Rxlogo3
Home
Speaker schedule
Parking & location map
Students

All events - 7:30pm - Wednesdays - University of Delaware - Mitchell Hall

SPEAKERS
LOCATION
PARKING
RESOURCES
VIDEOS
PHOTOS
POSTERS
STUDENTS
FEB 23
Khouri
MAR 9
Ischinger
[RECESS]
APR 6
Chandrasekaran
APR 20
Martel
APR 26
Salbi
MAY 4
Sherman
MAY 18
CANCELLED

Readings

TA

Policies

Writing Assignment #3
Iraq: Others' Views
Due: Wednesday, April 13


Preamble: .
In the War and occupation in Iraq, the United States (both media and officials) finds itself juggling messages for American and foreign audiences, as well as information which both supported and challenged official and patriotic points of view. Even as Iraq recovers from the war, interpretations elsewhere of events in Iraq often differ from those we see in the United States.


Research:

Visit the following web sites, which contain links to newspapers around the world:

Newspapers of the World on the Internet

WorldPress Review - Newspapers of the World on the Internet

You are not limited to the news organizations linked to these gateways. You may browse and find others of interest. You are welcome to read a site in any language you can understand.

Write:

Choose two news sites to discuss in your paper. Your two choices must be in different countries and in different regions.

Begin your report with the names of the web sites you chose (and their web addresses). Include a brief description of the site, including information such as where the site is actually published (be sure you check) and what, if any, political perspective you can discover from it. Do enough research to determine if this is a Muslim/Islamic nation, or has substantial Muslim/Islamic population. Indicate that in your summary. Don’t waste a large part of your paper on these summaries.

On a map, locate the country represented by the web sites you choose, so you are aware of its geographic proximity to the war. Comment on whether proximity plays a role in the site’s journalistic perspective.

On the sites you chose, read articles about events in Iraq.

Write about the perspective taken in those articles, and compare that perspective to the one with which you are familiar in the United States. Answer at least these questions: In the view of others you're reading, are the events in Iraq perceived as "good" or "bad?" Is the United States perceived as a posiive - or negative - force? How? Why? By whom? Can you discern a point of view? What is it? (Similar to the U.S? different?) What strikes you as notable or surprising about the perspective taken on the site? How would Americans feel reading this site? Devote most of your paper to this analysis.

About 5 pages.