Celebrity moms are pushing the agenda of normalizing breastfeeding in the media
Sketch an outline/bulleted statements of the content of your final project. Each statement should flow logically.
Topic: Celebrity moms are pushing the agenda of normalizing breastfeeding in the media. Using the Communication theory: “Agenda-Setting Theory” and “framing”
Create an outline as lettered/numbered below to address all the prompts below:
I. Thesis Statement (1-2 sentence summary statement about topic. A. Name 2-3 objectives you intend to accomplish by writing this paper. (example: “At the end of the paper…I will have shown that…” Or “I hope to demonstrate…”
II. Background and literature review in 1-2 sentences summarize the general basis for why you chose to write on this topic and why a closer look is needed. A. Provide 3-5 statements about why studying this topic is important. This must include identified ideas from peer-reviewed journal articles from the past 5 years (so must be recent). It could speak to a broader social, political, or global perspective from a variety of sources, and it could be from a personal perspective. (Example: “research shows that…or “in my personal experience I have observed that…)
III. Theoretical explanation: Explain how you’ll use Agenda-Setting Theory in the paper. A. Explain the general idea of the theory in one sentence. 1. List the important concepts within the theory. (Include framing…priming. etc) 2. In a sentence or two provide one example of how the theory explains your mass media phenomenon. IV. Using your own ideas A. Develop three claims in one sentence each about what is wrong or needs to be changed and explain why. 1. In one sentence write a complementary solution to each of the three statements about what is wrong. a. In one or two sentences explain the rationale behind each of your three solutions. (example: “research shows…”
