Editorial: Controversial Social Issues

Write a 750-word Editorial addressing the following elements:

1. Select a controversial contemporary socio-political issue.
2. Locate an impassioned social media post (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and blogs), focused on the controversial social-political issue. The post must be recent, no more than one month old.
3. Critically analyze the social media post and identify any information that may not be factual and not grounded in research evidence from credible sources.
4. Select a credible newspaper or magazine outlet and write a 750 word (Count does not include reference text) editorial counter argument to the post. The editorial should present your viewpoint (advocate or opposer) on the controversial social issue. Please note that you must take a position in your editorial. You cannot argue a “middle of the road” approach that supports both an advocate and opposer positions.
5. Your editorial must be written in the following format:

1. 1. A short one sentence headliner, that succinctly describes the editorial content.
   2. An introduction paragraph briefly summarizing the social media post’s viewpoint on the controversial socio-political issue. This paragraph should briefly introduce your viewpoint and state your position.
   3. 2-3 paragraphs clearly articulating a well-constructed argument, substantiated by research evidence, facts and relevant statistics to support your position. The editorial must present a counterargument, refuting any disinformation or misinformation you credibly identify as propaganda presented in the social media post. The editorial must use relevant quotes from your research to support or refute the arguments presented in the newspaper article.
   4. The editorial must include a conclusion paragraph that identifies social policies meant to combat the social issues. The policies discussed can be helpful or harmful.

   Select a contemporary controversial social issue. Locate an impassioned social media post, focused on the controversial social-political issue.

2. Rubric:
3. Identifies a controversial contemporary social issue and located a social media article or blog that passionately discusses the issue from a clearly biased viewpoint.
4. Clearly articulates a well-constructed argument, that is thoroughly substantiated by research evidence, facts, relevant quotes and statistics to support or refute main arguments.
5. Identifies and comprehensively describes social policies that combat or exasperate the contemporary controversial social issues; Uses research evidence to corroborate statements about the relevancy or irrelevancy of the social policy.

• All information taken from another source, even if summarized, must be appropriately cited in problem Statement and listed in the references using APA format:
• Document Set up
• Title and reference pages
• Citations in the text and references

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