American Psychological Association

1. Give a full citation for the article using APA or MLA publication format. (If you are not familiar with the structure of these citation styles, check at the library, the bookstore, or on the World Wide Web for the latest versions produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Modern Languages Association (MLA).)
2. Clearly state and explain the hypothesis or research question(s) that drive the author’s study. In other words, what communication aspects does the author deal with? (E.g. The author’s main research question was “how do different genders and ages perceive the news of death.” The communication aspects the author deals with is perception and understanding by comparing both genders and different ages.)
3. Describe how the author conducted her or his research. That is, what was the design of the study used by the author to answer the research question(s)? (E.g. This was a qualitative study where the author used observations, interviews and focus groups to gather data. Data was gathered over the course of six month with a total of 250 participants ages ranging from 5-years to 75-years old. Some of the questions asked to gather the data were: …………)
4. What results or findings does the author claim? And, what are the implications and/or relevance of those findings, according to the author?
5. Comment on what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the article. That is to say, what did you like about the author’s research and reporting, and why? Also, what parts of the study and write-up do you feel could be improved, and how?
6. Attach a copy of the article to your final paper.