Week One Family Blog Post The media has a strong influence in shaping ideas about the family. To facilitate discussion on the latest issues affecting families in America, students will keep abreast of...

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Week One Family Blog Post

The media has a strong influence in shaping ideas about the family. To facilitate discussion on the latest issues affecting families in America, students will keep abreast of local and national news about the family each week and write a weekly blog about what they learn. You can use theCouncil on Contemporary Families news siteto find stories or use National University Library’s vast newspaper collection to complete this assignment (please watchLibrary Guide for finding news stories).You may also use an online news service or a news blog such asThe Conversation. You may use video or print stories. Choose a story that helps you to understand the history, culture, or current events affecting families in America or a family related story relevant to your professional career goals.To create your blog post you must do a number of things:Discuss the source of the news

  • Identify the news source, the author, the paper and the date of publication.

  • Identify the major issue being presented and identify what kind of information was used (interviews, data, reporting on a new book, report or public policy).

  • What are the three most important points in the story?

  • What is the tone of the story (what position does the author take on the issue)? Discuss how the story tries to shape public opinion about the family.

  • How is the author presenting facts?


Discuss the following questions.

  • Why did you pick this topic? Have these issues affected your own life or the lives of others you know? How so?

  • Have you seen your topic addressed in other media sources? If so, where? How was it discussed?


Connecting the news to our classroom.

  • Explain why the article is important to understanding the history, culture, and current situation of family life in America.

  • Discuss what you learned about family concerns and assessthe story in terms of what you have learned in class.

  • Discuss the media’s role in the shaping of reader’s understanding about the family based on the article.


Post a link to your news article in your blog post and use images to support your post.Read and comment on at least two other blog posts each week.

Blog posts will be graded based on the depth of the effort given by the student to address each of the issues above.The blog post is a self-paced assignment that is due by Sunday in weeks 1, 2, and 3 (there is no blog post due in week 4).
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Source of the News
Identify the news source, the author, the paper and the date of publication.
The article was published on Council on Contemporary Families by Noni Gaylon. The date of publication was April 20, 2021. The issue is referred to time before pandemic entered the country (Council on Contemporary Families (CCE), 2021).
Identify the major issue being presented and identify what kind of information was used (interviews, data, reporting on a new book, report or public policy).
The community violence against African American youth in the country is discussed. It is a report based on posttraumatic stress disorder, which is helpful in treating population.
What are the three most important points in the story?
The community violence lead to psychological hyperarousal. The hypervigilance was most frequent and helped to avoid violence. It has created a state of fear in the mind, which accompany an individual for lifetime.
What is the tone...
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