UCLA Political Social and Economic Effects of Social Media in Daily Lives Essay

You will submit one reaction paper. You will be required to write about the reading for that week. The paper should be no less than four double-spaced pages (not including references).Please treat this paper as a mini-research brief – the purpose is for you to gain some practice for your final paper. The papers should be in three sections, as detailed below.Please use APA headings.You do not need an abstract, but please include an APA-formatted title page and reference list.The reaction paper is worth 40 points. Grading details are in the grading rubric.

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The grading rubric for this assignment is attached below.

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• Introduction: Introduce what the topic is and let your reader know what he/she can expect in this paper.This section should set the context through which your reader should interpret the information you present in your study summaries.
• Summarize: In section one you should summarize four of the readings.Dedicate one paragraph to each study.In your own words and without using quotations, please explain the studies.Begin the paragraph by explaining how the researchers conducted the study and then tell me what the results were.Do not include information on the hypotheses or literature review.Tell me what the researchers did and what they found. Use transitions between studies to show how they relate to each other.

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•Analyze: In the second section tell me what YOU think about the readings.You should try to pull together a main theme for the readings as a whole.Do NOT re-summarize the studies. You only have to pick one or two things to write about.This section should be no more than one or two paragraphs. Link these observations back to the topic – what is the significance of these observations in relation to the topic?What implications do your main ideas have for communication practitioners?The main purpose of this section is to see if you can take the research findings and translate them into implications and practical recommendations for communication practitioners.

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Your assignment should include the following:

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• APA style title page
• Your 4 double spaced pages of main text
• Reference list in APA style

• The topic for this week is Blogs and Social Media