Short essays are 3 pages double-spaced, 12-pt font, 1-inch margins. Papers must

Short essays are 3 pages double-spaced, 12-pt font, 1-inch margins. Papers must include proper citations and a bibliography in APA format. These essays briefly review the readings for a given Topic, and connect that material to other readings and/or entertainment media (of your choice). This class is Affect and Emotion in Political Communication. Do not strive away from this topic. In addition: Essays MUST include a discussion of at least one of the required readings. They can in addition include a discussion of (a) other required readings from the syllabus, (b) optional readings from the syllabus, and/or (c) academic readings or other material that you have found yourself. There is a fair bit of flexibility in terms of the content of the paper. The objective is to use the readings in some interesting way. Do not use your essay to just to list the contents of readings — you can describe the readings briefly, but your aim is to then discuss that reading in relation to other published research. So you could, for instance compare arguments or methods across academic papers. You could use academic papers to help explain recent media content or news coverage. You could do both! Generally speaking, an essaythat does a good job of (briefly) describing a required readings, and thenconnects that reading effectivelyto other research (and perhaps also current affairs) will receive a grade of 8 orabove.
Here is the essay layout:
1. Introductory paragraph describing what the essay is going to do.
2. A 1/3 to 1/2-page summary of one required reading.
3. A 1/3 to 1/2-page summary of another reading from the list below (or the second required one).
4. A 1/3 to 1/2-page discussion that CONNECTS those two readings, and reflects on the ways in which they overlap or conflict.
5. A 1/3 to 1/2-page discussion that connects those two readings to a current credible news source (New York Times, The Guardian, BBC News, etc.) (If you are unsure whether a news source is credible please ask before you use it)
6. A concluding section that relates those readings to political communication or public attitudes about X.
** Required readings (must use one):
** Arceneaux, K., Johnson, M., & Murphy, C. (2012). “Polarized Political Communication, Oppositional Media Hostility, and Selective Exposure.” The Journal of Politics 74(1): 174–186.
** Lelkes, Y., Sood, G., & Iyengar, S. (2017). The Hostile Audience: The Effect of Access to Broadband Internet on Partisan Affect.” American Journal of Political Science 61(1): 5–20.
Can choose between any of these (Or both required readings above) but only use one of these listed below, to compare to the required reading(s). If you choose both required readings, you do NOT need to use one of these listed below:
Iyengar, S., Sood, G., & Lelkes, Y. (2012). “Affect, Not Ideology: A Social Identity Perspective on Polarization.” Public Opinion Quarterly 76(3): 405–431.
Trussler, M. (2021). “Get Information or Get in Formation: The Effects of High-Information Environments on Legislative Elections.” British Journal of Political Science 51(4): 1529–1549.
Lau, R. R., Andersen, D. J., Ditonto, T. M., Kleinberg, M. S., & Redlawsk, D. P. (2017). “Effect of Media Environment Diversity and Advertising Tone on Information Search, Selective Exposure, and Affective Polarization.” Political Behavior 39(1): 231–255. Suhay, E. (2015).
Suhay, E. (2015). “Explaining Group Influence: The Role of Identity and Emotion in Political Conformity and Polarization.” Political Behavior 37(1): 221–251.
Simas, E. N., Clifford, S., & Kirkland, J. H. (2020). “How Empathic Concern Fuels Political Polarization.” American Political Science Review 114(1): 258–269.
Do not use outside sources other than a credible current news article. No plagiarism and no AI, this assignment will go through a detector. I will upload all 7 of the sources, again you will only use two of them, the required one (or both required) or the one that you choose out of the 5 listed above. The third source is from the credible news article (follow the instructions listed above)
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