American Public University System How Social Media Affects Teens Discussion

After reading the assigned pages and lessons, write a short response (200-250 words) to show how you would enter a conversation on an important issue. That is not a lot of words so take care to be concise. This assignment post has 410 words. To do this assignment:

1. define the conversation you are entering (the topic, the issue, the question, the claim, etc.)
2. limit how you are entering it (one way to do this is to respond to a source that you analyze and evaluate and then you either agree with and want to elaborate on it, you disagree with and want to counter the source’s claims, or you think the source misses the point in some way and you want to add clarification)
3. reveal different perspectives and anticipate common counterarguments (if you do it carefully, #2 will help you accomplish this in part, be attentive to include the most relevant perspectives, it might be two or more, yours is not included in this portion of the assignment)
4. state your perspective (you can do this by making a statement, asking a question, or even posing a challenge)
5. cite your sources both in-text and as it would be cited in a Works Cited list (don’t worry about trying to create a hanging indent for this assignment)

Okay, that seems like a lot to do in so few words. That’s why I want you to think carefully about what you wri