individual prompts for checklists of what you must submit for that assignment. In general:
1. Assignment Submission: Canvas will automatically send your submission to
Turnitin.com
a. Save your essay as “Paper + the number of the assignment (1, 2) as a .DOC or .DOCX
3
Tome* Summer 11 2019
*What is an Omnibus Tome? Omnibus is Latin for “everything.” Tome is a volume or an ancient Roman
roll of papyrus. So, an Omnibus Tome is an “Everything Roll of Papyrus,” or, in MMW-speak, the volume
that contains everything you will need to research, write and submit your MMW papers. It’s also just
more fun to say than “the prompt.”
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Writing Assignment Overview 2
a. Assignment Description and Learning Goals 2
b. Project Sequence – Word count, due dates, values 2
c. Course Requirements – in order to pass the course 2
d. How to find your TAs comments on your Papers 2
II. MMW Guidelines for Writing and Submitting Papers 3-6
a. Formatting and Documentation of MMW Papers 3
b. Annotating and Submitting your Research Sources 3
c. Assignment Submission Instructions and Requirements 3-4
d. Trouble with Submissions 4-5
e. Late paper policy 5
f. Avoiding Plagiarism and Other Forms of Academic Misconduct 4-6
III. GETTING STARTED ON YOUR CRITICAL MEDIA ANALYSIS
7
a. Links for Research Resources 7
b. Links for Writing Analytical Papers 7
c. Links for Analyzing Media &Writing a Critical Media Analysis 7
IV. MMW 121 Writing Assignment Prompts 8-10
a. Prompt Assignment #1: Prospectus 8-9
b. News Source Websites 8-9
c. Prompt Assignment #2: Critical Media Analysis Paper 10
d. Questions for Analyzing News Sources 10
V. Appendix 11-12
a. Grading Rubric Assignment #1: Prospectus 11
b. Grading Rubric Assignment #2: Critical Media Analysis Paper 12
1
, I. THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW: Critical Media
Analysis
In MMW 122 you will study the major ideas, events, movements, and systems that have shaped
our modern, globalized world. The writing assignment for the course gives you an opportunity
to examine the modern idea of universal human rights as prescribed in the historic Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) co-authored by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the
United Nations on 10 December 1948. In this assignment you will select one of the universal
human rights articulated in the UDHR, undertake a comparative analysis of five current news
media sources that discuss your chosen human right, and advance an argument about the how
that right is depicted and what is the significance of this depiction/variety of depictions. You
will use contemporary news media sources and scholarly secondary sources in making your
argument and supporting your analysis. The MMW 122 paper draws on the critical analysis,
research, and writing skills that you learned MMW 121.
Learning Goals: MMW and the media analysis assignment will help you develop methods of
clear and disciplined thinking in order to negotiate the complexities of college, career and civic
life. The purpose of the assignment is to:
examine the concept of universal human rights in the global contemporary world
investigate the coverage of human rights in global news sources (moving away
from popular media comfort zones like blogs, Reddit, Facebook Twitter, etc.)
improve multi-literacies that include critical media literacy and digital literacy skills and
competencies to develop citizenship in the contemporary globalized world.
practice skills to access, evaluate and analyze global contemporary news media sources
practice analytical skills by advancing an argument grounded in scholarly research
about your topic by separating research-based claims from opinion
The portfolio of final papers in MMW 121 and MMW 122 (each 1500 words minimum)
may fulfill the UCSD Upper-Division Writing Requirement (Option B).
PROJECT SEQUENCE: Successful and timely completion of each step is required to pass
the course
1. Assignment 1: Prospectus (500-750 words) due by beginning of lecture Aug 19 (Week 3) 15% of
grade
2. Assignment 2: Critical Media Analysis (1500-2000 words) due by beginning of lecture Sept 2 (Week 5)
20% of grade
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: In order to pass the course you must:
1. Complete and submit all writing assignments (note deadlines in prompt) in order to pass
the course.
2. Cite all the material you use from any source and submit labeled and highlighted PDFs
or .DOCX files of each source used in your paper, as directed in “Guidelines for Papers.”
3. Follow the university’s policies on academic integrity found in “Guidelines for Papers.”
4. Submit all writing assignments to Canvas,
5. Submit an electronic copy of your Prospectus and final paper to Turnitin.com.
How to Find Your TA’s Grades and Comments on Your Papers
After your TA has graded all papers in a section, the TA will release the papers in Canvas so
that you can see your grade and your TAs comments on your paper. Click on your graded paper
to see the comments. TAs may also mark criteria on the Grading Rubric that you submitted.
2
, II. MMW Guidelines for Writing and Submitting Papers –MMW
14, 15, 121, 122
Word Count
The minimum and maximum word counts are consistent with the requirements of the ERC
Upper Division Writing Requirement. The word count of your essay, excluding Works Cited
page and headings, must fall within this range to meet the requirements of the assignment.
Sources
MMW papers require the use of scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources and sometimes additional
sources as indicated in prompts or with prior approval of our TA.
Formatting and Documentation of MMW Papers
Follow these guidelines for all papers written for MMW (unless otherwise instructed):
• Provide a complete, double-spaced heading that includes your name, your TA’s
name, your section
number, the assignment number or title, and the date.
• Type with Times New Roman 12-font and double-space the paper, including the
heading (no single- spacing).
• Number multiple pages using MLA format.
• Give the paper a title.
• Use 1" margins on all four sides.
• Use MLA documentation to credit all sources, including lecture and Internet
material. For
documentation format, see Easy Writer.
Annotating and Submitting your Research Paper Sources
You are required to submit the pages of your sources you used in your paper. For each source:
1. Scan the title page and copyright page.
2. Highlight/mark and scan each page in the source from which you took material,
showing the material you have summarized, paraphrased, quoted and cited.
3. Save the title page, copyright page, and marked source pages as a .PDF or .DOCX file.
•Do not save them as JPEGs or any other format. Canvas will not accept any file type but
.PDF and
.DOCX.
• Geisel Library has computers with Adobe that can consolidate pages into one .PDF
file.
• DO NOT SUBMIT A WHOLE ARTICLE OR BOOK – only the pages that you use in
your paper. If the file is too big it will cause a malfunction in your entire submission and
may even crash the system.
4. Name your source file: “Author’s last name_Title of Document” (can be a short version of
the title as long
as it correlates to the Work Cited list in a clear way).
5. Submit each source as a separate attachment (one submission, several attachments).
Some TAs prefer all of your sources to be scanned and submitted as one file; check with
your TA for their preference.
Assignment Submission Instructions and Requirements (Two Submissions for each
assignment)
See individual prompts for checklists of what you must submit for that assignment. In general:
1. Assignment Submission: Canvas will automatically send your submission to
Turnitin.com
a. Save your essay as “Paper + the number of the assignment (1, 2) as a .DOC or .DOCX
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