How to write a media review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T2woZMjw1I&feature=youtu.be
Task Description
Analyse the arguments presented in the media article by Jackson (2015)
a ‘non-communicable’ disease may be socially infectious’. The article proposes that chronic
diseases are so strongly influenced by sociological factors that these diseases may be socially spread.
Task Procedure
Step 1:
Read the following article:
•Jackson, S. (2015) Beware, a ‘non-communicable’ disease may be socially infectious”.
Available on the LMS and at https://theconversation.com/beware-a-non-communicable-diseasemay-be-socially-infectious-36477
Step 2:
Identify the arguments made in the article
Step 3
Compare the arguments made in the article to arguments made in at least two peer reviewed journal
articles.
Step 4
Write a review of the article by addressing the Academic Discourse criterion