The document outlines a project requiring the examination of a current hot button issue across various media outlets, including conservative, liberal, non-partisan, and social media. It specifies the need for a representative sample that includes video clips and articles from each political viewpoint. The project aims to analyze how the topic is covered differently by these diverse media sources.

1. You will select a hot button issue from current or relatively
recent events and examine the ways it (was) being covered by
various media outlets. Once you select your topic you must
obtain a representative sample of how the topic is being
discussed in major outlets of the Conservative, Liberal, and
Non-partisan media as well as how it is being discussed on the
media. The website
www.allslides.com
will assist you in determining the political views of various
media outlets. The components of your project are listed below:
1. A representative sample of how the topic is being discussed
in the Conservative (right wing) media:
a. 1 short video clip from a major conservative cable news
outlet (e.g. Fox News)
b. 1 example from a major conservative web site (e.g. The
Heritage Fondation)
c. 1 example from a major liberal magazine or newspaper (e.g.
The National Review / The New York Post)
2. A representative sample of how the topic is being discussed
in the Liberal / Progressive (left wing) media:
a. 1 short video clip from a major liberal cable news outlet (e.g.
MSNBC)
b. 1 example from a major liberal web site (e.g.
thinkprogress.org)
c. 1 example from a major liberal magazine or newspaper (e.g.

2. Mother Jones / The New York Times)
3. A representative sample of how the topic is being discussed
in the Center / Non-partisan / Mainstream media:
a. 1 short video clip from a major mainstream news outlet (e.g.
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN)
b. 1 example from a major mainstream web site (e.g.
politico.com)
c. 1 example from a major mainstream magazine or newspaper
(e.g. Time / USA Today)
4. A representative sample of how the topic is being discussed
in the social media:
a. 1 example of a back and forth discussion from a social media
outlet (e.g. Facebook, Twitter)