Media Journal

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Purpose:

  1. Link weekly reading with current events of interest and or note.
  2. Help organize individual research to maximize coverage of course topics

For each entry in the journal:

For any article you want to include in your journal, you should have brief notes on the way in which the material touches on the following issues..

Article

Mingst ch. for week.

region of interest

issue of interest

3 theories

levels of analysis

Bibliographic info

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As you read be using notes to connect the material to any or all of the following:

  • the region you are studying for the term
  • the issues you are studying for the term
  • or the material in the text that we've covered so far
  • the three theories of liberalism, realism and radicalism (ch3)
  • the levels of analysis issue (ch3)

 

Summary Sheets for front of journal

Issue by Theory by level (Mingst ch.2)

Issue:

Realist

Liberal

Radical

Individual

State

System

Bibliographic citations

 

Bibliographic citations

Region by Level (Mingst ch.2)

Issue:

Realist

Liberal

Radical

Individual

State

System

Bibliographic citations &

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Bibliographic citations &

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Bibliographic citations &

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