Reading Assignment: week7
Porismita Borah, Bimbisar Irom & Ying Chia Hsu. 2021. “‘It infuriates me’: Examining young adults’ reactions to and recommendations to fight misinformation about COVID-19.” Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1965108
Homework Assignment:
The reading for next week addresses the media environment that has developed around COVID-19 and its facilitation of the spread of false information. For your homework assignment
In a few sentences, what are the main research questions that the authors are trying to answer in the article?
What is the article’s main argument?
In no more than a paragraph, what methods are the authors using in the article?
What are the main findings of the article?
In 1-2 paragraphs, what did this study do well or do poorly? How could it be improved?
Recall our earlier discussion on how the “sociological imagination” connects “personal troubles” to “public issues.” In no more than one paragraph, how does this article make this type of connection?
