University of North Carolina American Gilded Age 1880s to 1890s Essay

In 5-6 double-spaced, 12-point-font pages, word document.

Question 2: How important has the media been in generating change in American society? Choose 3-4 events and describe how and why media coverage altered a potential outcome based on the historical context. Who benefits most from these examples from media coverage? Who benefits the least?

Tips:

• Own it. Using the prompt as a guide, draw your own conclusions and construct your own framework through which to best understand each question.
• For an “A” thesis, in addition to answering the prompt, tell us something new that isn’t just a direct response to each individual prompt question or a summary of course material.
• Form a clear argument/thesis that you then defend/prove for the rest of the paper.
• Start early. Your answer will be much better if you begin now rather than the night before.
• Think “big picture” and employ a variety of class materials (the textbook, primary sources, lectures, ID terms) in your answer. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE MATERIALS FOR THIS PAPER.

• When crafting your thesis, consider how various topics and themes overlap and interconnect.

• Provide examples for your historical evidence used to prove your thesis

• Cite information!

• For citations, use footnotes and the Chicago Manual of Style (When in doubt about a citation, just make sure your sources of information are clear to the reader). You can cite all lectures and readings.i