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California University Sacramento The Anatomy of Fake News Book Review Paper

 

Critically introduce, evaluate, and analyze Higdon’s argument about the relationship and solutions regarding American democracy and fake news. Students will be graded on how well they explain the Higdon’s thesis, argue their point of view, and use college level writing (grammar, spelling, style, word diversity, etc).

Citations and Sources. A book review requires specific commentary about the book. Thus, citations should include specific references to pages and chapter numbers. If you discuss course content, that also needs to be cited. No outside sources will be allowed. Higdon’s book must be a cited a minimum of 15 times accurately

Structure of the paper

  • Opening Paragraph
    • The opening paragraph should provide a road map of what you are arguing and how you will prove it.
    • It should have a well-defined and underlined thesis
  • Summarize The Anatomy of Fake News (3-4 pages maximum)
    • Introduce Higdon’s thesis.
    • With a focus on how it relates to Higdon’s thesis, write a succinct paragraph summary for each of the following:
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1
      • Chapter 2
      • Chapter 3
      • Chapter 4
      • Chapter 5
    • In each summary describe what you find to be the strengths and weaknesses as compared to the other course material from this term.
  • Solutions (1 page maximum)
    • Describe in multiple paragraphs the solutions Higdon introduces and critiques in Chapter 6.
    • Do you agree or disagree with his analysis on each? Why?
  • Critical Media Literacy (1 page maximum)
    • Considering the historical content you have reviewed this semester, describe in multiple paragraphs evaluate Higdon fake news detection kit in Chapter 7. How might this knowledge help historians? 
  • Conclusion (1 paragraph)
    • Summarize the main findings of your paper.