Conduct a search of scholarly literature related to research questions on current political issues and write a literature review.
Topic Question: Does Fake News influence political outcomes for American Voters?
Sources that must be used/ All given sources that must be used:
https://www.ajpor.org/article/12985-does-fake-news-matter-to-election-outcomes-the-case-study-of-taiwan-s-2018-local-elections
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep26129.8
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44235006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9771845/
https://www.ucf.edu/news/how-fake-news-affects-u-s-elections/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104628
Hypothesis: The more misinformation new’s networks and social media platforms put out to the public the more likely it can affect the political outcomes.
Format of the Literature Review Paper:
- Title Page:
- Course name
- Paper title
- Author’s name
- Instructor’s name
- Introduction (1-1.5 pages):
- Description of the research question
- Explanation of the research question’s importance to social science
- Thesis statement on your research, including independent and dependent variables
- Literature Review:
- Variables identified by scholars to explain your research question
- Hypotheses found in the literature and supported by authors’ findings
- Your alternative arguments about the research
- Conclusion:
- General comment on the research topic
- Summary of the hypotheses you wish to apply to your study and the null hypotheses:
Examples of the hypotheses:
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- H1: The more education a person has, the more likely that person is to vote.
- H2: The greater the literacy of a country, the more likely it is to be economically developed.
- H3: The older an individual is, the more likely that person is to have conservative values.
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Requirements:
- References:
- Minimum of six scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles
- Total of at least 10 references
- Content:
- Identify 1-3 hypotheses supported by your literature review
- Formatting:
- Length: 2-4 pages
- Font size: 12-point minimum
- Paragraphs: Indented, no extra spaces before or after
- Citations:
- Use footnotes (place after punctuation marks)
- Number footnotes consecutively (1, 2, 3, etc., not i, ii, iii)
- References:
- Separate page for references
- Follow University of Chicago style
- Consult American Political Science Review (APSR) articles in JSTOR or a University of Chicago style manual for guidance