1. Journalism 614: Relating Media & Opinion

2. Presentation Overview
Presentations for Week 14 and 15:
Six 10-minute presentations each day
Strict time limit - We will cut you off
Attendance:
Attendance in required (penalty is 5 points off )
Technology:
Copy of presentation due Tuesday Dec 5 by 11:59
Submit to via Dropbox

3. Basic Presentation Outline
I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Framework
III. Methods
IV. Results
V. Discussion

4. I. Introduction Lead-in Purpose Statement Why is this study important?
Introduce the opinion time trend
Total time: 1 minutes

5. II. Theoretical Framework
Introduce concepts (conceptual definitions)
Formulate argument about expected relationships
Theory
Past research
Logic
State prediction/expectation
Total time: 2 minutes

6. III. Methods Discussion of opinion time trend
Discussion of wording and change overtime
Method of content analysis
Discuss scope of content analysis and coding system
Focus on wording of opinion items
Operational definitions
Omit most methodological details
We all share the same survey experiment
Assume you drew opinion data from iPoll
Total time: 3 minutes

7. IV. Results Tables and charts Statements about support for predictions
Does content analysis of specific media content mirror the overtime changes in opinion?
Are the differences in question wording producing differences in responses?
Total time: 3 minutes

8. V. Discussion What do the results mean for theory?
What do the results mean for public opinion?
What do the results say about media effects?
What do the results say about democracy?
Why should we care?
Total time: 1 minutes